Abstract: A cricket bat includes a blade extending from a pair of shoulders, a striking face, an opposing rear face and a pair of sides spanning between the striking face and the opposing rear face. The striking face is formed by a flat elongate planar surface and defined by a first longitudinal axis, and a second perpendicular axis perpendicular to the first longitudinal axis extending across the striking face. The pair of sides defines a first pair of chamfers extending from the ends of the second perpendicular axis upto the shoulders such that the striking face is slimmer at the longitudinal axis and broader at the shoulders, and a second pair of chamfers extending from the ends of second perpendicular axis upto the toe such that the striking face is slimmer at the longitudinal axis and broader at the toe, both the pair of chamfers being inclined towards the striking face.