Bamboo cricket bats

Scientists have developed a cricket bat made from bamboo instead of the traditional willow wood. Bamboo is an inexpensive, fast-growing plant. Willow needs to grow for 15 years before it can be harvested, and up to 30% of the wood gets wasted in creating a bat. The bamboo bat is heavier but stronger and could possibly hit the ball further. The use of bamboo bats in matches would require a change to the rules of cricket, but inventor Dr Darshil Shah said the new bat was still “in the spirit of the game”. Enjoy these stories? Find more in this month’s The Week Junior Science+Nature magazine sciencenature.theweekjunior.co.uk…

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