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[suraj1108]

what you reckon on the 1st day / night test;
http://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-new-zealand-day-night-test-adelaide-oval-november-chappell-hadlee-trophy/2015-06-30

any CBF members in australia going?? i might fly to australia just for this test if the mrs. gives me the green light 

[Scruffy]

I just hope the pink ball swings for us (NZ) so Southee and Boult can still do some damage...
Sceptical at the moment, and wish it wasn't NZ being used as the guinea pig.

[sanredrose]

Has anyone from CBF forum played with a pink ball ? Would like to know if anyone has first hand experience with these balls.

[Slogger]

I'd love to know as well. I've played with orange and yellow four piece balls before and found they both swung later and sharper. I hope pink ones are different or Boult could finish it before the lights are on on the second day!!! Haha

[loveridgesports]

Hi Lads,

First post! long time voyeur.....

Ive played with a pink ball, we play with them in our leagues 15/15 comps on a Friday night,

They swing ALOT! and i mean banana swing, for the whole of the 15 overs that we play, they also seem to stay harder longer, we have used a 'old ball' (when the new one has been smashed out the ground) and it still swings.

I can only imagine it will cause all sorts of bother at test match level!

[Simmy]

Has anyone from CBF forum played with a pink ball ? Would like to know if anyone has first hand experience with these balls.

we use them in LMS they swing loads and are rock hard.

its like hitting a ball of cement.

however am sure the expensive pink balls are fine

[suraj1108]

I just hope the pink ball swings for us (NZ) so Southee and Boult can still do some damage...
Sceptical at the moment, and wish it wasn't NZ being used as the guinea pig.

oh it surely will swing!!!

[Vitas Cricket]

I would speculate the vast majority of people who have played with a pink ball have done so in midweek T20 where the ball used will be dirt cheap. The number of cups/leagues who have turned down a slightly more expensive but far superior pink ball in favour of saving a few quid is astounding. Especially when they then moan that the ball supplied isn't producing good cricket, too hard, swings loads, then like a flash goes incredibly soft. Well, yeah, just like most cheap red balls.

A decent pink ball is very comparable to its red counterparts. And a proper waxed pink ball that is pink all the way through the leather just like a red ball is identical. Most pinks aren't waxed, they are painted and/or finished with a thick lacquer or almost rubberised finish, you can't shine them in the conventional manner and as soon as you remove the top layer of colour they are grey underneath.

[dougydee]

I've played t20 games with pink kookaburra balls. These balls felt harder initially and really ping off the bat. I don't really remember them swinging any more than their red counterparts.
Good luck to anyone who is colour blind like Chris rogers as he can't see the pink ball that well.

[Buzz]

Anything that can promote cricket and especially test cricket is good news in my book.
I don't the ball is a big deal.

[i12breakfree]

http://youtu.be/bV9t-tfTbFQ

[coverpoint_pro]

Used a pink ball in a county 2nds friendly game once.  Swings loads, and stays extremely hard throughout meaning it flies of the bat!  Gonna try and get myself down to watch one of the days for this!

[uknsaunders]

We used them in a CBF game once and I thought were excellent and very easy to see. Like Jake says, pay more for a better ball.

[tushar sehgal]

We used pink balls for 2 full seasons. They were not the cheap ones, in indoor nets they swing a lot but outdoors they were just the same as a good quality white ball, you get what you pay for. Really enjoyed using them but then it got more expensive to get them so we moved back to white balls. Personally they are great as a bowler, batsmen and fielder. You can see them easily, the brand we used (can't remember the name) had good stitching so the seam was nice etc.

I think they would be fantastic in tests

[Cover_Drive]

Used pink ball for quite some time in leagues here, they were made by BAS and are terrible quality as they are stiff and don't last 50 overs. Yes, they swing but then they are cheap ones and bound to swing as aforementinoed posters stated. In international cricket, I doubt it will make a difference because it will be best of best. I am not sure how a change in dye colour can affect swing as material will be exactly same.

I'm intrigued how players cope with it, considering the sleep cycle would be opposite. I wonder how there body will cope with it and what difference will they have in their fitness regimen as they'll have to perserve energy till night.