Dukes chief scoffs plans to introduce one ‘ball for all’

By Richard Edwards

Dukes of Hazard: The Dukes is the choice of ball for Tests in England

THE owner of Dukes balls has slammed the suggestion from the MCC World Cricket committee that a standardised ball should be introduced in the Test match game. Dilip Jajodia – who owns British Cricket Balls Ltd, which manufactures the Dukes – suggests that the type of ball used should be dictated by the surface and country the Test is taking place in.
Recommendations by the MCC’s World Cricket committee, which counts Mike Gatting and Shane Warne among its members, included a countdow...

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