Meerut-based SG manufactures balls for Test cricket in India, besides domestic tournaments.
While the pink ball’s shine generally lasts for 20-25 overs, the red ball’s shine on a similar wicket lasts for only 10-15 overs, he says.
It means that with pink ball, the faster bowler will get a lot more overs as they will be asked to make use of the shine.
As per the guesses doing the rounds, the Motera wicket without good amount of grass may scuff up the pink ball in much faster than 25 overs. However, that remains to be seen.
Experts have said that a fresh pink ball taken in twilight session may last longer because of the dew which ensures the ball doesn’t get as scuffed up, leading to fast bowlers bowling more overs.
Interestingly, while the manufacturing process of the three Test ball producing companies — SG, Kookaburra, and Dukes – are different in some ways in manufacturing the red ball, the process of manufacturing the pink remains the same for all three. They have to put layer upon…