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- The Next Rising Star in Bengali American Cricket Communityby AdminFor those of us who play and follow cricket in the NYC region, we know that the cricketing infrastructure here lacks the resources and financial backing to nurture young talent preventing them from reaching their fullest cricketing potential. This is especially true for those in the Bengali cricketing community. Whereas many from other national backgrounds have made it to the highest levels of USA cricket, we can count the number of Bengali cricketers at the highest levels with the fingers on one of my hands (although more are breaking into the highest levels more recently). No one person or governing body is at fault as there are lots of factors at play here. It is a topic for another day and another discussion. However, through the chaos and disarray, some talented players are emerging as their potential is being recognized by more than their peers. This piece is about one…
Continue Reading The Next Rising Star in Bengali American Cricket Community - A Blast From The Pastby AdminA customer reached out to me recently for a full refurbishment of a cricket bat. Up until this point I had been refurbishing a few bats here and there. These were mostly bats that my friends and were using over the recent seasons. I did a couple of other refurbishments of better known players in New York. The customer came in one evening with his friend to drop off the bat. The bat had no stickers and no bat rubber. The toe was rough, the bat had a thick layer of oil application which had built up to a shiny finish over time. The bat looked almost reddish yellow. But it had no obvious heavy damage. But what stood out most to me was how old this bat looked to be. This looked at least a decade old. It had a hump on the back, a remnant of the time…
Continue Reading A Blast From The Past - My Cricket Story!by AdminCricket has been a passion of mine for a very long time. As far back as I can remember, I loved cricket. My first cricket bat was made out of an Asian palmyra palm tree leaf. A lot of people from south Asia may remember these trees or even the bats made out of the stems. The leaves are large and the stems are as sharp as a handsaw. I think I was just starting school at that time, it was in the mid-90s. The second bat I had was made of a wood plank, a major upgrade from the palm tree leaf bat that I had. It was flatter and didn’t bend backwards unlike my first bat. Although the handle wasn’t very comfortable, I was very pleased with the look. Ultimately, I was just excited to have something that resembled an actual cricket bat. Here are some pictures of…
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