Why India's $12 Million Cricket Bat Industry Is Fueled By UK Trees | So Expensive | Business Insider

[@occamraiser]

I just watched a 13 minute video about cricket bats.... and feel it was 13 minutes well spent :) Thanks.

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[@BoishakiAktar-c8v]

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[@whatshappenedhere1784]

I cant imagine the amount of pride that the workers feel when they watch the cricket world cup knowing that they may have crafted the bat being used

[@nahor88]

The same goes for baseball bat makers watching someone like Shohei Ohtani or Aaron Judge use their bat.

[@omarkhan3256]

yeah I am sure this is what the oppressed working class feels when they are watching cricket.

[@Sabundy]

@@nahor88 who? You do know that the vast majority of the world has no idea who baseball players are right?

[@user-fk8md4jn3i]

I think they feel rather oppressed knowing they are being exploited

[@sudhamishra6596]

But UK doesn't even have space agency, UK doesn't know how to launch satellites whereas India is havin' immense accomplishments in the domain of space exploration

[@Tazinio01]

He goes around giving trees the hug of death.

[@R-Beats11]

😂

[@boohere2]

That's sad!!

[@moinnawazfarooqui]

Ohh so that means we should even stop using furnitures at home

[@paulrishi1]

@@moinnawazfarooquiyes we can use metal or bamboo prducts as bamboo can grow much faster and cheaper as well

[@jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n]

cricket nations are increasing

[@imviiku]

I am pretty sure the Cricket bat industry is more than mere $12 million in India

[@geraldmurphy321]

800 bats x 1000 dollars x 365 days = 292 million from this manufacturer alone

[@bondnikunj]

​. Plz do business and you would understand its not that simple.

[@lazyguy4825]

@@geraldmurphy321 how the fuk is one bat 1000 dollars?

[@tarunbora9469]

Some are 1000$ and some aren't

[@deepankdobhal1656]

@@geraldmurphy321 not every bat costs 1000 dollars .

[@johnshipley1389]

As a tree surgeon in England I’ve been contracted to soft fell these specific types of willows. Pretty cool to see the rest of the process

[@HarmanHundal01]

Tree Surgeon! Didn’t know that was a job. What do you do exactly on a day to day basis.

[@EKJ0420]

“500 to 800 bats each day, and it takes 24 to 36 hours for one bat”… thats a lot of workers

[@Intelligence_Failure]

that can't be work hours, it has to be including drying time.

[@pavelow235]

Don't worry, the workers are paid £20 month.

[@prehistoricpleb]

That’s a lot of trees 😢

[@Intelligence_Failure]

@@prehistoricpleb they're planted for lumber. they basically plant willows like one would plant such fast-growing trees for paper pulp, but then they manage to sell them as expensive specialty lumber. that might be the only valuable lumber in the world harvestable from 15 years old trees.

[@mabeSc]

@@Intelligence_Failure Doesn't the ("English") Willow tree grow all over Europe? What's stopping other countries from exporting it?

[@PaulColeCricket]

Great video! Worth noting that it's not just professional players that use English Willow bats. The vast majority of amateur players do too, particularly here in the UK. As a former cricket specialist retailer, I know that the market for Kashmir willow bats in the UK is very small.

[@emilchirambattu]

Look at the difference in working conditions between India and the UK. To define this, the workers and the boss in the UK are wearing similar clothes, and the boss in India is wearing a Polo while workers have no shoes or a proper environment with health and safety. But he is keen on cracking down on the counterfeit products which is eating his profits 🙄

[@Stallion_1044]

Bharat will be Vishwa Guru in another 15 years under the divine supreme leadership of honorable Modi ji

[@emilchirambattu]

@@Stallion_1044 What? Another idiotic comment 🙄

[@The_Unknown_Smiley]

How the f you compare working conditions of India with UK which has almost 200 timed the GDP per capita? That's just stupid logic

[@emilchirambattu]

I am comparing because the top makes st lots more money than the workers ​@@The_Unknown_Smiley

[@RayanRizwan-vb7wj]

@@The_Unknown_Smiley GDP per capita has no relevance here. In fact, GDP per capita might be higher if safety regulations were adhered to for it could raise the productivity of workers

[@Jaszi007]

13:34 THAT sentence just made the Indian Willow bats a legitimate option for players and he’s a professional when it comes to know wood…. Whoops, dude might’ve just killed his own industry.

