Taking Care of Your Cricket Bats
One of the most popular games played in Britain is Cricket. There are two teams in this game, which have 11 players in each team. The game is enjoyed across the countries. It is termed as a ‘religion’ in countries like India and Pakistan. It is a simple game that involves just bat and ball. Other cricket equipment include sight screen, stumps, and safety equipment such as wicket keeping gloves, mouthpiece, batting gloves and helmets.
Cork base is used to make the cricket balls, which are then covered with twine. Finally, it is covered with white or red leather on top. Another significant equipment of cricket is bats. It is significant to understand that cricket bats require maintenance even before and after the game.
You will be surprised to know that even a new bat needs maintenance in order to make it apt for use on the ground. Bats are generally used to knock down shots, even before you get onto the field. It will protect it from being damaged. You should be very careful while using bats during full swing. There are certain steps that should be followed, which will give you desired results.
You can use a coating of linseed oil on bats. You should let the bat absorb it for a few hours. Then once again, you should use a layer of oil on it. It is necessary that you grease the bat adequately. However, you should check that oil is not excessively used on it.
The next step is to hit a wooden knocking mallet on the bat for about 10-15 times, you will notice few dents but it is quite normal. Ensure that you are not hitting the wooden mallet on the back of cricket bat, use the wooden knocking mallet, and they are available in many sport equipment stores at affordable price. Repeat the session of knocking with the wooden mallet for about 10-15 times for a number of days until the bat has received minimum of about 3-4 hours of knocking session. It is important to remember that you grease the bat before every knocking session begins with linseed oil.
Hit the edges gently with the knocking mallet till the edges obtain a round shape. It is important that you need to maintain your bat before you start playing for the final matches, so use the bat for practice sessions first before you land in the ground for the final countdown.
Bats are valuable equipments and your match performance depends a lot on the kind of cricket bats that you use. Hence, adequate maintenance of cricket bats is of vital importance particularly before you start using it.
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