ABSTRACT
Cricket is one of the top-tier sports and yet very little methodological scientific research has gone into the study of cricket balls. The condition in which the cricket ball is used has dramatic consequences for the outcomes of the game – be it its surface and seam for aerial movement, especially for the swing of the ball, be it its hardness, determining the ease or difficulty with which it can be hit. Cricket ball technology, in contrast to golf balls, is highly underdeveloped, as most cricket balls are still hand-made.
