English willow is accepted as the best wood to make a cricket bat from, but how much testing has been done?

Question

There must be thousands of different woods in the world, isn't it a bit of a coincidence that the absolute 'best' wood happened to be growing in same country as the home of cricket?

Answer 1

True.

English willow is indeed the best wood for  preparing cricket bats.

Some bat manufacturers have now started using different elements to prepare cricket bats.But MCC is soon going to make that illegal.

Answer 2

Indian cricket bats are of superior quality