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Sven Roeder 8:52 Thu Aug 17
1st Test England v West Indies (D/N) at Edgbaston
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PINK BALLS for a 2pm start
England: 1 Alastair Cook, 2 Mark Stoneman, 3 Tom Westley, 4 Joe Root (capt), 5 Dawid Malan, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 8 Moeen Ali, 9 Toby Roland-Jones, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 James Anderson
Chris Woakes and Mason Crane miss out
West Indies (probable): 1 Kraigg Brathwaite, 2 Kieran Powell, 3 Kyle Hope, 4 Shai Hope, 5 Roston Chase, 6 Jermaine Blackwood, 7 Shane Dowrich (wk), 8 Jason Holder (capt), 9 Devendra Bishoo or Alzarri Joseph, 10 Kemar Roach, 11 Shannon Gabriel
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Replies - In Chronological Order ( Show Newest Messages First)
young woody
8:56 Thu Aug 17
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I'm going to this on Sunday can't see it making it kind.
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Sven Roeder
9:03 Thu Aug 17
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Dress code : Blanket & thermos flask?
Be interested to see how the PINK DUKE performs.
Over the 3 Australian day/night Tests they have gradually left less extra grass on the pitch which was needed to stop the ball scuffing and becoming invisible.
The games have gradually become more like a normal Test after the first had a top score of about 220 and the ball hooped around in the twilight.
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stewie griffin
9:13 Thu Aug 17
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Jimmy (i think) said this week it goes soft quickly so may not be the low scoring affair people expect
Looking forward to this.
And two big games in the next two days elsewhere
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Joey Woodwork
9:46 Thu Aug 17
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I'm there tomorrow, really looking forward to it.
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BetterthanKaka
10:28 Thu Aug 17
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Enjoy Wooders, son
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stewie griffin
10:28 Thu Aug 17
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his W00ders
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Sven Roeder
3:11 Thu Aug 17
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England win the toss and BAT
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Far Cough
3:15 Thu Aug 17
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Brathwaite is the only player I recognise from that Windies side, gone are the days when the whole team were household names
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Sven Roeder
3:53 Thu Aug 17
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Stoneman out already
NEXT !
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Westside
4:09 Thu Aug 17
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So that's 13 opening partners for Cooky in 5 years. Is there anybody actually left in county cricket to try, being there's only 18 counties?
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Swiss.
4:24 Thu Aug 17
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Give Nick Compton a third shot
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
4:47 Thu Aug 17
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So, in no more than 50 words, please can somebody tell me, what do they put in red, pink and white balls to make them different. Apart from different colour dyes.
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Far Cough
4:51 Thu Aug 17
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Apart from the dye, they're no different are they?
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
5:06 Thu Aug 17
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I thought they'd spent the last five years trying to develop a ball that wouldn't fall apart like a white ball does. Surely that can't be just the dye? Maybe it is...
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stoneman
5:14 Thu Aug 17
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Luke Wells must surely be next in line for a shot at the opening berth?
Oh and pink balls are awful, they don't retain the shine and the lacquer comes off really quickly. Give me a Gray Nicholls ball every day.
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Grumpster
6:02 Thu Aug 17
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England are fucked when cook goes.
And a bit early to judge some, but this Windies attack is worse than Afghanistan's, so several failures wouldn't be good.
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Sven Roeder
6:25 Thu Aug 17
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I understood there is some sort of oil that they put in the dye when they make the red ball that they can't put in for the white and pink as they would be too dark.
And it is this oil that protects the red ball better than the others.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
6:32 Thu Aug 17
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Thanks Sven, that makes a bit of sense.
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BRANDED
6:34 Thu Aug 17
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Only makes sense if there is literally no other oil on Earth that can protect the leather on the ball in a similar way. Which seems a bit strange.
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Sven Roeder
6:56 Thu Aug 17
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It's just to do with when you soak the leather in oil it gets darker which doesn't matter with the red ball but there isn't one that stays light as it soaks in.
Which is why you sometimes hear that when fast bowlers pick balls out of the box from umpires before a Test they often look for the darkest ones.
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