The 4 most unique bats in cricket history 

#1 The Widest Cricket Bat

The widest ever cricket bat was used in the year 1771

The thickness of the bat was the main issue for the batsmen during the initial years of cricket. Batsmen used to face difficulty in playing the ball as the bat didn’t have sufficient thickness. But, the officials made a change in the laws pertaining to the width of the bat following an incident in 1771.

The reason for the change in law was that in the same year, a new bat was invented with so much width, that it could cover all the 3 stumps. Thomas White during a match between Chertsey and Hambledon came out to bat with this widest bat ever. But the opposition protested against the bat which led to a new change in the laws of cricket. According to it, the maximum width of the bat must not be over 4 inches.

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