Size does matter

To say that cricket is merely popular in Bangladesh would be an understatement. Akiz Group, a Bangladesh-based company, claims that it has built the world’s biggest bat, big enough to gather at least one million signatures from fans across the country to inspire the national team. The bat, 70-foot (22-metre) long and eight-foot wide, began its journey on Wednesday in Rangpur in the north, and will continue till the southern city of Cox’s Bazar. A company official told AFP that that the bat was bigger than one made to inspire India in the 2003 World Cup. With a bat so massive, the players might just spot it somewhere in the horizon when they take guard at the Queens Park Oval on Saturday.