The Hadlow Estate has partnered with Gray-Nicolls to provide willow for top class cricket bats.
They will replace mature willows which will be used to make cricket bats for some of the world's top playersAn estate has planted 200 willows in Kent, as another 220 trees head off to be made into cricket bats - potentially for some of the world's top players.The mature trees they are replacing have been felled and sent to bat manufacturer Gray-Nicolls.
Alex Hohenkirk is one of three bat makers at Gray-Nicolls who have been based in Robertsbridge, East Sussex since 1875. In the women's game Kent and England's Tammy Beaumont, who is from Dover, and Alice Capsey have also been signed to Gray-Nicolls.Mr Hohenkirk said: “A player will have half a dozen in their bag, two that are favourites, match ready, and two that are nearly there and then two that are probably past it but they are not ready to let go of them yet."
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