All sports need innovations : Bamboo bat researchers not losing hope


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Currently bamboo cricket bats fail the MCC laws in 2 places Ben Tinkler-Davies, one of the Bamboo bat researchers has still not lost hope despite the research study by him and his Cambridge University colleague (Dr. Darshil Shah) has been rejected by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the custodian of the laws of the game. The researchers study suggests that cricket bats made from Bamboo offer a more suitable alternative to the traditional use of willow. Currently bamboo cricket bats fail the MCC laws in 2 places. 5.3.2 states "the blade shall consist solely of wood". Bamboo is technically a...