Pink balls to be trialled in Aussie match

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), custodians of the game’s laws, say they are planning to use the pink balls in English minor matches to see whether they could replace the white ball in one-day cricket.

The MCC are hoping, in testing a fluorescent pink ball, that they will become a regular feature of domestic and international one-day games.

Manufacturers have found it almost impossible to develop a white ball that can maintain its colour for 50 overs.

Ball maker Kookaburra believes a ball layered with pink dye will be more visible and could last the entire 50-over innings of a one-day match.