The thing is about you Aussies Beny just cant be satisfied with a bat made from good old Alba Caerulea has been found the most suitable. Salix Alba Caerulea is "Cricket Bat Willow".
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Originally Posted by Lever & Wood The laws of cricket state that the cricket bat blade has to be made of wood consequently the never ending task to find the perfect piece of wood is put into place. The stipulation that the blade should be made of wood came about when the Australian player Dennis Lillee used an aluminium bat in a test match against England in Australia in 1979. After only a few deliveries Mike Brearley complained that the bat was damaging the ball and the umpires instructed Lillee to replace it. Lillee declared that it was "the thing of the future", however the cricketing world agreed that it "just wasn't cricket" and soon after, the M.C.C. amended law 6. |
Yep I remember the row that broke out over this, for the law chew on the above.