BOOM Prime Match Quality Red Leather Cricket Balls Grade A Test Senior Mens Hand Stitched Pack of 6 Weight 5.5oz

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The key distinction between this and other balls is that it is mostly machine-made, with the two outside rows of seams machine-stitched and the two interior rows hand-stitched. The ball does not swing since the seam is deeply rooted in the cork surface. The hand stitched inner rows help to hold the bowl's two cups together, while the outer seams serve to provide grip to the bowlers as pronounced seams are missing in these types of balls. It is more likely that is an optical illusion, being the difference in the conditions under which both forms of the game are played," said Kookaburra's Weston. The manufacturing starts with that cork centre, followed by tightly bound string and the dyed red leather casing. Red balls generally tend to be more durable and their contrasting colour makes them easier for umpires and players to spot them. For Red balls, the wax coating is used, but in the case of Pink balls, wax cannot be applied as it would make the ball darker and difficult to spot under floodlights.

Thus, in PU (polyurethane) coat is used for the Pink balls. Polyurethane also protects the ball from corrosion and scuffs. 7. Swing and bounce Pink balls are better to grip during dew compared to the Red balls. The linen present in the Pink ball seam absorbs the dew and hence helps with a better grip. 6. Coating and its effect The most basic difference between the Pink Ball and the Red ball is their visibility under floodlights. Many casual players use a tennis ball wrapped in layers of some type of adhesive tape (often electrical tape), which makes the relatively soft tennis ball harder and smoother. This is commonly referred to as a tape ball. A common variant is to tape only half the tennis ball, to provide two different sides and make it easy to bowl with prodigious amounts of swing. Repeat the process 1 or 2 times being careful not to overstretch the bowler, being aware of the safe bowling directive as laid out by the ECB.The red and white balls are made using the same type of materials: They are both made using a cork core with a leather outer layering The balls are all similar as they have to conform to the overall laws governing their size and weight. One difference with the Kookaburra ball concerns its seam which has a tendency to deteriorate after around 20 to 30 overs. It can, therefore, stop swinging quite early and it can be difficult for the spinners to grip. Photograph made by YellowMonkey/Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5911782 They say the red ones have a more leathery texture while the glassy finish on the white version makes them behave differently when bowled.

The development process harnesses significant investment in new technology and extensive research and development testing at Kookaburra using an air cannon and wind tunnel. It uses elements of Kookaburra’s traditional Turf ball combined with the new manufacturing and testing technology. There are more similarities between White and Pink balls than differences. The Pink balls are relatively new in the game, while both the colors balls are introduced to play in the nighttime, under floodlights. 1. Usage Being a darker shade of red, the new ball has a more noticeable and higher seam, as well as enhanced hardness of the cork on the inside of the ball. These modifications were made to improve bowlers' grip and to extend the life of the ball's seam. Dukes Balls:

White balls are used in limited-overs matches that usually require the team batting second to play their innings under floodlights. The idea of Day-Night matches was coined to increase the footfall at the Test matches, as a large number of followers could watch the matches after work hours.

The Red balls are not suited for night games as under floodlights they turn brownish. White balls are way better in terms of visibility under floodlights. Besides, while watching a match on television sets, the White color ball pops nicely. 3. Durability and Appearance A great deal of effort and emphasis is placed on ensuring that the performance characteristics of the balls are the same," he added.

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At the highest level of the sport, balls of the most supreme quality are used where the covering is made of four pieces of leather shaped similar to the peel of a quartered orange, but one hemisphere is rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the other. There are six rows of stitches. In lower-level competitions and for practice, a similar ball but with a two-piece covering is popularly used as they are comparatively cheaper. Firing a mixture of balls from a specially-made bowling machine he found the white balls deviated from a straight path much more than the red ones. Cork is used to make the core of the ball while the string is used to wrap the body several times for reinforcement. Leather is then wrapped over both cork and string. This is how the ball is prepared. Interestingly, the leather is either dyed red or white depending on the type of format that is being played. The shine comes with extra polish on the surface of the white ball and interestingly, due to this extra polish, the white ball swings more than the red ball. When it comes to the pink ball, there is not much difference from the red ball. Both the balls are used in Test matches with the pink one specifically used in Test matches played under lights. Pink color balls are much better in terms of visibility under floodlights, making them suitable for the Night matches. Red balls turn brownish under floodlights making it difficult to spot, hence they are not suitable for the Day-Night Test matches. 3. Thread Color