Is Jeremy Clarkson going to make Diddly Squat cricket bats?
17th April 2024
Jeremy Clarkson has come up with a new idea for expanding his farming business. The owner of Diddly Squat farm is thinking of making cricket bats as a side hustle.
The star of Clarkson’s Farm said that his land, located in the Cotswolds, would be ideal for growing the kind of willow trees that are used for making bats. It would also be the perfect way method of ‘revenge’ after being forced to play cricket at school.
Writing for The Sunday Times newspaper, the 64-year-old celebrity and farmer said: “I see people playing it sometimes when I’m in Surrey, and my lip curls in an involuntary, animalistic display of rage.
“You know how your dog behaves when it sees a stranger walking past your host? Well, that’s me driving through Chiddingfold.
“But now I’ve worked out how I can get my own back. I’m going to take all of their money.”
Cricket bat king of Chippings Norton
Clarkson joked that he would “hurt” cricket lovers in their “wallets” as an act of revenge against the sport as a whole.
He added: “So stand by, cricketists. I’m going to hurt you, but not like you hurt me [at school].
“I’m going to hurt you in your wallets. I’m going to become the cricket bat king of Chippings Norton and I’m going to bash your credit cards until they look like Steve Martin’s in Planes, Trains and Automobiles.“
While explaining his business plan, Clarkson said that the demand for bats made from the English variety of willow is “huge” in India and Pakistan, with cricket players preferring it over the Kashmiri type due to its lightness.
Amazon Prime Video announced that season three of Clarkson’s Farm will air on 3rd May 2024.
The streaming and rental service has also confirmed it is preparing season four of the show.
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