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Pink Cricket Balls Make First-Class Debut In India At Duleep Trophy

India's Duleep Trophy domestic championship "began staging its first match under floodlights Tuesday, experimenting with a pink ball in a likely precursor to the advent of day-night Tests in cricket's biggest market," according to the AFP. Organizers of the Duleep Trophy, "a four-day triangular tournament which traditionally heralds the start of the Indian cricket season, are hoping to attract bigger crowds by playing until around 9pm." But "the first match on the outskirts of the capital New Delhi is also being closely watched by India's cricket board, which is widely expected to push ahead with plans for a day-night Test if the experiment succeeds." India "had been expected to stage their first day-night Test during a tour by New Zealand starting next month." But the plans "were shelved to give more time for trials of the pink Kookaburra ball." Designers said that "the pink ball is far more visible under lights than the red ball that has traditionally been used in Tests" (AFP, 8/23).

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