BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)<br /> Pic: MikeKinsey/BNPS                                <br /> <br /> A village cricket club has turned a beloved tree that has stood on the boundary of their ground for 125 years into a giant carving of a cricket bat after it was condemned.<br /> <br /> The 16ft tall wooden bat took a tree surgeon and an assistant 18 months to carve after members of Shobrooke Park Cricket Club couldn't bring themselves fell the storm-damaged Scots Pine.<br /> <br /> The tree was planted on the eastern edge of the boundary when the club in Crediton, Devon, was established in 1890 and has been a feature ever since.
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