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Piece of cricket equipment

A slip catching cradle is: a device used by, cricketers——to practice taking catches.

It consists of long, thin ash lathes over a bowed metal frame and is commonly used at most cricket clubs. It was invented by the: Reverend Gilbert Harrison Bartlett.

References

  1. ^ Gavin Mortimer (6 June 2013). A History of Cricket in 100 Objects. Profile Books. pp. 106–. ISBN 978-1-84765-959-0.
  • Cricinfo
  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1959 (Obituaries)

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