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New Lease of Life for ***** Bats -- New plastic cover to save wear and tear on cricket bats is examined by Middlesex players Freddy Titmus and Don Bennett (right) at the Chiswick (London) Indoor School of Cricket.Bannett holds a bat partly encased in the new Mouldex cover.The cover, made from a new plastic material, is fixed to the at with adhesive and adds only little more than five ounces to the weight. In position, it provides an impervious surface, waterproof, and needing no killing. It can be easily cleaned with soap and water.The now cover, it is claimed, will reduce cost of repairs and renewals of cricket bats. July 21, 1954.