How Cricket Equipment are Made ? (26 images)

It is believed that cricket originated in the south-east England. In the historical chronicles of King Edward I, is often referred to a game similar to cricket, whose inhabitants entertained themselves in Kent in the XIII century.

At the beginning of last century cricket for a short time was included in the Olympic program, but for lack of competition in the sport was dropped. Let's look at the production of equipment for cricket inside. Check out 25 more images after the jump.

1. Work stitch two halves of the leather with a spherical nucleus in the middle to get the ball cricket in a factory in Meerut, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of New Delhi, January 28, 2011. Before the World Cup Cricket demand for equipment for its sharply increased and manufacturers accelerate the pace. The factory produces about 600 balls a day, each one brings dealers from 60 to 600 rupees (1, 3 to 13 dollars).

BDM factory has been operating for 90 years and is a family production. It makes the balls, bats and other equipment for cricket, which is used not only local athletes, but also foreign ones, for example, Sanat Dzhayasuriya from Sri Lanka or legendaVest Indies Brian Lara. In India, this sport was built almost as a religion and kriketistov here very much respect and love. In the factory, virtually no tools, and the whole day here manually dubyat skin, treated wood, shell stitch balls.

Workers earn 5000 rupees (110 dollars) per month, plus bonuses for exceeding the amount of work. Picture taken January 28, 2011. Cricket - a game not to everyone's taste. It is slow, the players now and then interrupted to drink tea, so that a match can last for several days. However, over the next six weeks, cricket will be an event number one in the countries where the sport is popular, mostly in former British colonies, as well as Kenya and the Netherlands. FIFA World Cup Cricket held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, starting from February 19 to April 2. Mostly stock, which is used in the game, is a solid red ball and a square wooden bat. Often they are made by hand on the same little Indian factories, like the one in question.

2. Work dubit pieces of skin that will be used for the production of balls for cricket.

3. Work with cork pieces that were left to dry before you make of it a core balls for cricket.

4. Work processes leather.

5. Work with a hammer handle tube, which obtyanuli special strings to give it a proper form.

6. Work stitches the two halves of a leather sheath ball.

7. Work stitches the two halves of a leather sheath ball.

8. Work ready to polish the balls before you pack them.

9. Worker puts on the balls to print packaging. The workers packed cricket balls.

Work processes weeping willow wood from which the bits are made for cricket. The company produces about 150,000 bits and 220,000 balls per year, using wood from England and northern parts of India, Kashmir. Ten percent of production is exported, mainly to Britain, Australia, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Picture taken January 31, 2011.

Worker prepares willow wood for making cricket a bit.

The workers grind the edge pieces to produce an arm for cricket bats.

Workers polish the wooden piece and attach them to the handles.

Workers attach the fabricated bits to the hilt.

Work is engaged in manufacturing a cricket bat.