Cricket: England to trial pink balls

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LONDON - The colour of balls used in the English one-day game could change from white to pink if trials by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), guardians of the laws of cricket, prove successful."Paint tends to flake off white balls... More... [h1]Cricket: England to trial pink balls[/h1] 1:25PM Tuesday November 13, 2007 LONDON - The colour of balls used in the English one-day game could change from white to pink if trials by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), guardians of the laws of cricket, prove successful. "Paint tends to flake off white balls and we have asked (manufacturers) Kookaburra to produce a batch of pink ones because these show up so much better," MCC's head of cricket John Stephenson told today's edition of The Times newspaper. "The challenge is to produce a ball which retains its colour. "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 (England and Wales Cricket Board) thinks." Stephenson said the plan was to experiment with the pink ball in second XI and university matches next season. Kookaburra has developed a batch of pink balls which will be used in Australia's women cricket this season, said the Times. Former England captain Mike Gatting, the ECB's managing director of cricket partnerships, said: "We must always push the game forward and ensure we have the right equipment. "We have tried white and orange balls and perhaps pink ones will last longer. This is a very interesting and very wise development and a colour may have been found that is easier on the eye."

[King]

Why pink of all? Why not a florescent one? That’ll make the batsmen’s job easy picking the ball better with the sight screen at the back. Every cricket gear has improved but the ball hasn't.

[guju24]

will look gay man lol

[varun]

Why pink of all? Why not a florescent one? That’ll make the batsmen’s job easy picking the ball better with the sight screen at the back. Every cricket gear has improved but the ball hasn't.

I've always wondered about that ! Is it hard to pick up in bright sunlight ?

[beetle]

Will they wear pretty frilly skirts too.......?:giggle:

[varun]

Will they wear pretty frilly skirts too.......?:giggle:

Did you know originally pink was the baby boy's color and blue was the baby girl's ? Read this : :D

At one point pink was considered more of a boy's color, (as it is a derivative of red, which is a fierce color and was seen to represent strength) and blue was more for girls (as a representation of purity and innocence). The associate of pink with bold, dramatic red clearly affected its use for boys. An American newspaper in 1914 advised mothers, "If you like the color note on the little one's garments, use pink for the boy and blue for the girl, if you are a follower of convention."[2] Ladies Home Journal in 1918 reported: "There has been a great diversity of opinion on the subject, but the generally accepted rule is pink for the boy and blue for the girl. The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl."[3]

From : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_blue

[fineleg]

Good move to change the color! White was boring. :thumbs_up:

[Holysmoke]

Yea. Pink balls is exactly what we need to make cricket more interesting.

[fineleg]

Well its a start :thumbs_up:

[Kshatriyan]

Will they wear pretty frilly skirts too.......?:giggle:

:hysterical:

[Mr. Wicket]

Good to see bowlers castrated further. Do we NEED batsmen to be able to pick the ball up even easier?

[chanakya]

can you imagine a batsman keeping a straight face while shoaib actor comes steaming in with a pink ball in his hands?

[varun]

can you imagine a batsman keeping a straight face while shoaib actor comes steaming in with a pink ball in his hands?

:hysterical: !! What an ingenious way to level the playing field for bowlers !

[Gambit]

Finally Trescothick can resume his cricket career. The red colour was just too traumatic for him.

[Mr. Wicket]

Finally Trescothick can resume his cricket career. The red colour was just too traumatic for him.

:haha:

[DesiChap]

Pink balls in county cricket? Pink balls in county cricket? Cricinfo staff November 13, 2007 Pink balls will be tested at Lord's indoor school this winter and will be used in university and second XI matches next year. © Clare Skinner The MCC is considering introducing fluorescent pink balls to county one-day cricket if trials in university and second XI games are successful, according to a report in The Times. The logic is that a pink ball may be seen more easily, and a fraction earlier, by a batsman than a white one. The new balls will be tested at Lord's indoor school this winter and will be used in university and 2nd XI matches next year. If scientists at Imperial College, London, can get the balls to keep their colour, they could be used in one-day county cricket next year and even eventually in one-day internationals. The balls, made by Kookaburra, are already in use in Australia, where they are being tested in women's cricket. The MCC, which is responsible for the laws of cricket, has been testing different colours for the last year. Its head of cricket, John Stephenson, is responsible for the innovation and he told The Times: "Paint tends to flake off white balls and we have asked Kookaburra to produce a batch of pink ones because these show up so much better. "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. "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." Scientists will also test the pink balls for television: orange ones used before left a trail in the dark. Gatting added: "We are trying to make cricket a better game for the players and television and have got past looking at it from a traditionalist's view."

[DesiChap]

wtf !!! How gay is that. I hope it never sees the light in international cricket.

[DesiChap]

Opps duplicate thread feel free to flush this thread

[Prudent]

:D

[coffee_rules]

OMFG!!!!!! I don't want to be seen with that thing in my hand!!!!