What are cricket balls made out of?

Question

As the question states and could you put say why, if possible, these materials are used

Answer 1

Cricket balls are made from a core of cork, which is layered with tightly wound string, and covered by a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam. The covering is constructed of four pieces of leather shaped similar to the peel of a quartered orange, but one hemisphere is rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the other.

The "equator" of the ball is stitched with string to form the seam, with a total of six rows of stitches. The remaining two joins between the leather pieces are left unstitched.

Answer 2

Leather and cork, also there is sometimes string used.

Answer 3

Leather

Answer 4

Cork and leather.The reason behind this was the availability of the material but over the years some modifications have been made to improve the quality so the ball can handle cold and warm climates without losing its shape for at least 50 overs under normal playing conditions.

Answer 5

Cricket balls are made from a core of cork, which is layered with tightly wound string, and covered by a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam. The covering is constructed of four pieces of leather shaped similar to the peel of a quartered orange, but one hemisphere is rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the other. The "equator" of the ball is stitched with string to form the seam, with a total of six rows of stitches. The remaining two joins between the leather pieces are left unstitched.

Answer 6

cork, and stitched with leather. They are made of that to make them really hard, and the stitching kelp's the ball spin.

Answer 7

Cricket balls are made from a core of cork, which is layered with tightly wound string, and covered by a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam. The covering is constructed of four pieces of leather shaped similar to the peel of a quartered orange, but one hemisphere is rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the other~

Answer 8

leather, foo.

Answer 9

Cork in the middle and leather on the outside. String is used to stitch two leather pieces together creating a seam.