Critical Analysis on The Design and Use of Materials in Cricket Bat Handles

A review was carried out to identify published work on use of material into the handle of cricket bat for its design and manufacturing. As the time and popularity of the game surprisingly increases, little research had been done for the advancement of the equipments when there is no restriction on the use of materials, such as composite materials, carbon fiber, titanium etc. As the new Law came into effect from 1st October 2008, all these bats were ruled to be in contravention of the Laws of cricket and have since been withdrawn. And To further improvement in the performance of cricket bat, without violating the rules of the game, advance materials are to be used. And such advancements, together with use of stiff and lightweight composite materials, have engendered many designs would be explored in the future. Innovation is limited in cricket where the rules insist that the use of predominant material in cricket bat must be, for the blades-use of willow (100%) only and for the handles-total (90%) volume of bat handles should consist of cane, wood and/or twine with the other (10%) for other purpose like reducing vibration.