BANFAN
February 23, 2009, 04:29 AM
Any update on the Issue ??
“The challenge is to produce a ball which retains its colour – I doubt it will be any more expensive to produce or buy. I have asked Mike Gatting, the ECB’s managing director of cricket partnerships, to use them in county second XI one-day matches, but we shall start by trying them in fixtures such as MCC v Europe and in the university matches we sponsor.”
The two former England batsmen met to discuss this at Lord’s last week.
“My aim would be to use the pink ball in Twenty20 cricket in 2009 and thereafter in one-day international cricket, but this will be dependent on trials and what the ECB thinks,” Stephenson said.
Kookaburra, the ball manufacturer, has developed a batch of pink balls in Australia, which will be used in women’s cricket this winter. The properties are the same as in traditional balls, but its initial tests have shown that they have deteriorated too quickly for its liking.
“We must always push the game forward and ensure we have the right equipment,” Gatting said.
Full Article (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22750754-2722,00.html)
“The challenge is to produce a ball which retains its colour – I doubt it will be any more expensive to produce or buy. I have asked Mike Gatting, the ECB’s managing director of cricket partnerships, to use them in county second XI one-day matches, but we shall start by trying them in fixtures such as MCC v Europe and in the university matches we sponsor.”
The two former England batsmen met to discuss this at Lord’s last week.
“My aim would be to use the pink ball in Twenty20 cricket in 2009 and thereafter in one-day international cricket, but this will be dependent on trials and what the ECB thinks,” Stephenson said.
Kookaburra, the ball manufacturer, has developed a batch of pink balls in Australia, which will be used in women’s cricket this winter. The properties are the same as in traditional balls, but its initial tests have shown that they have deteriorated too quickly for its liking.
“We must always push the game forward and ensure we have the right equipment,” Gatting said.
Full Article (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22750754-2722,00.html)