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What is the weight & width of cricket ball of playing in odi or test cricket?

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as usual playing in one day international and in test cricket or 20-20 match was recent found and since playing cricket of our ancient teams.

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  1. For men's cricket, the ball must weigh between 5.5 and 5.75 ounces (155.9 and 163.0 g) and measure between 8 13/16 and 9 in (224 and 229 mm) in circumference. Balls used in women's and youth matches are slightly smaller.

    They're made of cork wound in string, and covered by leather. (in case you wanted to know).


  2. The weight of cricket ball used in Men's cricket is between 5.5 and 5.75 ounces, i.e.155.9 and 163grms.  The ball is 224 and 229 mm in cercumference.   The weight and size of cricket ball used in all forms of cricket will be the same.

    However, balls used in Women's cricket and youth matches are slightly smaller.

  3. since everyone is copying stuff from wikipedia, but no one is answering how much wide it is, let me answer this question.

    Cricket weighs 5.5 and 5.75 ounces (155.9 and 163.0 g)

    And

    It is 2.8 to 2.87 inch( 71.2 to 72.9 mm) WIDE in diameter.

    Everyone is answering circumfarance, but question is about wide... and width for sphere, is a diameter.... Guys....  please answer the right dimensions.

  4. 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.

    For men's cricket, the ball must weigh between 5.5 and 5.75 ounces (155.9 and 163.0 g) and measure between 8 13/16 and 9 in (224 and 229 mm) in circumference. Balls used in women's and youth matches are slightly smaller.

    Cricket balls are traditionally dyed red, and red balls are used in Test cricket and First-class cricket. White balls were introduced when one-day matches began being played at night under floodlights, as they are more visible at night. Professional one-day matches are now played with white balls, even when they are not played at night. Other colours have occasionally been experimented with, such as yellow and orange for improved night visibility, but the colouring process has so far rendered such balls unsuitable for professional play because they wear differently to standard balls. The white ball has been found to swing a lot more during the first half of the innings than the red ball. It also deteriorates faster than the red ball.

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