LONDON: Cricket could be facing a world shortage of bats as a result of a European Union directive, according to a report in England on Friday.
The bizarre crisis follows an EU decision to outlaw before export the chemical methyl bromide, which is an insecticide used to treat the wood in bats, because it is said to damage the ozone layer.
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