5 difficulties Pakistani players faced with the pink ball

The pink balls didn’t retain their shine

#3 Fielding becomes more difficult

Azhar Ali noticed problems fielding with the pink ball

Visibility of the ball was affected by perspective as well, as the playesr found their hand-eye coordination being affected on some occassions. Azhar Ali said “As soon as the floodlights are used, especially during dusk, you really have to focus hard. As a fielder it's hard to see the ball from square of the wicket and sometimes it's a complete miss. Taking high catches was the other issue, as the older ball gets blurrier.”

The fact that fielders found it difficult doesn’t mean that balance was tipped in favour of the batsmen, as the next slide will attest.

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