In the market, there are several types of balls such as pink cricket balls, red, yellow, and more. But people have often noticed that pink cricket balls mostly swing more than red balls. As in the professional matches, we have seen red color ball but still what is under pink ball is that it swings much more than red. To know read this entire blog now.
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Purpose Of Making Pink Cricket Ball
The pink cricket ball was made for an extreme purpose by the lawmakers of the game. Makers wanted a color that would be visible at night and one that would last the test of 80 overs. So in this, the red ball failed in the first parameter and the white leather ball did not stand a chance to clear the second one. Then the mixture of white and red was made and it became pink.
Why Does A Pink Cricket Ball Swing More Than A Red?
The change of color brought in a change of characters in the cricket ball. The pink cricket ball started to dart around over and for a very long period. The first-ever day/night test between Australia and New Zealand ended within 3 days with none of the sides crossing the run mark of 250. The records of batsmen have improved since then but the pink ball trait of swinging more or longer has not changed till now.
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To make the pink cricket ball easy to spot under lights, a lot of lacquer is applied over the ball so that it can shine more. The while simply allowed it to swing more and also because of the extra lacquer. And this shine lasts longer than a red cricket ball.
The pigment pink color is again added to the leather ball before the final stitching takes place. And some coating is done after the balk is stitched. It takes around 7 to 8 days to make a pink ball which is double the time we take to make a red one.