[@malintha]

he tried to save the english willow industry, since they claimed the fine grained one's are becoming hard to come by. Surely, wasn't aware of the previous piece shot in India

[@Jaszi007]

@@malintha oh definitely. I just meant from our perspective seeing the Indian stuff and seeing the English wood professional say what he said makes it seem that way since we can see the whole picture and not JUST his side of it.

[@Chainsaw-ASMR]

2:36 I think you meant to say 60” circumference not diameter. The logs shown are nowhere near 60 inches wide.

[@write2pras84]

Yeah probably meant to say 60cm in diameter, about 2 feet.

[@stephenl7048]

@@write2pras84 The diameter/circumference gaff is more likely. People are generally clueless about even the simplest geometric terms.

[@arlingtonhynes]

7:36 “Bandsaw”. Funny looking bandsaw there.

[@vide-yo3336]

The person who wrote the script probably never used a tool more powerful than a pen.

[@nuggetschicken1781]

@@vide-yo3336pen is the greatest tool tho, i get what ur saying but that doesn’t work😂

[@alexkim3794]

No it's right. The user just needs a bandage after using it. Hence BANDage Saw

[@Joqg2tf-2843]

Those workers need N95 respirators, not flimsy masks.

[@adamparker9765]

There is another half a billion where these ones came from.

[@nycalien]

That Skeik guy, said he has been playing cricket since he is 16 but his shots are like someone who holds the bat for the first time.

[@kap1526]

Some people never learn

[@homelespenguin]

wait until your find out about Monty Panesar...

[@patricksanders858]

Technically true, if he played once when he was 16 and never since.

[@ravantheoghacker863]

He is an amateur not a professional I guess, might be a bowler as well 😂

[@omiohassan3180]

Imagine playing cricket for 16 years, and still can't bat properly.

[@LevineLawrence]

Classic bullshitter who can talk well but can't bat well, they are everywhere 😅

[@RealShaktimaan]

He is not a pro. I'm sure you have done things all your life that you still suck at.

[@MrPinkmen]

HAHAHA he was total shite

[@eddygordon7170]

Same happens in soccer, even if the goalkeeper isn't there they manage it not to score isn't it?! Makes me crazy. Yes I was born in Brazil

[@SarcasticSaar]

Are u talking about Bangladesh🇧🇩?

[@school1865]

That’s a dangerous workshop setup. So much find dust everywhere and they have old open fans if one day it gets just a bit to dusty and theirs a spark game over.

[@MiguelTorrellas]

no hearing protection, no gloves, barefoot, operating machine with their feet. the list goes on and on

[@school1865]

@@MiguelTorrellas yeah they don’t even have proper mask I can imagine they have the same likelyhood of cancer as a smoker.

[@P.G.Wodelouse]

why do you think they ship it to India to make them lol if it was safe they wouldn't make them.

[@school1865]

@@P.G.Wodelouse It's done in India because of the large market and cheap labour. Woodworking is safe nothing about it is dangerous it's not like mining/refining rare metals where the job is you exposed to toxic shit. It's not hard or anymore expensive to have a safe woodworking setup this is just laziness. For one having a cheap shop vacuum new or second hand, and proper mask if that's to expensive a reusable respirator would make it all safer.

[@P.G.Wodelouse]

@@school1865 "It's done in India because of the large market and cheap labour" cheap labour is cheap why??? you argued my point. why buy a reusable mask when your people are disposable.

[@truesy1358]

48 Years at one company is astounding. The knowledge Bruce must have from being the first line of quality for that company is impressive. Thanks for a 48 year commitment Bruce.

[@dingleydell3250]

Great to see skilled workers in both countries marvellous

[@Serenity_Dee]

Also, sixty inches in _circumference_ , not diameter.

[@WhatsWrong221]

That's what she said.

[@doggfite]

They also said "band saw" and then immediately showed the cut they were referencing being made with a circular/chop saw I mean, I imagine they got the info from the companies for the script and the companies just made mistakes in what they told them. But who knows.

