PETER HAYTER

Whole new ball game: West Indies captain Jason Holder, left, and Miguel Cummins with the pink ball
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THE real proof of the pink ball was always going to come in the twilight zone, but a few observations on how it behaved in the earlier part of the first Test of its type staged in England suggested few problems seeing it and playing with it in daylight at least.
Alastair Cook had no difficulty with the first delivery, from Kemar Roach, pushing it into the covers for a single.
The next did appear to slip out of the grasp of the bowler, as it started wide...