Ball discussion

[Cow]

The one hand made in England.

There's so much money in the game, why the hell would we use cheap foreign knockoffs like the Kookaburra?

 

[Starfighter]

That was it, I couldn't find those figures, seems they were made more recently than I thought and I got the people involved wrong.

 

[Starfighter]

The one hand made in England.

There's so much money in the game, why the hell would we use cheap foreign knockoffs like the Kookaburra?

Dukes are made in Pakistan.

 

[Groundking]

The Kookaburra is ****.

 

[social]

A few years ago, I was shown a Kookaburra that had been used in a test match

It was less than 30 overs old but was was already relatively soft, going out of shape and had no seam to speak of

I'm all for supporting local industry but CA should've dumped them ages ago and replaced them with Dukes

Disappointing thing is that Kookaburra is a well funded company, has the technology to replicate a Duke ball and the cost of a ball is largely irrelevant to CA

 

[Starfighter]

The thing that pisses me off the most about Kookaburra is that the complaints about the ball have been widespread and well known for years yet they don't put an iota of effort into rectifying things and making the seam a bit prouder so it swings more. As long as they get their nice contract they can turn out whatever turds they can half-arse.

I see occasional complaints about the Dukes not wearing enough for the spinners (even though it reverses earlier), which can be easily rectified with less lacquer.

 

[ankitj]

Tendulkar sparks debate over two new-balls in ODIs; Kohli says it's 'brutal' for bowlers:

Tendulkar sparks debate over two new-balls in ODIs; Kohli says it's 'brutal' for bowlers - ESPNcricinfo

 

[Daemon]

On one hand I didn't like the middle overs accumulation against part timers, but on the other it would be nice to see reverse swing come back. 2 new balls keeps finger spinners largely out of it which is good though. Tough one.

 

[Stefan9]

I like the kookabura. Brings the real skillfully bowlers into their own.

 

[Beamer]

We started using dukes instead of kookaburra in the Caribbean a few years back. It's so much better, like not even close. The kookaburra made for some horrible cricket on our pitches.

At least the dukes always does something for the first 10/15 overs even if the wicket us flat. The kookaburra was ruined so quickly.