[@doggfite]

They also said "band saw" and then immediately showed the cut they were referencing being made with a circular/chop saw I mean, I imagine they got the info from the companies for the script and the companies just made mistakes in what they told them. But who knows.

[@52Ford]

@@doggfite The lady narrating is just reading a script. Blame the script writers.

[@doggfite]

@@52Ford I mean, did you read my comment? I'm not blaming the narrator, I also wouldn't blame the script writers for specifically the reason I mentioned in the comment. If they are on location filming and interviewing and they ask a worker "and what is this tool called and what do you use it for?" And they say "oh it's a band saw and we use it to cut the V shape notch in the bat for the handle" You don't correct it after the fact, you just put it in the script, because you assume that they have some knowledge of their subject that you can't presume to know better than they do. It's one thing if they say "Obama is the US president in 2024", you can fact check that quite easily. But none of us know that the workers in that factory do not call that saw a band saw, maybe they do. Doesn't make it any less funny that someone probably misspoke and it made it into the video, but that's not on the script writers.

[@slavicprincess]

8:02 “the cane is smoothed down and then inserted into the V” 😭😭

[@KOdi766]

They are expensive indeed. Are those gentlemen who makes them gets paid expensive as well?

[@astroboirap]

they're paid in cow dung

[@David-kh2gk]

Lmao, no. They get paid in naan

[@josephaugustine4876]

It's probably around 20 USD a day , and it's pretty decent pay in India.

[@DaniMaulana-g3y]

Who would believe that this tree which lacks leaves is the best wood in the whole world?

[@Ybby999]

Well the guy at 8:52 has a nice watch, idk tho

[@henklategan0528]

Lovin' that they started playing go solo - Tom Rosenthal 8:08 Highly underrated artist

[@danielleevers1511]

11:05 what was the non-striker doing 😂

[@Koudey]

7:37 I dont think thats a band saw

[@doggfite]

No no, "banned saw" Banned in the UK for all the health and safety violations

[@Koudey]

@@doggfite Comment section applauds your clarification

[@d.o.t.]

@@doggfite At least the chop saw made a (laughable) attempt at including safety equipment. Now check out the freehand table saw crosscut at 7:22 , complete with a blade that's standing at least two inches higher than the wood it's being fed.

[@dexterm2003]

Definitely a circular saw

[@Intelligence_Failure]

it's a chop saw, a type of circular saw.

[@jimlawton4184]

“Inserted into the V” 😉😹

[@John_C_J]

Hehe

[@SGOA32178]

dirty you hahaha

[@RegulusFlaminiusIndicus]

faqing hell XD

[@Royalbob123]

They should plant these English willow trees in similar weather conditions in other countries like New Zealand , Ireland , Scotland and in Indian states like Himachal and Kashmir , so that supply will be uninterrupted. Depending solely on an island nation like England will be a risk I think 😊

[@onidoremc9490]

It's not possible in india Climate of uk is too cold and hill stations terrain is bad

[@onidoremc9490]

It's not possible in india Climate of uk is too cold and hill stations terrain is bad

[@Royalbob123]

@@onidoremc9490 India has similar cold, wet and hilly terrain region near Himalayas like Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir . Already they have planted these trees in Kashmir I read. Australia and New Zealand also have similar weather and east areas for plantation right ?

​@Royalbob123 Not Australia. Even Tasmanian is too warm. The trees grow too fast resulting in lower quality willow.

[@Vdamlir_Pitun]

South of Christchurch has the same condition as the UK.

[@theboundaryedge3926]

Totally loved watching this. I am now obsessed with the inner workings of the cricket bat industry.

[@majorburke9735]

This “slow growth” wood is the reason old furniture is better than new fast-growth commercial wood. New wood is weaker and tends to warp. It’s better to refurbish your old furniture.

[@VitaKet]

_One_ reason... a bigger reason is furniture now is made from much thinner pieces of wood. Or composite woods.

[@elroy9186]

that particle board tree grows really fast

[@agt155]

@@elroy9186 I've got one in my garden next to a plywood tree.

[@anmolagrawal5358]

1:38 Nice sound design, I felt that

[@DomMaster-zq4ug]

8:02 "The cane is smoothed down and then inserted into the V." 😂😂😂

[@gcm747]

I can tell you one of the reasons they aren’t expensive. The wages paid to Indian workers.

