Change the Ball Lads, Change the Ball

If at first it does not swing change the ball and try again. Replace and repeat is emerging as an effective strategy in the current series. Now only if Inzamam had thought this up at the Oval. Change the ball? No problem. We will be coming back with a request of our own soon ... if the ball does not do much. Imran once mentioned that Sarfraz had the ability to pick a new ball that more often than not would reverse. Which brings us to the question of ball manufacturing and what can be done to make balls more consistent. But first they will have to identify the features in a new ball that predict later behavior and oh before that ... make balls that don't go out of shape after 3 overs consistently.