Published: Oct 28, 2015, 07:52 PM (IST)
Edited: Nov 01, 2015, 03:21 PM (IST)
Australian bowler John Hastings feels that Pink ball makes cricket boring and it’s hardness doesn’t stacks up to that of the red ball. He said that it would be better if the pink ball was changed every 50 overs. Hastings, who bowled for Bushrangers against Queensland in Sheffield Shield was not happy with the pink ball as it got discoloured and then it became difficult to spot the ball. He added that the pink ball also does not move off the straight and hence forces the bowlers to set straight fields and thus makes the game dull and monotonous. Matt Henry: Pink ball for Day-Night Tests needs more testing
Hastings was quoted by Sydney Morning Herald saying, “It’s a quite boring brand of cricket when you do have that pink ball. It’s getting better [the new pink ball which is an improved version of the older]. It’s certainly better than the first few pink-ball games that we’ve played. But I still think there’s a fair bit of work to do. The main issue for me is the hardness of the ball. It just doesn’t stack up to the red ball. I think maybe if we changed the ball at around 50, 55 overs and get a new one, or a semi-new one, it might be a better contest towards the end. The discolouration was a little bit of a factor tonight, but not more so than it has been in the past.” John Hastings hoping to get selected in future series’ following impressive show in England vs Australia 2015 decider
“As it turned out we just bowled spinners and [medium-pacer] Marcus Stoinis bowled a few towards the end there. I don’t know whether they’ve had a directive not to change the ball or whether they should change the ball, I don’t know, but it would have been handy for us if they had have. Some of the fielders square of the wicket couldn’t really see it that well, so we were just saying, ‘can we get it changed? It wasn’t consistent, but it did actually swing a little bit reverse.”