[@physco4641]

They are paid 20-25 dollars which is pretty good as per Indian ppp.

[@HomeDistiller]

does the voice over team and the editing team just not talk to each other?

[@Auxxxin.14]

Most of young beginners like me, prefer KASHMIR willow Obviously ,it's alternative of English

[@onidoremc9490]

It's cheap

[@nt7519]

9:25 The rubber grip is most certainly not glued to the handle. It is simply rolled on and usually taped to the body of the bat.

[@dom4068]

0:33 "No professional players would use anything other than english willow" And the narrator says that Suryakumar Yadav and MS Dhoni uses english willow bats. The question sprang up in my mind- why Sachin is not mentioned? Because he used Kashmir willow bat atleast for test cricket.

[@chriscampbell3417]

My back would be on fire by the end of a work day there, idk how these old men do it. Bent at the knees working like that had got to be extremely difficult.

[@jd7ub]

Its called the Asian squat. For Asians it's as comfortable as sitting on a chair

[@rahulb06]

That's why bat is precious 😍 to cricket players 😀 🎉

[@danim5373]

Damn the working standards between UK and India are astoundingly different. That dude better invest in Safety

[@danceoffAsh]

We can't even afford gloves, what safety are you talking about?

[@danim5373]

@@danceoffAsh the owner should invest in safety, I don't need to clarify this. If these are being sold for 1k, where is the profit going?

[@danceoffAsh]

@@danim5373 Safety? There's no such thing in India.

[@danim5373]

@@danceoffAsh yes and I sympathise with you because it is a big shame. Workers need to be treated and paid better. 🙏🏻

[@danceoffAsh]

@@danim5373 RIght.

[@ThatGuy3714]

Lets make all the salty kids mad with this comment 🤣 Its interesting that they say they like old English willow trees with tight grains because they are dense but that they have to compress it to make it denser so the ball goes somewhere because they are using a soft hardwood that is not even a dense hardwood. So instead of using a harder wood from the start like a baseball bat uses they go though a round about away but still claim its a superior wood. Honestly it just looks like they want to use a classic English native tree for a sport created in England just to keep the tradition alive more then anything. Which is completely fine. I support that. Kind of like how certain wine can only be made in certain areas with a certain kind of ingredient. It's a normal thing to do. but lets not try to act like a soft wood tree like a willow is a good bat material when its not because its not that dense, but then still claiming that its a dense wood throughout the video and the best there is when a minute later they are saying its not that strong and they then have to compress it and how bats dont even last that long because they are not that hard.. Using English Willow is for nothing more then tradition and that's all. Just cut to the chase and stop trying to word it like a politician with backwards lies and half truths.

[@valencia_gabe]

I had the same thought. You use a hardwood and you don’t have to compress. You could probably get more distance from every hit too. This is all tradition. I guess it also keeps things more or less consistent from bat to bat.

[@steve4073]

be better if they made the bats in england instead of shi[ping it abroad to make the bats tyhen sellit back to use for £1000 if they made the bat in engalnd you could kncok off the transport fee's making the bats cheaper to manufacture the reasopn why the econemy starts with ECON its a con someone gets ripped off somewhere thats why we have poor and rich countrys. bestthing for this bat company is tomke the bats out of a wood localy grown its cheaper and self sourced meaning they could sell that £1000 bat for half price making the sport accessable to more people to enjoy , but that would be too easy

[@adeharris4457]

It's down to the structure of the wood too which flexes a bit if they could use harder wood they would lol

[@Icarus1234]

Are completely ignoring the fact that soft woods are lighter than hardwoods? And before you say they can make the bats thinner with hardwood, maybe they can't. Maybe the bats will break too easily if it's too thin no matter the wood choice.

[@BDASS-o6l]

15 years to grow a tree many man hours and skill to cut shape and form a beautiful bat so what your saying is the best cricket players in the world are using the wrong wood ? They know what they are doing

[@badmanno.1650]

Difference between workers in India and workers in the UK is astonishing, these companies need to be taken to court. 😢

[@dappa9996]

That’s why we have this great replacement of workers happening because we expect more rights and that limits companies profits ;-)

[@ItiankShorts]

My father was a trucker, he brought me a bat from Meerut. It was an excelent bat, took a lot of abuse but never broke, it got stolen from playground one day.

