The world's biggest cricket bat is a title that has been sought by the constructors of at least four bats. These bats were both built to commemorate the games of the Cricket World Cup for the year they were constructed.
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World's Largest CRICKET BAT, sponsored by BEXIMCO, 2011 Cricket World Cup
Bangladeshi people are crazy for cricket. Cricket is now hope for nation. Surprisingly Bangladesh cricket team ever cannot win any world championship in cricket but the popularity of cricket in this country is much more. Cricket is now Bangladeshi people’s song. Beximco, The title sponsor of Bangladesh Cricket team, touch the people feeling. The largest cricket bat 111-feet sponsored by Beximco in ICC world cup 2011. How the cricket bat was made - youtube link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaH-jUiHjEY Beximco presented the 111-feet cricket bat to Bangladesh Cricket Team inscribed with messages from cricket lovers across the country.
1999 Cricket World Cup – LG's cricket bat
The Creative Agency created a 50-foot bat for LG Electronics association with the Cricket World Cup 1999. Made from composite materials, the bat toured Pune hand-lifted by a team 11. The 'All The Best' cavalcade was led by an elephant (considered pious and a harbinger of good luck), a traditional 'nagara' played to the crowds, and a hand-lifted 'Palkhi' in which perched a hand-crafted replica of the World Cup. Sports enthusiasts signing the bat to wish their favorite Indian team was the big high of the campaign. The cavalcade parked at prominent locations including Dominos Pizza, ending its four-day journey for a press conference at Hotel Taj Blue Diamond, Pune. The campaign was covered by leading national and vernacular press.
Giant Cricket Bat
On account of the first ODI in Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium in Vijayawada on November 24, 2002, a cricket bat which is 100 feet in height and 10 feet in width has been installed at a prominent location inside the stadium. The bat is said to be made of a synthetic material costing about Rs. 1,400,000. It was designed by MAA Arts under the supervision of Andhra Cricket Association. The bat has a picteresque of the Krishna barrage on top and the names of the players of the host India team and the West Indies cricket team who played an ODI here on November 24, 2002. This bat holds the current world record in Guinness Book of World Records. The bat is installed here on permanent basis.
LEMU's cricket bat
This record has recently been broken by LEMU Soft drinks from AFBL (Akij Food & Beverage Ltd) in Bangladesh. They created "LEMU WORLD's BIGGEST BAT", a 70 feet (21.336 m) long and 8 feet (2.438 m) wide and 9300(9.3 K.G) bat, to wish the Bangladesh cricket team good luck in World Cup cricket. This bat collected about two million wishes and signature of cricket fans from different places of Bangladesh.
LG's cricket bat
LG Electronics presented a 16 m long, 2 m wide, 1 m deep bat to the South African national cricket team at their final warmup game prior to the 2003 Cricket World Cup, on February 10, 2003. According to LG's press release, this bat is the largest ever constructed. The bat toured around South Africa during the games to be signed by fans.
Pasban Giant Cricket Bat
The Pasban Giant Cricket Bat was unveiled at a ceremony held at Defense Stadium, Karachi on February 28, 1996. The bat was prepared in a frenzied environment leading up to the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The unveiling ceremony of the bat, which is the biggest solid wooden cricket bat in the world, was well attended by large number of citizens of Karachi. Pasban workers took the bat to the Defense Stadium from near the Gilani Railway station in a trawler rally and it has been titled as "Ambassadors of peace and love."
The bat is 50 feet (15.2 m) in length, including the handle, which measures 15 feet (4.57 m) in length. The width of the bat measures 6 feet (1.82 m). The wooden bat is solid, and looks exactly like a normal one. Pakistan's ace batting star Javed Miandad was the first person to put his signature on the bat, followed by then-Sindh Chief Minister Abdullah Shah and the president of Pasban-e-Pakistan, Altaf Shakoor. After the unveiling ceremony, the bat was placed at the National Stadium in Karachi for public display. Later on, the bat was sent around Pakistan, including the cities of Hyderabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Peshawar. Then-president Farooq Ahmed Khan Laghari and then-prime minister Benazir Bhutto, ambassadors of the different countries in Islamabad, members of parliament including Qazi Hussain Ahmed, of Jamaat-e-Islami, various cricketers, politicians and other dignitaries signed the bat. The bat is still there and awaiting Pakistan's team victory in a World Cup so that this bat can be given to the national team in a colorful ceremony