|Will it be all white on the night?|
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But what do the people that really matter - the cricket players - think?
They say white balls are just not the same as red ones.
They claim white balls have more sting and more swing!
They say the red ones have a more leathery texture while the glassy finish on the white version makes them behave differently when bowled.
As well as being harder (apparently six bats were broken when the New Zealand team tested the white ball out), they also swung more according to some players.
Is this a bad thing?
Medium pacers and fast bowlers will be fine as long as they can control the swing.
Do they have any evidence for this?
Firing a mixture of balls from a specially-made bowling machine he found the white balls deviated from a straight path much more than the red ones.
The manufacturers still aren't convinced?
"It is more likely that is an optical illusion, being the difference in the conditions under which both forms of the game are played," said Kookaburra's Weston.