Meat of the bat

What is a cricket bat? In a nutshell, it is a piece of wood (only bits should be like this since 1970), no more than 38 inches long and no more than 4.25 inches wide. Bits weigh from 2 pounds 7 ounces to 3 pounds. The area called the meat of the bat is the widest and thickest part of the bat. The meat of the bat should not be more than 2.64 inches deep. All requirements for a bit are spelled out in the Laws of Cricket in Appendix B.

In most cases, if a player earns 4 or 6 runs, he has got a high-quality and strong blow. And for a hard hit, the batsman hits the ball with the thickest part of the bat. This part is called the meat of the bat.

By the way, we started to pay attention to the size of the bat after the incident in 1771: on September 23 in the English Championship match between the Chertsey and the Hambledon, Chertsey player – Thomas White came out as a batsman with a bat that was about 9 inches wide (the same the width of the wicket). Since there were no restrictions at that time, Thomas did not violate anything, but the Hambledon players still filed a written protest, and the maximum bat sizes were set after the incident with the monster bat.

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