No, it's saying that a ball which creates the same conditions in every Test it's used in is not a good spectacle. I don't even need to watch to predict what's going to happen, which is pretty much the worst result any professional sport can ask for.
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No, it's saying that a ball which creates the same conditions in every Test it's used in is not a good spectacle. I don't even need to watch to predict what's going to happen, which is pretty much the worst result any professional sport can ask for.
the conditions won’t be the same every test though if the pitches are different will they.
No matter how reluctant the thing is to swing, use it on a dry spinning pitch or a green seaming one and it will still be possible to do damage.
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Surely a pink ball is not hooping around in a D/N test on an India dustbowl?
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20 of the 26 wickets in the Indian day/night test fell to pace (although it wasn't really a dustbowl).
Yes, it's an interesting one. There we had Kerry Packer out the back of the stand painting red balls white, and if the white paint wore up, he'd give it another coat and toss it back onto the field. Viewers at home were none the wiser, and the cricket was outstanding. It was primative stuff, but very entertaining.
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The red ball is made (no matter who makes it) for the long form of the game. The pink ball is essentially the white ball with pink paint instead of white, it is made differently to the red ball is is not suitable for test matches. There was a long thread on the differences on how the white or pink is made verses the red ball. Bottom line is makes test cricket worse when they are supposedly trying to improve it. Cricket governing bodies don't have a clue.
The previous thread if anyone is interested:
Pink Cricket ball farce
Why can't a) wait for a suitable ball to be developed, or b) alter the overs before new balls are taken? People scream tradition with regard to new balls but that argument doesn't seem to apply when making the ball pink or playing at night... I think the pendulum has swung too far to the...
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The red ball is made (no matter who makes it) for the long form of the game. The pink ball is essentially the white ball with pink paint instead of white, it is made differently to the red ball is is not suitable for test matches. There was a long thread on the differences on how the white or pink is made verses the red ball. Bottom line is makes test cricket worse when they are supposedly trying to improve it. Cricket governing bodies don't have a clue.
The previous thread if anyone is interested:
Pink Cricket ball farce
Why can't a) wait for a suitable ball to be developed, or b) alter the overs before new balls are taken? People scream tradition with regard to new balls but that argument doesn't seem to apply when making the ball pink or playing at night... I think the pendulum has swung too far to the...
happy to be corrected but I thought the pink ball was more of an issue not because it was the same as the white ball but because it got darker quicker hence the extra lacquer?
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Are modern lights strong enough to play with a red ball?
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bring back the orange "comet" ball. at least that swung
