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[uknsaunders]

I see NZ beat the PM XI easily, but not without grumbles over the wear on the pink ball. Described as "green" after a while by Vogues.

[Mr_Orange]

From the read up it said it was swinging big under lights too, a lot of players aren't convinced so the fall out from the Test Match will be interesting!

[ProCricketer1982]

What's the difference between making the leather red or pink ?? Maybe they'll have to use a new ball more often than 80 overs

[Jaffa]

We've used pink balls for three seasons now. If anything you see the ball too well. The batsmen can see the seam more easily and fielders can also see it more easily. If they want to go down this route for the spectators then I reckon an orange ball is the best compromise.

[Stuey]

We use Orange balls in our T20, visibility is fine but they are rock hard, much harder than the red ball. They are bat breakers.

[ProCricketer1982]

We use Orange balls in our T20, visibility is fine but they are rock hard, much harder than the red ball. They are bat breakers.

That's kind of my perception of pink balls. All I've seen lose colour quick, don't swing for long/at all and are rocks. Horrible to play with

[Vitas Cricket]

The majority of coloured balls in club cricket are hard/rubbish because they are cheap. Perhaps understandably clubs don;t want to fork out large amounts of money for T20 balls, many clubs wouldn't dream of using a red ball at the same price but somehow get blinkers on when it comes to coloured ones.

I can assure you a high quality pink/orange ball is very comparable to a high quality red one. I still think at the elite level there are subtle differences and I'm not sure what they are, or why. But for club cricket spend a little more and you'll get a decent ball, much like with red ones.

[kdale6]

We use Orange balls in our T20, visibility is fine but they are rock hard, much harder than the red ball. They are bat breakers.

We use the Orange ball as well, they absolutely fly off the bat!

[JB]

The pink balls I bought from Jake were really good, weren't rock hard and kept their shape and colour a lot longer than others we've used before. Think they were tiflex?

[Jaffa]

The pink balls I bought from Jake were really good, weren't rock hard and kept their shape and colour a lot longer than others we've used before. Think they were tiflex?

We've used Tiflex for two seasons now. They weren't rocks, they were ok apart from a few were egg shaped straight from the box and you could feel a weight difference between them. Might be going back to Dukes next season.

Would like to add I bought the mangas' directly from Tiflex.

[Vitas Cricket]

The pink balls I bought from Jake were really good, weren't rock hard and kept their shape and colour a lot longer than others we've used before. Think they were tiflex?

Yes Tiflex mate, good balls, we use a more expensive model in red on saturdays and it is superb.

[smilley792]

So anyone watching?

Pink ball looks bizarre in daylight/TV and very bright. Lol.


Nz won toss and chose to bat, 4down for less than a 100 here. Just after tea.

Theres some bounce(particularly for Lyon) but ball not hooping about.

[Number4]

There's certainly enough movement with the ball from what I can see

[Thesmiff]

Just turned it on had to look twice when it said it the dinner interval. Took a second to sink in it was the day/nighter.

[Stuey]

I saw a bit this morning Lyon was definately getting plenty of bounce, to my eyes more than normal at the Adelaide oval ,but maybe just my perception.