A New Ball Game - Pink Cricket Ball
New Zealand in Australia 2015-16October 23, 2015
Pink ball 'didn't hold up well at all' - Voges
By DANIEL BRETTIGAustralia batsman Adam Voges has expressed severe doubt about the ability of the experimental pink ball to hold up to 80 overs of battering in the upcoming day-night Adelaide Test, saying the ball had lost its colouring and was "more green than pink" by the end of the 50-over Prime Minister's XI fixture against New Zealand. Click Here!
As a traditionalist I hate to say this, but if they're going to have day-night tests, perhaps the time has come to use the colored uniforms for tests too, and use the white ball. At least that way - as either a player or a manufacturer - you're only trying to deal with one type of ball which can be standardized across all formats. I love the cricketing whites and the comfortable solidity of the red ball, but it just won't work under the lights...
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