Cricket balls are incredibly hard and are the product of centuries of tradition and the extreme physical demands of the game.

A single cow only makes 15 Dukes cricket balls. Whereas a butcher might pride themselves on achieving maximum bang for their bovine buck by using almost the entire animal from nose to tail, it turns ...

The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. No team sport is quite so obsessed by the colour of the ball as cricket. Where the annual shift in English Premier League ...

If you've ever watched a batter get beaten by a ball that curved, jagged or dipped at the last moment, you've seen one of cricket's great mysteries. Whether it's a Mitchell Starc inswinger, a Josh ...

Researchers have started to unravel the mysteries of how near-horizontal bowling in cricket leads to such tough-to-hit balls. The team employed a wake survey rake device made of multiple tubes ...

Learn about different cricket practice balls used in nets, including swing balls, reaction balls, and string balls, and how ...