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    Posted: 26 March 2007 at 11:09am
Should we have one universally used ball?
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I quite like having both. A bit of variety in ball behaviour, just like a bit of variety in pitches, forces players to be adaptable to different conditions if they want to succeed.
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A ball is a ball but I like Kooka's
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I agree with Roscoe, using balls that behave in slightly different ways tests out the all-round ability of bowlers and batsmen, variation is what cricket is all about.
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Quite right Roscoe and CM , uniformity leads to dullness.  There's also the small matter of bowlers mastering the two types of ball , some have , a lot haven't!
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i agree
 
the randomness and unpredictability is what makes cricket t
he great sport it is
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Somebody should make a light up ball for night matches. Turn off the floodlights..... LOL

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also sum1 should make a ball with a bell inside so deaf people can play
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Good plan. Or a ball with teeth that eats people when they drop it!

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or a completly eat-able ball which you allowed to eat when you take a catch.
 
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LOL. We should stop before the Mods find out.... LOL
 
Maybe there should be a ball that tells really funny jokes, so you laugh so much you can't catch the ball.


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Originally posted by Pietersen Fan

also sum1 should make a ball with a bell inside so deaf people can play


This is in fact, nothing new.

As for the rest of your suggestions, well, yes, not very funny and let's get it back on topic now.
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How would making a ball with a bell in it for deaf people be any good?

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Good point, I read it as blind people.

Anyway, Dukes or Kookaburra people.
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im pretty sure i ment blind people, but it wud be rather funny to wack blnd folds on deaf people and tell then it would all be ok because theres a bell inside
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