India used SG balls for the first day-night Test in the country in 2019. Kookaburra once again stepped in as the leading manufacturer for matches in Australia and other places, where it already produced red balls. But, the pink ball was found to be the best for the day-night matches. Some other colours such as yellow and orange balls were used to see if they could be used. This is when world cricket got together to develop a solution. Red balls were rejected for using under lights quite before. Additionally, with players wearing white coloured clothing, it would be difficult to spot it as well White balls couldn’t be used for this purpose as they would deteriorate quite quickly and wouldn’t last for 80 overs. Now, it is important to understand why this need arose. In the 2000s, the pink ball was developed, so that first-class and Test matches can be played under lights.
(Photo by Chris Hyde – CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images) Pink ball Detail photograph of a pink ball. During the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England, a special Duke white ball was used, but it was found that it swung way too much. Having said that, all the balls used in white-ball cricket internationally use Kookaburra balls, which were the original manufacturers of the white ball. Since 2012, in each innings, two balls are used from either end, which means that the ball which a batsman is facing in the 46th over, has been used for about 22-23 overs only. Between 20, a reconditioned ball, which was neither new nor too dirty was used after the 34-over mark. However, for the matches apart from the two events, only one ball was used for the entire 50 overs, until the umpires felt it should be changed. This ensured that the ball didn’t deteriorate. To deal with these issues, during the 19 World Cup, two new balls were used from two bowling ends separately. However, once they started using the white ball, it was understood that it offers a lot more swing in the early stages of the match, but can deteriorate very rapidly, unlike the red ball, which doesn’t deteriorate and can be used for 80 overs.
The white ball was chosen because it was going to be difficult for the batsmen to see the red ball under the floodlights with players in coloured clothing. Using a different colour ball other than red was first discussed in the 1930s, but it was used for the first time in the late 70s, with the world series cricket. In 1977, it was introduced by Kerry Parker, the revolutionary Australian tycoon, who envisioned what we now see as day-night cricket matches. White balls are used in one-day matches, which means limited-overs games with coloured clothing.
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