Is a cricket ball harder or softer than a cricket bat?

[netsc]

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?

[kalika_ag]

cricket ball is definately softer than cricket bat if not.....then we would have to change the bat every after 2 or 3 overs...........

[pongpipat]

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.

[jazzcat]

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..

[talkative]

Cricket Ball
Usually in two color Red and White. Made up of leather and cork, cork wrapped with leather compose by thread or string which raised equatorial seam. circumference is between 224 and 229 millimeters (8.81 to 9.00 inches), and the ball weighs between 156 and 163 grams (5.5 to 5.75 ounces).

Cricket Bat
A wooden blade use to play and hit ball. The blade of bat made up wood. The wood used is from the willow tree. Normally made of Kashmir or English willow tree. Size of the blade has a maximum width of 108 millimeters (4.25 inches) and the whole bat has a maximum length of 965 millimeters (38 inches).

More information about cricket equipments: Cricket Bytes Cricdb | an eye on cricket

generally leather is more soft than wood but, the way leather is treated before making a cricket ball makes it hard and harder. The regular use of cricket ball at least 2 month makes it that soft as it was when raw.


the main difference is in the size of the ball and bat..ball's life is less than bat if use properly.

[wchua24]

wow ...i should did got allot of good information about cricket ball and bats...i thank you all for this..

[talkative]

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[emenace]

cricket ball should be softer, because you are using the bat to hit the ball