[@bkucenski]

1000 / 24 = $41 per hour. I don't imagine the workers see much of that.

[@Tonyx.yt.]

they see 41 USD per week, AT BEST and most probably only for skiller/senior workers, not newbies

[@BrurWabbit]

Neither does the environment 🌱

[@Tonyx.yt.]

@@PavelPalancica around 1 USD, 3 USD per hour in india is the wage of a middle class white collar... the average hourly wage for engineers in india is 3.5 USD! so no way the earn nearly as much

[@beemore18]

That's a crazy ass assumption...

[@xander1052]

you have to remember that there is the profit margin, the cost of the British workers for growing the wood and then the shipping, it's inevitable that the indian workers will get little.

[@RenupriyaJaiswal]

middle class family in india can spent 5k to 10kfor bat, but won't spent 1k dollars, its so much for buy a wood bat, which can break during play and 1k dollars gonna break.

[@kstephen88694]

The narrator did a good job 👍

[@greenskull9455]

I've been playing cricket since I was 5. And I still do.I have one of their bats,bought em way back in 2009.played more than a thousand matches,still in tip top condition ❤❤

[@anotherlefttoe451]

8:08 my man just chilling with his bare ass foot a hair away from the belt

[@CutPasteDJ]

Those trees aren't 60" in diameter... Maybe 60cm

[@wr3ckt4ngl3]

My guess is circumference, not diameter

[@CutPasteDJ]

@@txm2124 so that would be circumference, not diameter

[@Chainsaw-ASMR]

@@wr3ckt4ngl3came here to say the same. They definitely mixed up diameter and circumference.

[@askthepaperclip]

16 inches...

[@2caballos]

welcome in the world of stupidity, all ruled by AI

[@Nay-kp6uu]

Are they allowed to wear shoes at work?

[@eN3RD]

Apparently not 😭

[@erueru2014]

Only safety sandals

[@nick2128]

@@erueru2014 🩴

[@asmikhan2822]

Which country r u talking about England or India 😂😂😂

[@52Ford]

Nope. OSHIT doesn't allow it.

[@d.jensen5153]

There's a ginormous 35-year-old willow in my backyard. The tree is a cross between Salix alba and something else. I should send a blank from it to India to have a custom cricket bat made, and then arrange with someone from the local cricket association to try it out.

[@salguodrolyat2594]

You'll never see the bat if you send the wood to India.🤣

[@danceoffAsh]

Just sell the tree. We'll probably pay a few hundred thousands for it.

[@neilpieterse9614]

There is lots of quality batmakers in the UK

[@TX200AA]

I used to live in Essex and walk my dog in a plantation of willow trees which I called the Cricket Bat Wood because that was the purpose of the trees.

[@_cofred4146]

8:03 nice

[@Agasthyar]

Why can't English willow trees be cultivated outside England? There are similar climate available on other parts of the world. So the demand can be met also price will come down.

[@afctaylor12]

Wet clay soil which rarely dry out warm summer and rarely colder then 2 c in winter. It can grow in meny place in Europe but it won't have reputation nor could it be left alone . They plant them and leave a little maintenance

[@mistag3860]

And French champagne, or Russian caviar, Indian rosewood, Scotch whisky, Kentucky bourbon, etc etcetera, because it just tastes better!

[@Agasthyar]

@@afctaylor12 How about growing English willows in Kashmir? Pretty much similar climate and the soil is far better and more fertile than England. Weather also predictable than England.

[@D_402S]

By that logic, why can't we grow Mangoes in Norway or Sweden then? Why only India?

[@devangmetha]

Almost every comment here is third class. This is a lovely documentary about a lovely sport.

[@maigepresents5840]

The face of a cricket bat is not always flat. Quite a few have a gentle curve all the way through

[@Allenfactsandinsider]

I don't think earlier business insider reported anything related to cricket but now as the World Cup is happening in the USA they are doing it

[@danielandrewgrant]

The price for one of those bats is more than the average person in India makes in an entire year.

[@venkatakhileshyanamadala1700]

Nope you’re wrong

[@rskat501]

Doubtful

[@Intelligence_Failure]

apparently the average yearly income is around $2000-3000.

