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This is an actual wicket for a Sheffield Shield match today.
Can't really see it getting replicated in the tests though.
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This is an actual wicket for a Sheffield Shield match today.
Can't really see it getting replicated in the tests though.
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seems to be trend all over the world
in the last few years there have been some FC pitches in Pakistan where you cant make out the pitch from the grass
in the last few years there have been some FC pitches in Pakistan where you cant make out the pitch from the grass
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Well at least the captain has three slips in place, our clueless lot takes them away after the first five overs
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What ground?
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Looks like a test match in New zealand.
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Australia test the Dukes ball from tomorrow onward. Interested to see how that goes.
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No. Its from today onwards.
Apart from this game the batsmen aren't having any issues* and one might suggest that the ball isn't what the batsmen are struggling with on this pitch.
*For obvious reasons because the Duke ball was never going to magically swing in Australia and this whole experiment is dumb.
This game is at Glenelg Oval in Adelaide. It's South Australia's secondary ground. The Adelaide Oval was not available because of boxing.
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If it can retain its shine longer than the kookaburra and maintain its shape, then it's a success.
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It won't.
The trial is about magically preparing batsmen to play in England anyway.
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http://www.cricket.com.au/news/duke...hris-hartley-ed-cowan-chadd-sayers/2017-02-05
What do you have to say?
According to Ed Cowan it's staying hard twice as long as the Kookaburra and according to Chadd Sayers it is swinging more and longer.
It looks like the Hard Wicket version of the Dukes ball is a lot better than the Kookaburra.
Worryingly, the same thing is true with the Pink Ball too. The 2016 Pink Ball only did anything for 20 overs like a red Kookaburra - hence the Shafiq charge - whereas the Pink Dukes has much better reviews.
The combination of too little lacquer and machine stitching has ruined the Kookaburra. It's not fit for purpose.
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Well that wasn't the intention of the trial but if it continues like its worth looking into.
Good news regarding the Dukes ball. The Kookaburra once it gets soft after the first 10-15 overs offers nothing for bowling sides and batsmen can simply hit through the line of the ball. The Dukes however offers consistent swing.
With pitches as flat as they are in internationals in Australia, anything that helps restore balance between bat and ball is welcome.
I hope the Dukes is adopted internationally. I know there's concern whether the ball can last on dry, harder surfaces but West Indies use a specially developed version of the Dukes suitable for more abrasive pitches.
With pitches as flat as they are in internationals in Australia, anything that helps restore balance between bat and ball is welcome.
I hope the Dukes is adopted internationally. I know there's concern whether the ball can last on dry, harder surfaces but West Indies use a specially developed version of the Dukes suitable for more abrasive pitches.
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Same thing in Pakistan.
The FC matches have a lot of grassy wickets.
The FC matches have a lot of grassy wickets.
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They're also often damp with uneven bounce, and therein lies the problem.
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The ball is also a problem is well.
That's the biggest problem because the bowlers tend to struggle with the kookbura on the intl. stage and are used to the low quality ball in domestic moving around for long periods.
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Even if Australia don't, Pakistan needs to return to the Dukes ball. It's frustrating to see we changed to a lower quality more expensive ball for no apparent reason.
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Because Australia knows that crappy subcontinent teams will crumble and get white washed. CA is being kind and actually want to make the matches a bit more interesting and hence we see drier pitches. In return, ungrateful subcontinent teams reciprocate by making pitches than turn from ball 1. About time Australia starts making green mambas like South Africa and prove that teams can't play cricket away and kill international cricket all together.
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Everyone gets scared of green pitches for some reason these days.
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How similar were the pitches for the SA series a few months back ?
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nothing like it.
This wicket ended up backfiring on South Australia anyway because Simon Mackin took 12 wickets for WA.
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