Slip catching cradle

{{Short description|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.{{cite book|author=Gavin Mortimer|title=A History of Cricket in 100 Objects|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F6K2w8aLksEC&pg=PA106|date=6 June 2013|publisher=Profile Books|isbn=978-1-84765-959-0|pages=106–}} It was invented by the Reverend Gilbert Harrison Bartlett.

References

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  • [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/141370.html Cricinfo]
  • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1959 (Obituaries)

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Category:Cricket equipment

Category:Cricket terminology