By Richard Edwards
THE head of Dukes has called for an independent international assessment of the best cricket ball to preserve the Test game’s longterm future.
The pink Kookaburra ball has come under intense scrutiny in Adelaide this week and has generally stood up to it, playing an important role in a Test that has attracted the biggest crowds to the Adelaide Oval since the Bodyline series of 1932/33.
England won that Test match by 338 runs and it’s fair to say that a Test played under floodlights with a pink ball would have been as shocking to the MCC as the relentless barra...