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Cricket news & guides

Buying guides, size charts and expert tips to help you choose the right cricket gear.

Oct 2, 2026 Annas Nasir

Junior Cricket Kit List: Everything Your Child Needs for Their First Hard-Ball Season

For a first hard-ball season, your child needs a helmet, batting pads, batting gloves, a bat that fits and, for boys, an abdominal guard...

Oct 2, 2026 Annas Nasir

To oil a cricket bat, rub about a teaspoon of raw linseed oil thinly into the face, edges and toe with your fingers or...

Oct 1, 2026 Annas Nasir

To knock in a new cricket bat, oil the face lightly, then strike it with a wooden mallet in short sessions, starting gently and...

Oct 1, 2026 Annas Nasir

The best cricket bat mallet for most players is a plain hardwood mallet costing £7 to £15. It does the main job of knocking...

Sep 30, 2026 Annas Nasir

For most children starting hard-ball cricket, the best junior cricket bat is a £90 to £150 English willow bat from an established maker, in...

Sep 29, 2026 Annas Nasir

A new cricket bat in the UK costs anywhere from about £25 for a junior Kashmir willow bat to £1,500 for a top-of-the-range English...

Sep 13, 2026 Annas Nasir

A Harrow cricket bat is the largest junior size, sitting between a Size 6 and a full-size Short Handle (adult) bat. It suits players...

Sep 13, 2026 Annas Nasir

An English willow grade tells you how the willow looks, mainly the number of grains, how straight they run, and how clean the face...

Sep 12, 2026 Annas Nasir

For most young beginners and softball players, start with a Kashmir willow bat. It is cheaper, tougher and perfectly good for learning the basics....

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