Is a cricket ball harder than a cricket bat? My son asked several people this question and they were all "stumped" as they are both quite hard. And we wonder how one can tell which is really harder; would you try hammering a nail into a bat then a ball for example?
2007-02-15 13:14:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cricket
A cricket ball is harder than a cricket bat. Willow, the wood used for cricket bats, is quite a soft and fibrous wood, whilst cricket balls are 156 grams of leather.
An easy way to tell that the ball is harder is the indentations and cracking that a cricket ball causes to a cricket bat. These are natural side effects of cricket. As a number of manufacturers will say light surface cracking is natural, however larger cracks and breks are the sign of a bad bat or bad bat maintenance.
2007-02-15 13:43:32 · answer #1 · answered by kjkool_82 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I strongly feel that the bat is harder than the ball, as ikt has to bear the impact of a cricket ball bowled at the speed of generally around 90 mph. If the bat is lighter than the ball, the bat will break at the impact of the balls bowled at such a speed..
2007-02-16 01:39:54 · answer #2 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cricket ball is definately softer than cricket bat if not.....then we would have to change the bat every after 2 or 3 overs...........
2007-02-15 21:31:24 · answer #3 · answered by saira khan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