Essentially cricket bats can be made of two types of willow. There is English Willow cricket bats and Kashmir Willow cricket bats. English Willow is known to be the better of these two willows and provides most of the cricket bats used for leather ball cricket. The price of English Willow is therefore higher than the price of Kashmir Willow. Kashmir Willow cricket bats are good for tape ball cricket, beginner level cricket and softer ball cricket. Even within English Willow itself there are varying grades within the willow. This brings us to the next consideration.