In a workshop with a stunning view of the mountains of southeastern Brazil, self-taught carpenter Luiz Roberto Francisco is chipping at a piece of pine and turning it into a rare artifact for this ...

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 ...

POCOS DE CALDAS, Brazil (Reuters) - When Brazil's rapidly growing cricket programme threatened to run out of bats, the solution was both simpler and harder than anyone anticipated: make your own. Matt ...

Every cricketer needs The Right Bat. It's his most trusted companion. Traditionally carved from top-quality willow, famous bat-makers, source the bulk of their willow wood from Kashmir. The coveted ...

Modern cricket bats enhance power and performance, allowing players to hit boundaries even off imperfect connections, thanks ...

PARTNER CONTENT: Inside the Australia workshop where five craftsmen produce 6000 cricket bats a year, including $2500 collector's items sought after by the game's biggest stars. About 30 minutes south ...

Robertsbridge, Harry Latham-Coyle visits the East Sussex village to find out how an English institution are planning for the future ...