Free Cricket Bat Size Calculator

Last updated: November 4, 2026

Quick answer: A bat that is too long drags on the ground and slows the backlift; a bat that is too short leaves a young player crouching over shots they should be driving — and the sizing pages all answer with a static chart you have to read across yourself, with different brands drawing the boundaries in different places. This free cricket bat size calculator does the lookup in one run: enter your height in centimetres and it returns your bat size (junior size, Harrow, Short Handle, or Long Handle), the approximate total bat length, your height in feet and inches, and — for adults — the typical weight range to shop in. On the default (178 cm, about 5 feet 10), the answer is a Harrow, about 83 cm long. Everything runs in your browser; no signup. Brands differ by one size at the boundaries, so the page says so plainly and tells you what to do about it: try both sizes before you buy.

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How to Use the Cricket Bat Size Calculator

1. Enter your height in centimetres — your standing height today, in cm, because cricket sizing charts are written in cm and in feet-and-inches bands, not in age. If you only know your height in feet and inches, convert it first (1 inch = 2.54 cm): 5 feet 10 inches is 70 inches x 2.54 = 177.8 cm, which the calculator rounds to 178 cm. Measure in the morning if you want precision — people are a centimetre or two taller early in the day — but one centimetre will not change your size unless you sit exactly on a boundary.
2. Tick the Long Handle box only if you are 184 cm or over and you know you prefer a longer handle — most tall players do not need it. A Long Handle bat has a full-size blade with a longer handle (about 87 cm total against a Short Handle's 85 cm); it suits very tall players and those with long arms, but it also moves the balance point and can feel unwieldy. If you have never held one, leave the box unticked and try a Short Handle first.
3. Press Calculate bat size and read your size (junior Size 0–6, Harrow, Short Handle, or Long Handle), the approximate total length, your height in feet and inches, and the typical weight range if you are an adult. Junior sizes get no invented weight range on this page: junior weights scale with size and vary by brand, so the page gives you the hold-it-horizontal test instead, which is the check coaches actually use.
4. If you are within 2 cm of a size boundary, treat the answer as a shortlist of two, not a verdict. Brands draw the Harrow/Short Handle line and the junior steps in slightly different places — a 183 cm player is Harrow on this chart and Short Handle on some retailers' charts. The note on the page says this plainly, and the right move is to pick up both sizes: the correct one lets you stand upright with the bat's toe just touching the ground beside your foot.
5. Before you buy, check the bat's other half: size is about length, but weight and balance decide whether you can actually play with it. An adult Short Handle typically runs 2 lb 6 oz – 2 lb 12 oz (1.07–1.25 kg); a Harrow about 2 lb 4 oz – 2 lb 10 oz (1.02–1.19 kg). Within your size, choose the lightest bat you can control through a full innings, not the heaviest you can lift in the shop — a bat that tires you in the 30th over costs more runs than a light bat ever will.

Why Use Our Cricket Bat Size Calculator?

• One input, one size — no chart-reading — the ranking pages are static size charts: find your height band, read across, hope you read the right row, and repeat for every brand whose boundaries differ. This page does the lookup from your height in cm and returns the size, the approximate length, and your height in feet and inches in one run.
• Junior sizes, Harrow, Short Handle, and Long Handle in one tool — most charts cover juniors and stop, or cover adults and skip the Harrow bridge size that 5-foot-9 to 6-foot players actually need. This page carries the full ladder from Size 0 (under 130 cm) to Long Handle, so a family buying for two children and a parent gets all three answers on one page.
• Boundary honesty built in — a sizing tool that hides brand differences misleads exactly the players nearest a boundary, who are the ones most likely to buy wrong. The page states that brands differ by one size at the boundaries, flags the within-2-cm case, and tells you to try both sizes — the advice a coach would give, not the false certainty of a chart.
• Adult weight ranges, no invented junior weights — adult Short Handle and Harrow weights are commonly stocked ranges worth quoting (2 lb 6 oz – 2 lb 12 oz and 2 lb 4 oz – 2 lb 10 oz). Junior weights are not quoted, because they scale with size and vary by brand; inventing a junior weight table would be precise-looking fiction, so the page gives the 30-second hold test instead.
• Stated chart, checkable arithmetic — every size band is listed on the page (under 130 cm Size 0, 130–137 Size 1, 138–145 Size 2, 146–152 Size 3, 153–160 Size 4, 161–168 Size 5, 169–175 Size 6, 176–183 Harrow, 184+ Short Handle), and the worked example runs the default by hand. You can verify your size against any retailer's chart in seconds — and see exactly where that retailer disagrees, if it does.

Common Use Cases

• An adult, 178 cm — the default: 178 cm falls in the 176–183 cm band: Harrow, about 83 cm long (5 feet 10 inches), typically about 2 lb 4 oz – 2 lb 10 oz (1.02–1.19 kg). This is the most commonly mis-bought size: players at this height often jump straight to a Short Handle because it is 'the adult bat', then find it a touch long — the Harrow is the right bridge, and it is what this height should try first.
• A teenager, 165 cm: 165 cm falls in the 161–168 cm band: Size 5, about 79 cm long (5 feet 5 inches). A Size 5 is a proper junior bat, not a cut-down adult bat: the handle is sized for younger hands as well as the shorter length. If the teenager is growing fast, still buy the Size 5 now — the next size up (Size 6, at 169 cm) will come soon enough, and the Size 5 will sell on.
• A junior, 150 cm: 150 cm falls in the 146–152 cm band: Size 3, about 75 cm long (4 feet 11 inches). At this height the weight check matters more than the length: pick the bat up, hold it horizontal with one hand for 30 seconds, and if the arm shakes, try a lighter bat in the same size rather than dropping a size — the length is right, the weight is the variable.
• A tall adult, 190 cm, who prefers a Long Handle: 190 cm is over 184 cm, so the standard answer is a Short Handle (about 85 cm, 6 feet 3 inches). With the Long Handle box ticked, the answer becomes a Long Handle (about 87 cm) — same full-size blade, longer handle. The use case shows why the checkbox exists: without it, a tall player who knows they want a Long Handle would have to guess, and with it, the page answers their actual question.

Cricket Bat Size Calculator vs Alternatives

• Retailer size charts (b3cricket, Kookaburra, justbats, networldsports — the sites ranking today): These charts are correct as far as they go — and they are the source this page's bands are drawn from. What they do not do is compute: you find your height band, read across, and repeat the exercise for every brand whose boundaries differ, with no length, no feet-and-inches conversion, and no weight guidance. If you buy from one retailer, its chart is the final check for that retailer's bats; if you want the size first and the retailer second, you need this page.
• Video and coach sizing guides: Coaches on video demonstrate the pickup test beautifully — stand upright, toe on the ground, no crouch — and for a player who can already hold a bat, that test is the best final check there is. But a video cannot tell you your size before you own a bat to test with, and it cannot compare Harrow against Short Handle for your height. Watch a video to learn the test, use this calculator to know which two sizes to take into the shop to test.
• Forum sizing answers: Cricket forums answer from personal experience — 'I'm 5 foot 10 and use a Harrow' — which is helpful exactly once, for a player of that height, and misleading for everyone else, because the answers mix up height, age, and strength and rarely state the brand. Use a forum to find which brands run light or heavy in your size, then compute your size here before you shortlist.

If you buy from one retailer, that retailer's chart is the final word for its bats. If you want your size, its approximate length, and its weight range from your height alone — before you choose a retailer — that is the job this page does.

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