Tradition dictates that cloudy skies cause the ball to move sideways. But Garfield Robinson reveals it’s all a myth
Swing specialist: Dr Rabi Mehta is a NASA scientist who has studied airflow around a ball
PICTURE: NASA
Those of us who followed the recent England v West Indies Test series - and that might be every serious cricket fan in the world since it was the only international cricket on show - heard, on a number of occasions, that overcast conditions contribute to the ball’s tendency to swing. You heard it at the toss as team captains contemplated whether to bat or to f...
