Athlai
Not Terrible
Get ****ing rekt Watson.
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Pink ball cricket - thoughts
- Thread starter Fuller Pilch
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sledger
Spanish_Vicente
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
I'm heading to the Adelaide Test for the fourth day. So I hope it doesn't swing too much #threedayTest
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Jardine and Larwood will be relevant for as long as Englishmen have pink balls
GGG
State Captain
Wouldn't have Jardine been playing when pink was a boys colour and blue was for girls. It is funny how perceptions of colours can change and it all really boils down to it is just a colour.
wellAlbidarned
International Coach
but it'll give the players super powers so that balances out
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
I quite like using them tbh. Feel much more like the white pill than the red, at least when they're older.
Yes. Redundant argument given there never will be, but there should be. Call them 'pink elephant' stats.
Anyone in/near the Tron going to the trial match? Word is that the players are under instruction to keep any negative opinions or observations to themselves ahead of the Adelaide Test, so any feedback from outside the ropes might be the best ones.
cnerd123
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I shared an article a while back highlighting the difference between the white ball and red one.
Basically the white ball has an extra layer of polish on it, in order to prevent discoloration, and that leads to the increase swing and bounce and 'ping' off the bat. It's also why it feels lighter, as it doesn't absorb as much moisture as the red ball does.
The pink ball should have this extra layer of polish on it too.
I'll see if I can dig that article up later.
Basically the white ball has an extra layer of polish on it, in order to prevent discoloration, and that leads to the increase swing and bounce and 'ping' off the bat. It's also why it feels lighter, as it doesn't absorb as much moisture as the red ball does.
The pink ball should have this extra layer of polish on it too.
I'll see if I can dig that article up later.
Was it a pink Kookaburra? Any comparisons have to be like for like really, given a Platypus/Kooka/Duke all perform very differently
I've used a pink Kooka in the nets and it's very similar to a red Platypus. Feels hard early, actually comes out of the hand quite solidly (not unlike a hockey ball) but feels like the air has been let out of it after 40 minutes. There'll want to be some life in the deck because if there isn't, it'll be like the old stryofome ball and bat kind of battle.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Tom Latham in the pink as Black Caps practise with new ball | Stuff.co.nz
Not sure what happened to the TV broadcast Lindsay Crocker said was on the cards. Perhaps it'll hit the video vault, perhaps not.
Not sure what happened to the TV broadcast Lindsay Crocker said was on the cards. Perhaps it'll hit the video vault, perhaps not.
