The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has affirmed the brands of cricket balls that will be utilized in the 2024-25 cricket season, an essential move pointed toward upgrading the nature of the game to line up with the particular requirements of home playing conditions.
As the domestic cricket season is set to initiate one month from now, the PCB has declared that Duke balls will be utilized for all seniors red-ball homegrown occasions. Aceline and Grays will be the nearby brand of cricket balls that will be used for pathways and grassroots cricket, including the U15, U17, U19 competitions, schools, colleges, clubs, and between locale contests. This choice follows a broad examination of ground and pitch conditions across homegrown settings, with the Duke ball being specially designed to suit the qualities of neighborhood pitches.
For the homegrown 50-over and T20 contests, the PCB will keep on utilizing Kookaburra cricket balls, keeping up with consistency with global guidelines, as all white-ball cricket around the world, including ICC occasions, is played with Kookaburra balls.
For the seven ICC World Test Title installations, the PCB has chosen to utilize Kookaburra cricket balls. These matches incorporate two Tests against Bangladesh, three Tests against Britain, and two Tests against the West Indies. As indicated by ICC World Test Title playing conditions, the home board has the privilege to settle on the brand of cricket balls to be utilized.
With the new arrangement of Tony Stitching as the Central Guardian, the PCB is sure that pitches will be ready to help the use of various cricket balls all through the 2024-25 season. Stitching will work intimately with significant divisions to get ready pitches that upgrade the nature of play as well as keep a cutthroat harmony among bat and ball.
Notwithstanding pitch arrangements, Sewing will be answerable for preparing and instructing nearby caretakers, who will be entrusted with creating indistinguishable playing surfaces across different areas and locale.
Editor: Kamran Raja