Australia revert to using Kookaburra balls only in domestic cricket

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“Australian bowler James Pattinson fields a Kookaburra ball during a Test against New Zealand in January this year. ©AFP” /> Sydney (AFP) – Australia on Thursday announced plans to ditch the English Dukes ball in domestic cricket and revert to using only the traditional Kookaburra for the next Sheffield Shield season. Cricket Australia introduced the Dukes ball in 2016 and they were used in the second half of each Shield season to try to accustom players to conditions in England, where Australian batsmen had often struggled. Dukes balls tend to…