*Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education, A.M.U., Aligarh (U.P.) India
**Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engg. Section, University Polytechnic, A.M.U., Aligarh (U.P.), India
***Research Scholar, Department of Physical Education, A.M.U., Aligarh (U.P.) India
Online published on 24 February, 2016.
Even though in-spite of the fact that the sports of cricket is 500 year old, there has been little scientific researches done to study the bat. Since the 17th century cricket bat has been changed various times; the earliest cricket bats were made from a single piece of wood. The gradual development of cricket bat made this single piece of wood in to two parts i.e. the blade and the handle. Over the last 3 years there has been a spate of innovation in cricket bat handles to improve bat performance. But this time the guardian of the rules MCC decided the trend would tilt the balance in favor of the batsman too much, where the ball, pitches and boundaries have remained unchanged. So they modified Rule 6, and allow only 10% of ‘non-wood’ material in the handle. So by keeping in mind the rules of cricket bat characteristics a new recent development takes place that would be dominant in the era of modern cricket. This innovation further bifurcates the handle in two parts and the blade will remain same as it was (Ali, S. & Murtaza, S. T. 2014).
