From willow tree to pitch: How cricket bat is made

A worker cuts bark from logs at J S Wright & Sons cricket willow suppliers in Chelmsford, Britain July 6, 2015. J S Wright & Sons are the oldest and largest willow supplier, supplying English Willow to bat makers across the globe. The company sells 420,000 cricket blades from up to 10,000 willow trees per year. Photograph taken July 6, 2015. (
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English Willow logs are seen piled up at J S Wright & Sons cricket willow suppliers in Chelmsford, Britain July 6, 2015. J S Wright & Sons are the oldest and largest willow supplier, supplying English Willow to bat makers across the globe. The company sells 420,000 cricket blades from up to 10,000 willow trees per year. Photograph taken July 6, 2015.  (REUTERS)

A worker checks the grade of cricket bat blades at J S Wright & Sons cricket willow suppliers in Chelmsford, Britain July 6, 2015. J S Wright & Sons are the oldest and largest willow supplier, supplying English Willow to bat makers across the globe. The company sells 420,000 cricket blades from up to 10,000 willow trees per year. Photograph taken July 6, 2015. (REUTERS)

Willow logs are unloaded off a truck at J S Wright & Sons cricket willow suppliers in Chelmsford, Britain July 6, 2015. J S Wright & Sons are the oldest and largest willow supplier, supplying English Willow to bat makers across the globe. The company sells 420,000 cricket blades from up to 10,000 willow trees per year. Photograph taken July 6, 2015.
(REUTERS)

A worker saws clefts into cricket bat blades at J S Wright & Sons cricket willow suppliers in Chelmsford, Britain July 6, 2015. J S Wright & Sons are the oldest and largest willow supplier, supplying English Willow to bat makers across the globe. The company sells 420,000 cricket blades from up to 10,000 willow trees per year. Photograph taken July 6, 2015. (REUTERS)

A worker chainsaws through logs at J S Wright & Sons cricket willow suppliers in Chelmsford, Britain July 6, 2015. J S Wright & Sons are the oldest and largest willow supplier, supplying English Willow to bat makers across the globe. The company sells 420,000 cricket blades from up to 10,000 willow trees per year. Photograph taken July 6, 2015. (REUTERS)

Worker Ben Bowles puts a cricket blade through a press at the Salix Cricket Bat Company in Langley July 6, 2015. Salix Cricket Bat Company use traditional tools and techniques to make cricket bats by hand. Photograph taken July 6, 2015. (REUTERS)

Finished cricket bats made with willow supplied by J S Wright & Sons cricket willow suppliers are seen at their factory in Chelmsford, Britain July 6, 2015. J S Wright & Sons are the oldest and largest willow supplier, supplying English Willow to bat makers across the globe. The company sells 420,000 cricket blades from up to 10,000 willow trees per year. Photograph taken July 6, 2015.  (REUTERS)

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