Within the final over of the opening day in Perth, former England captain Michael Vaughan identified how the Kookaburra was nonetheless shiny regardless of the 27 overs India bowled in Australia’s first innings.
“It has not misplaced the shine. We are able to nonetheless the emblem,” Vaughan had stated on FOX Cricket.
With 17 wickets falling on the primary day, eyebrows have been raised and an unbelievable stat recommended that the batting common in Australia has dipped to 34 from 44 after the change of the Kookaburra balls in 2020.
“I believe it was from 2016 to 2020, when the Australian batting common was 44. After which because the change of the Kookaburra ball, the kind of increased seam and the additional lacquer, the typical has come all the way down to 34. Massive change,” Greg Blewett had stated on 7Cricket.
What modified within the Kookaburra balls?
James Brayshaw has defined behind the rationale why the Kookaburra ball is behaving in such a approach now.
“They modified it about 4 years in the past, put the additional lacquer on it and improved the stitching. And I believe the ball’s been a lot improved since then,” stated Brayshaw.
“However the batting averages on this nation have dropped by 10 throughout the board since then, within the 4 years. So add that to some extra souped up pitches and batting’s turn out to be much more tough.”
What’s lacquer?
Former Australia opener Aaron Finch explains what does the additional lacquer does.
“For the folks at residence, what the additional layer of lacquer does on the ball is it simply retains it more durable for somewhat bit longer,” stated Finch.
“So previously, there’s been criticism that the ball goes smooth actually fast, notably on arduous Australian surfaces. So what it does now’s with that additional layer, it simply is one other layer of safety.
“It shines up quite a bit higher. There’s additionally one thing about it that helps it swing somewhat bit extra constantly. So yeah, I believe it’s been actually good since I’ve retired.”
