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If you play proper cricket (with leather ball), then you need lot of equipment – bats, balls, gloves, pads, helmets, shoes, cricket caps. It makes sense to buy a cricket kit that includes all these equipment – turns out to be much cheaper than buying them individually.
A good set of cricket equipment provides you with all the support you need to better your game.
Buying a cricket bat
Here are a few things that you should know about buying cricket bats:
English willow cricket bats are considered to be the best quality bats and are preferred by professional cricketers worldwide.
- Cricket bats come in five grades of willow with grade 1A+ being the highest quality.
- When choosing a bat, you should consider the number of grains on the bat. Crickets bats with between 6 and 12 grains indicate a high quality willow.
- Cricket bats come in 2 forms – short handle or long handle. Most coaches advise budding players to choose a short handle cricket bat for increased control, but it also depends on your height. Tall batsmen prefer bat with longer handles.
Buying a Cricket Ball
Cricket balls are available in a wide variety of colours (red and white are the more common ones) and sizes, although the red ones continue to be more popular as most budding cricketers play during day time.
Also, cricket balls made of soft synthetic material are available nowadays for training purposes, and amateurs.
A leather cricket ball is made up of 3 to 5 alternating layers of cork strips and very tightly wound string. The outer layer of a cricket ball is made from good quality dyed leather.
One of the key indicators of the quality of a cricket ball is the stitching and the seam. High quality cricket balls are covered with a thin layer of polish to give it shine.
SG and Kookaburra balls are widely used in domestic and Test matches.
Cricket Ball Thrower
And you don’t have to be a professional or an expert to use it. Any novice cricketer or a coach or a parent can use the SpeedArm. It can be used in full pitch and even on half pitch.
The finger like gripping and short handle with goose neck design ensures accuracy even for a first timer (takes a bit of throwing getting used to it).
Its designed for professionals cricket practice. Every aspiring young cricketer must have one in his kit bag and use this tool to improve his game.
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