"I'm not a big fan of the Kookaburra." -Kemar Roach

[SillyCowCorner1]

A decent interview of Kemar Roach:

We have had a lot of series with the Dukes ball. It is a better ball for me, I'm not a big fan of the Kookaburra. The Dukes ball has a higher seam, does a little bit more for longer periods. That's very good for fast bowlers. Hopefully once we get the surfaces to our liking then me, Jason, Shannon and Alzarri [Joseph] can go out there and make it very hard for the English batsmen. We did a fantastic job in the Caribbean, and I don't see why we can't do it here in England as well.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29412498/bowling-much-better-now-was-bowling-145-150kph

 

[Howe_zat]

no one is

 

[Starfighter]

no one is

Batsmen. Who seem to run the game.

 

[the big bambino]

Translation: "when I get everything I want and screw everyone else I'll be sweet."

 

[Athlai]

Duke for all Test and FC cricket plz.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Seam bowler likes the Dukes ball

next up, water is wet

 

[Flem274*]

Duke for all Test and FC cricket plz.

lol no way it's just giving the english bowlers a handout

would be like greeting india with a turning deck

 

[vcs]

lol no way it's just giving the english bowlers a handout

would be like greeting india with a turning deck

Not sure about this, England lose Tests at home regularly and all quick bowlers of every country seem to like the Dukes much better.

 

[honestbharani]

Even spinners.. Ashwin was pretty forthright in stating it is the best ball accoriding to him. His rating went Dukes, SG and then Kookaburra. Its all about the prominent seam I guess.

 

[ankitj]

Bowlers union worldwide should decide which ball to use.

 

[DriveClub]

#saynotobattism #bowlerslivesmatter

 

[DriveClub]

Is the Kookaburra ball the worst aussie product to have been invented? And there have been quite a few

 

[Starfighter]

It's in the running.

 

[SteveNZ]

Duke for all Test and FC cricket plz.

100%.

 

[StephenZA]

Dukes ball in SA would destroy batting. Dukes everywhere else would be fine.

 

[Line and Length]

In my playing days we used Kookaburras (the only brand available through the Association) and they could be quite inconsistent. Before a match I was often offered a choice of several balls by the captain and I always looked for the proudest seam. Later, when playing down the grades, I loved bowling with 2 piece balls. Get a good one and you could make it talk.

 

[Daemon]

Is there really such a thing as a good 2 piece ball? I've only come across truly dire specimens that do swing a lot but don't last very long at all.

 

[Flem274*]

Not sure about this, England lose Tests at home regularly and all quick bowlers of every country seem to like the Dukes much better.

they lose even more away from home

you would be out of your mind to give jimmy 'i average 33 with a kookaburra' anderson the ball he averages something like 21 with, not to mention broad and archer.

bowlers who succeed with the kookaburra are a strength and make their home nations an absolute fortress.

the duke also gives me serious concern for fc cricket. you don't want jesse ryder or late career james franklin being serious new ball options at that level, not to mention the matt henrys of this world cleaning up before being violently brought back to earth at test level.

kookaburras and true decks produce better bowlers. it seems to be easier to take batsmen used to playing long innings on sometimes benign surfaces and harden them for tough conditions than it is to sift through all the h4x medium pacers and heavily condition reliant fast mediums to find someone who won't throw a sook and cry when confronted with a flat test deck and a ball that won't do all the work for them.

the great flattening was the best thing to ever happen to nz domestic cricket and i'd hate to see all that work ruined by making random club medium pacers more useful to a side than lockie ferguson or neil wagner.

 

[DriveClub]

they lose even more away from home

you would be out of your mind to give jimmy 'i average 33 with a kookaburra' anderson the ball he averages something like 21 with, not to mention broad and archer.

bowlers who succeed with the kookaburra are a strength and make their home nations an absolute fortress.

the duke also gives me serious concern for fc cricket. you don't want jesse ryder or late career james franklin being serious new ball options at that level, not to mention the matt henrys of this world cleaning up before being violently brought back to earth at test level.

kookaburras and true decks produce better bowlers. it seems to be easier to take batsmen used to playing long innings on sometimes benign surfaces and harden them for tough conditions than it is to sift through all the h4x medium pacers and heavily condition reliant fast mediums to find someone who won't throw a sook and cry when confronted with a flat test deck and a ball that won't do all the work for them.

the great flattening was the best thing to ever happen to nz domestic cricket and i'd hate to see all that work ruined by making random club medium pacers more useful to a side than lockie ferguson or neil wagner.

Hear hear

 

[TheJediBrah]

ruined by making random club medium pacers more useful to a side than lockie ferguson or neil wagner.

???