Cricket is seen as a non-contact sport but a ball needs to be robust and hard-wearing which means they are hard and potentially dangerous.

A single cow only makes 15 Dukes cricket balls. Whereas a butcher might pride themselves on achieving maximum bang for their bovine buck by using almost the entire animal from nose to tail, it turns ...

Is there wood in a cricket ball? The answer is no. Cricket balls are traditionally made from cork, rubber, and leather. A cricket ball's core is crafted from cork, which provides the bounce and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The game of cricket is believed to have originated in rural England sometime in the 16th or 17th century. The earliest versions of ...