Nov 05, 2012

I have been following Cricket Insight ever since I was asked to do an article about my Company J.S.Wright & Sons Ltd. back in the summer of 2012. Cricket insight has always struck me as informative and up to date, I have just read the “A ticket to the green eyed monster” article and finally [...]

Mar 27, 2012

As promised here is the recent interview we conducted with Jeremy Ruggles, a Director at JS Wright and Sons. All questions have been sent in by our forum members. 1. Are all account holders allowed to visit and select their own willow? If so why do you think some don’t take you up on this? [...]

Mar 23, 2012

JS Wright and Sons are the worlds largest and oldest established company supplying English Cricket Bat Willow. JS Wright was formed by Jessie Samuel Wright. Mr Wright was a builder by trade but quickly realised the willow industry would be far more lucrative. Jessie purchased a site called, The Willows in Little Leighs and named [...]

Mar 22, 2012

I’ve always been interested in cricket bat design, having been apart of the team behind the Fusion Skyer and later the Mongoose bat. So I keep a keen eye on developments and patent applications in this area. I also love the marketing and technology behind products, and am totally enamoured by the idea of technology [...]

Mar 01, 2012

Here is the next instalment of “The Insiders” series, this guest post is written by our friends from the New Zealand based brand, Laver and Wood. When we are out doing bat making demonstrations one of the most frequent questions we receive is about whether we can change the length of the handle or the [...]

Feb 18, 2012

This post is part of Cricket Insight’s insiders series – it’s been written and curated by retailer Game, Set & Match. “February is a busy month for us retailers, winter nets have kicked in, people are beginning to buy their kit and we’re are tasked with securing their stock for the remainder of the season. [...]