Surprising Facts about Cricket Balls that you may know

Cricket is one of the favourite game of many people. In this game, different colours of balls are used in National as well as International cricket. Three types of balls used in cricket. These are of red colour, white colour and pink colour. Some reasons exist behind it. Read below,

Surprising Facts about Cricket Balls that you may know

• Cricket ball is made of cork that is covered with tightly wound string, and two or four piece leather case.
• The weight of Cricket balls is 155.9 and 163.0 grams.
• Cricket balls were traditionally made by companies, employing highly skilled craftsmen, residing in Kent, South East England.
• Consequently, Jalandhar in India and Sialkot in Pakistan have become the two hubs of cricket ball-manufacturing, with approximately 98% of cricket balls used in club cricket currently being manufactured in these two places.
• The cricket balls used in Test cricket are all dark red in colour and round in shape.
• The Kookaburra ball is machine-made, while both the Duke and SG balls are hand-made.
• The Kookaburra ball swings more than the Duke and SG balls in the 1st 20-30 overs, after which it goes soft and loses its seam and stops swinging.
• All countries use “Kookaburra” for all International One day matches.

• A Diamond cricket ball was made in Sri Lanka in November 2004. It weighs 53.83 carats and has a pure gold seam of 125 grams.

• In the 1760’s, pitching a ball through the air was considered normal, thus the bat shape changed from a curve to a straight one.
• The first recorded game was played in 1646, and later fines were handed out for those who missed the church to play.
• Only one player can run out at a time. Usually left for the umpire to decide.

So, these are some Surprising Facts about Cricket Balls that you may know.