How to select Junior or kids Cricket Bat

A good Cricket Bat is the single most important requirement of batsmen in Cricket. Selecting a good Cricket bat for junior players is very important. Junior cricket bat is crucial in building the batting technique, playing cricket shorts and makes the cricket more enjoyable.How to select a cricket bat is the most common question which every junior cricketer has.In this blog we'll give few pointers which will help you in your selection.

Bat Weight 

Keep the weight of bat light. Cricket bat comes in different weight ranging from 1 lb to 4 lb. Weight depends on size of the bat. Small size bats are specially made light by removing wood from back of the bat.  Light weight is very important for junior players. Light weight help in manoeuvre of cricket bat which helps in practising the batting techniques right. Light weight Cricket bat is also help in practising for long time.

Size of cricket bat 

Cricket bat come in varying size from 0 to full size. Size of bat should be ideal for the height of the batsmen. Smaller or bigger bats both leads to hinder manoeuvrability which will effect technique and learning of junior players. Having ideal size bat for batsman make running and batting both easy.

Bat Size	Aprox. Age	Height of batsman	Bat Length	Bat width
1	4-5	< 4’3”	25 1/4”	3 1/2”
2	6-7	4’3” - 4’6”	27 3/4”	3 1/2”
3	8	4’6” - 4’9”	28 3/4”	3 3/4”
4	9-11	4’9” - 4’11”	29 3/4”	3 3/4”
5	10-12	4’11” - 5’2”	30 3/4”	4”
6	11-13	5’2” - 5’6”	31 3/4”	4”
Full Short Handle	14+	5’6” - 6’2”	33 1/2”	4 1/4”
Full Long Handle	14+	> 6’2”	34 3/4”	4 1/4”

                                                                                     

Cricket Bat Size Chart

Handle thickness

Handle should be comfortable to hold. Batting is a wristy business. Comfortable grip is very important for proper movement of bat. Thin grip will easily rotate the bat on impact with ball, thick grip will lead to loosing the grip on impact with ball. Batsman should hold bat with batting gloves while checking the hold of the grip.

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