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McDonald Questions Pink Dukes Ball After West Indies Collapse

He warns the ball’s unpredictable movement under lights undermines batting performances.

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Overview

  • Coach Andrew McDonald said the pink Dukes ball in the Sabina Park day-night Test “didn’t even look like cricket” as it contributed to West Indies being bowled out for 27.
  • The third Test ended inside three days with Australia sealing a 176-run victory and inflicting the second-lowest total in Test history.
  • Kingston produced a batting average of 11.85 runs per wicket, the lowest among all 24 men’s day-night Tests to date.
  • Australia trained with the pink Dukes ball for three days and used that data to omit veteran spinner Nathan Lyon for the final match.
  • McDonald said Australia’s top-order combinations remain unsettled and indicated Marnus Labuschagne could soon reenter the Test XI ahead of the Ashes.