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Buying a Cricket ball

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quick question lads,
whats the best brand type
and also value for money to buy,
probs from sports direct etc.

cheers
 

Most of Sports Directs tend to be Junior Match balls, or training balls. If you manage to find a senior match ball in there, they tend to be a bit on the shit side. Useful for 1 match, then never again.
 
don't buy a cheapies i.e the hard plastic looking corkies as they are bat breakers anyone who uses them at nets is kindly asked to put it back in their bag. If sports direct is your only option then
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this is your only option however you will get better balls for around £8 in a proper shop
 
If you pay about £12 for a readers ball it should last you and for me it would either be Readers or Dukes.

See Eddies post about bat breakers. Only I'm not as kind in asking you to put it back in your bag! ;-)

Talking of balls you replaced that one I killed yet Ed?
 
MacRowners said:
If you pay about £12 for a readers ball it should last you and for me it would either be Readers or Dukes.

See Eddies post about bat breakers. Only I'm not as kind in asking you to put it back in your bag! ;-)

Talking of balls you replaced that one I killed yet Ed?
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no I'm keeping it, nee point me getting another one its only a waste
 
chelt_mackem said:
Are these good for spinners as well? I used a kookaburra something or other last season and no matter what I did with it, I could never get my balls to spin (:shock: :lol:)
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Kookaburra's are a nightmare to try and get turn (imo) as an average spin bowler myself I say get a readers. You should get it to tweak when its brand new and you might get some bounce also, it will continue to play well as you get smacked all over off batters in the nets and who won't play like that against you in a game!
 
Don't buy a new ball for nets. The cheap ones are just so hard they smash bats for fun, and any opening batsman will tell you, bats last a hell of a lot less when facing the new ball regularly (even the good quality ones).

Usually its best just to use an old one, see if you can find a decent one in someon's bag that has been used for a 50 over game or something as it will still perform pretty well for a bowler, without smashing expensive bats for fun.
 
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