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When your Cooper Cricket bat arrives, it is ready to go: hand-oiled, knocked in by hand and hand-finished, with the face protected and the grip fitted. Net-ready, out of the box.

A lot of players bring bats into the workshop thinking the bat is dead. They wonder if it needs oiling, or if it’s time for a new one. The first thing we look at is the handle.

If the handle has started to break down, energy gets lost through the bat instead of transferring cleanly into the ball.

We’re pleased to supply genuine English willow clefts and part made cricket bats to bat makers right across Australia, sourced direct from England and supplied from our Brisbane workshop.

This time of year, the workshop fills up with more than just the sound of tools and timber, it fills up with stories. Players wander in to have a bat repaired, to grab an extra set of gloves, or just to have a yarn, and with them comes summer - long days, hard work, and seasons taking shape.

We hear about early mornings at training, about hours spent in the nets, about preparation finally paying off.

There’s plenty of movement in the Cooper Cricket workshop at the moment, with bats being refurbished and repaired as players push through the second half of the summer season.

Congratulations to Cooper Williams on a standout tournament with NSW Country.

Despite going down in the final against Queensland, Cooper put together a strong campaign and was rewarded with a selection in the Australian Merit Team.

The My Way team from Channel 9 have been in to interview Rod Grey and Josh Brown as part of their 11th season.

The bat arrived in a condition only a true cricket hero could still admire. The back was almost entirely blackened from age, moisture, and decades of wear. The grip had melted. The binding had disintegrated entirely. The handle was damaged and required sections to be rebuilt. A significant graft was needed down at the toe to return to its original shape. It was tired. It was battered. But it was far from done.