[@samedcelikten384]

soo what.. at least you wont spend money for a shit bat

[@danielandrewgrant]

@@Intelligence_Failure So you can buy two wooden bats with your annual income! 😂

[@kiney0713]

Brilliant! Thank you BI 🙂

[@kushagraN]

I wouldn't say the kashmir willow is counterfeit. Its a different breed. Using the timber guy's Rolls Royce & ford analogy. I guess kashmir willow is the indigenous Maruti or Tata. They sell in millions to aspiring young people, and are more reliable. These same players can get the 1000$ bats when they become famous enough to get millions in brand sponsorship from SS or GM or Grey nicolls etc just to use the bats on camera. I remember selecting my first proper bat at age 10 when we went on a trip to kashmere straight from the workshop. Even as a early teenager I was always comfortable with the weight of the bat. And that bat lasted me a long time. I even got another one as gift from my uncle when he went to J&k a few years later.

[@SC_XOLOs]

10:19 they prosecute fake bats but not credit card scammers.. 😅

[@Shubham_Bahirat]

They prosecute them too. If you feel so bad why don't wear Batman costume and serve justice in India

[@SC_XOLOs]

@@Shubham_Bahirat I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings 🤣. But tell your cousins to stop scamming ppl. Make fake bats instead

[@Shubham_Bahirat]

@@SC_XOLOs they use English wood and even if they make it with Kashmir wood it still doesn't mean it's fake. I mean i don't think a western mind can consume that much information, you guys fall for IRS scams lol that tell lot about your common sense

[@ksv314]

@@SC_XOLOs indians are honestly the quickest to take offense and the quickest to play the victim, even in the face of constructive criticism lmao

[@Bolo_Bolo_Tell_Tell]

@@SC_XOLOs who can be a bigger scammer and looter than a brit🤣🤣sk rest of the world ur ancestors were dying of hunger before they sent out colonies😂u should thank these workers ur ancestors were able to afford a days meal.....

[@KamalJhamat-ly8oy]

Nice documentary I love cricket 🏏 ❤

[@v5o-d8z]

Why? Because the skill is in India. UK is just the fodder.

[@evolancer211]

Just like every item you do a video on, the bespoke nature of whatever product is one of the reasons for the price. Doesn't take a genius to figure that Comparing a Ford to a Rolls Royce, yeah that's a fair compare lol

[@ChuNamKy]

4ra ke birthday bonus ne toh dil jeet liya, apne din pe special lagta hai

[@simonpainter5277]

Not explaining the difference in the springing is an oversight. Twelve piece handles give the best flex and rebound.

[@flamingfrancis]

Indeed, most comments have not recognised that the flexing and impact deadening of ALL bats comes from the construction design of that cane / rrubber composite layered handle.

[@maddog6542]

i don't play cricket and live in the US, but i need one of these bats.

[@HoboBo94]

India always leading the way with health and safety at work

[@RichardMontgomeryYT]

Of course ;)

[@satyapratadas3066]

6:59 He is doing business with sareen and after sareen dies he hopes to be doing business with his son as well cuz he himself is god🤯🤣🤣

[@LJfootball14]

The grains in the bat are opposite of what the best bats in America are for MLB Baseball. You want a bat with wide grains and not many grains. The closer multiple grains bats are always more easily broken. I wonder why Willow wood would be different than Maple??

[@lightningleaf23]

Indian bat makers give the best sponsorship deals to top players because they are so wealthy but they don’t necessarily make the best bats.

[@sickelevra]

7:51, nope I don't believe it, imported from company in Singapore yes, but the cane itself should be from other country

[@JogBird]

is this video narrated by an AI?

[@KhalidHussain-no3vv]

Ha😂 hahaha

[@TrueReal-de6ee]

Probably not 🎉

[@petermusinsky4524]

No, I've been subscribed to this channel and she was the narrator way before AI was invented.

[@Iceman16Cold]

It's AI generated . Chatgpt bro

[@sionv2009]

The narrator's name is in the credits at the end

[@adityagajjar3118]

These are expert craftsmen .Those making high end bats could be easily getting anything between 1-2 lakhs per month or more.

