SANGAM, India (AP) — Lines of shops display neat stacks of willow wood along a nondescript motorway in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Sangam village. Behind the shops are small manufacturing units, where ...

India is home to a number of the top cricket-bat manufacturers, including Sareen Sports, SS. But the wood used to make the highest-quality bats needs to be shipped halfway across the globe from ...

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) this week hosted a Cricket Bat Conference at Lord’s, which brought together key stakeholders in the game to discuss the future of bat-making in the sport, in response to ...

[ABOUT]: SS Junior NOIR series cricket bat are hand selected grade 1 Kashmir willow cricket bats having straight and clear grains, light weight between 2 to 2.4 oz depending on the size of bat. All ...

In Sangam-the cricket bat capital of the world workshops are shut, workers have fled, and sales have plummeted. What was once a thriving craft now faces an uncertain future, worsened by dwindling ...

Pulwama’s journey from being a terror hub to a cricket hub marks a significant chapter in the story of “New Kashmir.” The phrase “from grenade to cricket ball ...

Bamboo cricket bats are stronger, offer a better 'sweet spot' and deliver more energy to the ball than those made from traditional willow, tests conducted by the University of Cambridge show. Bamboo ...

SRINAGAR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than 2 million willow trees - once a key source of wood for cricket bats, fruit boxes and fires - will be cut down around Indian-administered ...