Title: Cricket bat
Content:  A cricket bat is a specialised piece of equipment used by batters in the sport of cricket to hit the ball, typically consisting of a cane handle attached to a flat-fronted willow-wood blade. It may also be used by a batter who is making ground to avoid a run out, by holding the bat and touching the ground with it. The length of the bat may be no more than 38 inches (96.5 cm) and the width no more than 4.25 inches (10.8 cm). Its use is first mentioned in 1624. Since 1979, a law change has provided that cricket bats can only be made from wood.
Title: Cricket bat
Content:  Law 5 of the Laws of Cricket state that the length of the bat may be no more than 38 in (965 mm), the width no more than 4.25 in (108 mm), the overall depth no more than 2.64 in (67 mm) and edge no more than 1.56 in (40 mm). Bats typically weigh from 2 lb 7 oz to 3 lb (1.2 to 1.4 kg) though there is no standard. Appendix B of the Laws of Cricket set out more precise specifications. This rule was introduced following the Monster Bat Incident of 1771. The 2017 update to the Laws saw no changes to the maximum length of the bat, which is still 38 inches/96.52 cm, but a new specification stated that the edge of the bat 
Title: Cricket bat
Content:  the lead up to the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The bat is 50 ft in length. The bat is still there and awaiting Pakistan's team victory in a World Cup. A number of organisations have made giant cricket bats and claimed them as the largest bat in the world. According to the Laws of Cricket, a bat can have a maximum width of 4.25 inches (108 mm), so these bats cannot be used in an official game. , Guinness World Records state that the largest bat is 15.627 m long and was made by Classic Mall Development Company in Chennai, India. Other giant bats include:   
Title: Cricket bat
Content:  be more than 1.56 inches / 4cm while the depth cannot be more than 2.64 inches / 6.7cm. The umpires are now given a bat gauge so they can check the legality of the bat at any time. Bats are available in a range of sizes, with some manufacturers offering unique variations. Commonly found are children's sizes 0 to 6, youth size Harrow and adult sizes. SH (Short Handle) is the most common adult size, whilst long handle and long blade options are also available. Children's sizes increase in length and width as the size increase. Although most adult bats will be the maximum width permitted (4.25 inches), no generally available cricket bat is the maximum length of 38 inches, indeed very few exceed 35 inches.
Title: Cricket bat
Content: A synthetic cricket bat 100 ft high and 10 ft wide is installed at Indira Gandhi Stadium in Vijayawada, India. LEMU Soft Drinks in Bangladesh created a 70 ft long and 8 ft wide bat to wish the Bangladesh cricket team good luck in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. LG Electronics presented a 16 m long, 2 m wide, 1 m deep bat to the South Africa national cricket team at their final warmup game prior to the 2003 Cricket World Cup. According to LG's press release, this bat is the largest ever constructed. The Pasban Giant Cricket Bat was unveiled at Defense Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 
Title: Cricket
Content:  The essence of the sport is that a bowler delivers (i.e., bowls) the ball from his or her end of the pitch towards the batter who, armed with a bat, is "on strike" at the other end (see next sub-section: Basic gameplay). The bat is made of wood, usually Salix alba (white willow), and has the shape of a blade topped by a cylindrical handle. The blade must not be more than 4.25 in wide and the total length of the bat not more than 38 in. There is no standard for the weight, which is usually between 2 lb 7 oz and 3 lb (1.1 and 1.4 kg). The ball is a hard leather-seamed spheroid, with a circumference of 9 in. The ball has a "seam": six rows of stitches attaching the 
Title: Indoor cricket court
Content:  The length of an indoor cricket pitch is the same as a conventional cricket pitch, and has 3 stumps at each end, but there the similarities end. The pitch is marked in line with the stumps at each end, and is 1.83 metres in width at the batting end and 2.47 metres at the bowling end, with the stumps in the centre, and the middle stumps are 20 metres  apart. The popping crease is in front of, and parallel with, the wicket lines at both ends. At the bowler's end, the pitch is specified as the line extending between the return creases and will 
Title: Cricket clothing and equipment
Content: Ball &ndash; A red, white or pink ball with a cork base, wrapped in twine covered with leather. The ball should have a circumference of 23 cm unless it is a children's size. ; Bat &ndash; A wooden bat is used. The wood used is from the Kashmir or English willow tree. The bat cannot be more than 38 in long and 4.25 in wide. Aluminum bats are not allowed. The bat has a long handle and one side has a smooth face. ; Stumps &ndash; three upright wooden poles that, together with the bails, form the wicket. ; Bails &ndash; two crosspieces made of wood, placed on top of the stumps. ; Sight screen &ndash; A screen placed at the boundary known as the sight screen. This is aligned exactly parallel to the width of the pitch and behind both pairs of wickets. ; Boundary &ndash; A rope demarcating the perimeter of the field known as the boundary. 
Title: Laws of Cricket
Content:  following a suggestion made by Alfred Shaw. ; Pitch protection was authorised from 1788 and a number of changes to this Law have been made including the length of time that rolling was permitted, covering of the bowler's footholds, etc. ; The dimensions of the wicket changed several times until the current 28 inches by nine inches was agreed in 1931 and confirmed in 1947. At the end of the 17th century, the two-stump wicket then in use is believed to have been 22 inches by six inches. ; The width of the bat has been unchanged at four and a quarter 
Title: Cricket bat
Content:  The blade of a cricket bat is a wooden block that is generally flat on the striking face and with a ridge on the reverse (back) which concentrates wood in the middle where the ball is generally hit. The bat is traditionally made from willow wood, specifically from a variety of white willow called cricket bat willow (Salix alba var. caerulea), treated with raw (unboiled) linseed oil, which has a protective function. This variety of willow is used as it is very tough and shock-resistant, not being significantly dented nor splintering on the impact of a cricket ball at high speed, while also being light in weight. The face of the bat is often covered with a protective film by 

Question: what is the width of a cricket bat?
Answer: no more than 4.25 inches.