{"id":2545,"date":"2025-11-30T15:06:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T15:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=2545"},"modified":"2025-11-30T15:06:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T15:06:45","slug":"cricket-why-is-a-pink-ball-used-in-the-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=2545","title":{"rendered":"Cricket: Why is a pink ball used in the Ashes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">The Ashes use a pink ball for day-night Test matches to improve visibility under floodlights.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The colour is suitable for play during the day and night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Day-night Tests, which is the only time a pink ball is used, were sanctioned by the International Cricket Council, cricket&#8217;s governing body, in 2015 in the hope audiences would be &#8220;encouraged and improved&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The red ball has traditionally been used since the Ashes series began in 1882 and is still used in all daytime-only matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The pink ball was first introduced in the 2017-18 series as the red ball is not as visible in floodlit conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the 2025-26 series, the pink ball will be used in the second Test in Brisbane, Australia from 4-8 December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Pink balls are designed to provide balanced visibility in formats which transition from daylight to floodlights during play. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They were first trialled in the late 2000s and have become a staple of international cricket.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ashes use a pink ball for day-night Test matches to improve visibility under floodlights. The colour is suitable for play during the day and night. Day-night Tests, which is the only time a pink ball is used, were sanctioned by the International Cricket Council, cricket&#8217;s governing body, in 2015 in the hope audiences would<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}