4) Pink Ball
While Test cricket had the red ball as a norm, limited overs cricket is being played with the white ball. Red ball, along with the white clothing and black sight-screen, combined well for Test cricket. ODI’s and T20’s have the white ball and black sight-screen complementing each other to perfection.
As time progressed, T20 cricket stamped its authority on the game and Test cricket entered a phase of much-needed rejuvenation. Day-Night first class cricket had to be introduced to retain the sanity of Test cricket. The pink ball came into existence as a result.
The pink ball was first used in a first class game in the West Indies in January 2009 when Guyana played against Trinidad and Tobago in a regional four-day competition in Antigua.
The manufacturing of the Pink ball differs a tad from the traditional red ball. The method is more or less the same, but an extra coating of pink is added to the ball’s surface. According to the players, the pink ball uses a green stitching like that of the white ball.
International cricket saw its coronation when Australia and New Zealand faced off in the first-ever Day-Night test played at Adelaide in November 2015. The brightness of the Pink ball complimented well with the lights and it fared pretty well.
