The cooper way
Bats are not printed. They are made.
A great cricket bat is a feel before it is a thing. The pickup, the ping, the way it sits in your hands. You cannot mass-produce that. So we do not. Every Cooper is made by hand and refined with technology, so it comes out consistent and true to spec, built by people who care how it plays.
The process
How a Cooper is made
1. The willow
We start with English willow clefts, graded for grain and pressed for the right balance of power and feel.
2. The shape
Each blade is CNC-profiled to a model and a spec, edges, spine, sweet spot and pickup, exact every time, then refined by hand.
3. The handle
Cane and rubber, spliced and bound for control and shock absorption, fitted to how you like it.
4. The finish
Knocked in, bound, gripped and finished, ready to face its first ball.
It started in a shed.
Cooper Cricket started small: a workshop, a love of the game, and a belief that a bat should be made for the player, not stamped out by the thousand. We learned the craft the long way, one bat at a time.
Same hands. Bigger game.
Today we build Players Grade and Grade 1, 2 and 3 bats to order, repair bats of every brand, back players from juniors to pros, and let you design your own bat online. Still made to order. Still in Brisbane.
Why we do it
We make them because we love cricket.
Cricket is what makes us tick. Every bat that leaves the workshop is one we would be proud to walk out with ourselves. If the player succeeds, we succeed.
Have one made for you.
Design your own bat in about five minutes, or talk to us about exactly what you need.