Talk:Cricket ball

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how many stitches are there in the ball?

Or why does our cricket ball have a split in each half?

I've answered both by adding to the article. -dmmaus 01:11, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

There are two piece and four piece balls - I understoood that the international games used a two piece ball

[edit] Types

Some bits and pieces I know.

Now a days, three manufacturing companies balls are used

Duke: manufactured by Dukes in England, first used in the 1999 world cup. White balls tend to get dirty and over time, visibility is reduced. The white Duke used in the 1999 WC, has a transparent protective covering that saves the ball from wear and tear. According to some players this leads to side effect of a harder ball that swings more later in the day and that can be hit harder, manufacturers tend to disagree [1]. In the 1999 world cup batting teams used to ask for a new ball in the last 10-6 overs to avoid the heavy swinging (complaining that the ball had become dirty.) It is also said that in the 1999 world cup there was some heavy hitting in the slog overs (especially by Klusner) due to the fact that Duke was still a hard-ball, therefore easy to hit. Still used in England, for example in the 2005 Ashes.

Kookaburra (Kookaburra Sport): made news before the 2003 world cup, because it is softer than the Duke. As the name suggests, manufactured in Australia. It is favoured because it retains its shine for longer than Duke. This ball is used internationally. It is a favourite of spinners as it tends to get softer later in the day. Batsmen can not hit it as hard as the duke in the slog overs. It does not reverse swing, which caused some problem for the England bowlers in the Pakistan tour.

SG-Test: manufactured and used in India, like Duke it is a harder ball. Murlitharan complained that he was used to the Kookaburra and could not spin SG-Test as much.

And the tapped ball used in Tape Ball cricket is a rage in Pakistan [2].

[edit] Heavy Tennis Balls

We non-cricket-playing Yanks would like to know more about these commercially available items. Lou Sander 12:27, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Not sure myself but it appears these are harder tennis balls designed to be used for Tennis Ball Cricket and as alternatives to Tape balls Nil Einne 10:44, 8 November 2006 (UTC)