Ah, the ball… a proper cricket ball should sing in the air, no? That lighter women's ball, it's like planing plywood… no real bite in the seam, so the swing is all show, a polite suggestion. It doesn't dig into the pitch to talk back to the batter.
I know because my club's ladies' team borrowed our nets once. I bowled a few of their balls out of curiosity… felt like throwing a cork, no weight to find that length. My old knees even approved, which made me suspicious. A proper Goan rosewood of a ball should make your shoulder complain a little the next day. That’s how you know it worked.
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