Re: huh?
- From: RodP <rodp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 23:18:23 GMT
In article <cWcm3sAF3M+CFwgy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John Hall says...
> >He didn't say ONLY one side. Presumably the other side can continued to
> >be polished by the bowler after each delivery, thus maintaining its
> >smoothness.
>
> That's right.
>
> >I find it interesting that polishing and applying spit is
> >allowed but roughing up the ball isn't. Makes sense I guess,
> >maintaining the ball close to its original condition.
>
> Yep. At one time spinners used to be allowed to rub the ball in the dust
> to get the shine off, but no longer.
The balls so far have seemed pretty hairy pretty early. Seen a few
closeups of the ball that's been dispatched to the fence and there's
no real discernable shine on either side at end of the openers spell.
The Kooka's we used to use would have a reasonable sheen on one side
at the 20 over mark. Moreso at the start of the 2nd weeks play when
the captain was entitled to take the game ball home with him.
These balls seem to have a lacquer on them and are a lot darker. The
gold insignia also seems to last longer on the ball than a comparable
Kooka which would scrub off on the pitch before the side of the ball
was starting to scrub. It would appear the gold is on the leather
itself?
Cheers,
Rod.
.
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