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Last I heard, County cricket and Test cricket in England use different types of Dukes Cricket balls. Do you think this will give the Australians who play County cricket prior to the Test series the best preparation?

last year

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Peter Clifford

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last year

Last prep for Ashes they played Shield with a Duke , this worked well .
The Duke swings after about 8 overs when the
Lacquer goes off the ball .
It generally swings all day and I believe makes watching cricket more enjoyable.

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Steven Doig

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That is good to hear. Sounds like the Shield used the Test grade Dukes balls as the country grade Dukes ball did less and made batting a bit easier.

Paul Ryan

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Founder

last year

I think the more times an Australian batter can face the Duke ball in England the better and well done to County teams for contracting Australian players.

I'm sure the young players at Sussex will learn a great deal from playing and being around Steve Smith before the Ashes series this year. A win for all.

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Steven Doig

Current Rating: 5 / 5

A great opportunity for the young pros to see how hard he works on his game. The fans are in for a treat.