[@MorganRusler]

At 2:35: “60 inches in diameter”? Hm… no, the word they’re looking for is circumference. You need about 7’ arms to get all the way around a 60” diameter tree

[@rgarimella]

Very satisfying sounds

[@drxym]

I remember as a kid going into a sports shop with 10 or 15 types of cricket bat on sale with various quality ratings, rubber inlays, handles, etc. It all seemed very exciting which is ironic because cricket is actually a super boring game. I hated every second of having to play it at school - standing / sitting around for hours in itchy woolly jumpers in the heat of summer and when it's time to bat somebody throwing a ball at my face. The only attraction I can see to it is for spectators getting drunk or sitting in the pavilion while pretending to watch it.

[@That_was_me]

Cricket is the greatest most entertaining sport in the world ❤

[@vincentkennedymcmahon50]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dom4068]

That is really funny.... 😂😂😂😂

[@Funnyclipsgltirstloranxo]

Better than footballsh*t

[@That_was_me]

@@Funnyclipsgltirstloranxo football ⚽ is not even a sport

[@That_was_me]

@@dom4068 indeed is 💩⚽🏳️‍🌈

[@nestondomkhar191]

Promote kashmir Willow bat , it's best and I am using from 2yrs for matches, little bit heavier than English Willow,but these are more durable,affordable, and punch are very good.

[@ChimaR-t1b]

I firmly believe that an ample substitute for English Willow can be found in the tropical forests around the planet,,, that may even surpass the qualities of bats made out of English Willow... 😅😅😅

[@MegaThunderKitten]

I’d love to see why Neumann microphones are so expensive

[@Othraerir]

the difference between a good bat and an average one is massive.

[@almac9203]

The better the bat the more the ball pings off it but they don't last as long

[@Alan_Hans__]

$2 each for a piece of willow, $2 labour, $0.10 in stickers and lacquer and the bats sell for $1000. There seems to be a bit or markup somewhere. JS Wright plant about 30,000 trees a year (according to their site). About 40 bats per tree or 1.2M clefts they cut and sell. I suspect that the higher grade clefts they are selling for more than the $2 I expect that cheap bats are made from.

[@dogface6040]

It's not 60 inches in "diameter"; it's 60 in circumference.

[@simonlj1]

Glad to see Mr Sareen supplies his beloved workers with masks that stops them breathing all the fine dust in the workshop, NOT! Some are wearing a mask a dentist or surgeon would wear to stop blood and liquid spashes but they stop zero dust as the sides are all open, but I doubt Mr Sareen loses any sleep over the srtate of their lungs when he goes to sleep in his very expensive Mumbai Penthouse.

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[@modguy9894]

That hug was personal 😂

[@imsa15463]

Great working conditions in that factory, no tables no chairs just set on the hard concrete floor.

[@kryjchek]

Cane from Singapore? Someone’s getting ripped off 😛

[@dom4068]

Originally from China, but comes via Singapore because India does not allow import directly from China.

[@yoyomelon6275]

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[@dom4068]

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[@flamingfrancis]

Sarawak cane is used in the veneer composite handles that are spliced into the blades.

[@upward_onward]

Be it Kashmir willow or English Willow, it depends upon the skills of the Batman to ensure that runs are scored.

[@jpajpaassi6614]

🕉 Satyameva Jayate

[@VirdanRach]

is the type of wood Salix alba Caerulea ? Just to clarify

[@chaos116]

yes that is the scientific name of cricket bat will :)

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[@DeepakKumar-bd1pi]

Or England's English Willow tree industry is fueled by India India is buyer not england

[@jojoanggono3229]

Pro player use denser wood bat because it matches their physical. A beginner player would be better of using less dense wood bat to avoid injury. Much like beginner badminton player use racquet stringed to less lbs, like around 22-24.

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[@Petrolhead11]

Cricket Bat Industry in India is 2.3 Billion USD growing at 5.5%; expected to reach 4.5 B by 2032

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[@subratbhoi1986]

18 years it took to grow but for the entertainment, it took 18 minutes. That's not funny but it is a risk for the environment.

[@YusufEbr]

Because England is the Capital of India. Jai 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@major2707]

Lol

[@Useroi12]

Kashmir willow is underrated

[@Quicksilver12345]

Primitive mode of production in India. There are modern machines available for making bats