SportLiving with the coming trends, Sri Lanka Cricket also cut its teeth with the newfangled pink ball in domestic cricket, come January. According to Sri Lanka Cricket Vice President K. Mathivanan, the Super-Eight Club tournament will be a four-day, ‘day’ tournament played using a Kookaburra ‘Pink’ ball. The customary three-day Club Cricket tournament is scheduled to begin end October, with 14 Premier League Tier ‘A’ teams and 10 Emerging Tier ‘B’ teams in the fray. Unlike the three-day Premier League tournament, the Super-Eight tournament will be played at neutral venues, and in white gear. India is yet to cut its teeth with the pink ball, with even former Indian great Sachin Tendulkar saying that, converting to the pink ball from the Red Cherry is not a solution for the problems facing Test cricket.

Source: Sunday Times September 25, 2016 12:56 UTC