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Laver & Wood are a relatively new entrant in to the cricket bat market, having only been in existence for a very short while. I happen to have been a very lucky winner ? a web ad on the Cricket Club website for the club I play for in Austria, meant that I was the first person in Austria to have one of these beautiful bats, although sadly I have been robbed of the chance to become the first cenurion in Austria with one of these bats (a Spanish batsman playing in the international tournament I helped organise last summer got this honour!). A lot of the information within this opinion is worth bearing in mind if you are looking for a cricket bat in general - not just one of ...

Most cricket bats are expensive as they are made for the proper game, which is annoying when you only want a game with friends for a laugh. I was very sceptical when a friend of mine said he had purchased a real cricket bat for only £1.00 at our local 'everything for a pound' store. I thought it must have been some kind of joke, but it turns out it was money very well spent. Despite being a little smaller than full size, it was solid enough and had a perfectly adequate rubber grip with string underneath it. It was light which made it more suitable for a friendly game than a normal heavy bat. I expected it to fall apart after no time at all but was ...

Although many of us are familiar with the "big" names regarding cricket bat quality and manufacture, what will be a surprise to many people is the fact, many of these companies now have their bats manufactured by sweat shop labour on the sub-continent. It is surprising how many cricket followers/experts are being fooled purely by the branding visible on the bat. Although many of these bats are still of a considerably high quality, the fact companies are having them manufactured on the sub-continent has nothing to do with the quality of the willow used or the end product. It boils down to the simple fact, labour rates and material prices are a fraction ...