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Tuesday, 13 November 2007 |
The white cricket ball could be replaced by pink
Traditional colours for cricket balls look set to change because the white ball used in one-day cricket could be replaced with a new pink one if tests prove it lasts longer.
A fluorescent pink ball could get the go ahead for full county cricket by 2009, and then for use in international cricket.
It is known that the traditional red ball lasts better than the white and can last for 80 overs before being replaced, so the pink ball will not be used for Tests and four-day county games but only in one-day events.
White balls can be extremely hard for fielders and batsmen to see in certain lighting and the visibility of a cricket ball is also being considered.
The tests on cricket balls will take place at Lord's this winter and in women's cricket in Australia as well, and then in the summer of 2008, additional trials will try out the pink ball in county second XI and university matches.
The MCC's head of cricket John Stephenson is reported to have commented: "Paint tends to flake off white balls. The challenge is to produce a ball, which retains its colour. "
Kookaburra, the Australian company that presently makes the existing white balls, are also manufacturing the pink ones to be used in the rests.
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