These are synthetic, and for training that is the point rather than a compromise. A leather ball is a beautiful thing that scuffs, soaks up water and goes soft after enough contact with a concrete net. A hard synthetic ball does not care. It shrugs off rough surfaces and wet grass and keeps its shape and its seam through session after session, which is exactly what you want from something you are going to bowl a hundred times an evening.

Be clear about the weight, because it is the number that decides whether these are right for you. Each ball is around 100g. A regulation men's leather ball is 156g. These are deliberately lighter, which makes them safer for kids, less punishing on the hands in close catching practice, and easier on the arm across a long session — but they are not match-weight, so do not use them as a substitute for a real ball the week before a game.

Master build them to hard-ball characteristics at international size, with a raised stitched seam a bowler can actually grip. Batting, bowling and fielding drills all work with them. For a bowler learning to hold a seam upright, or a fielder taking sharp catches, they give you the feel of hard-ball cricket without the cost or the bruises of the real thing.

Red is the daytime colour. It is what red-ball cricket is played with, it shows up against a pitch and the sky, and if you are training for club or academy cricket in daylight, this is the version to hold. Master make the same ball in white for playing under lights.

Six cost Rs. 1,200 and twelve cost Rs. 2,400, so the per-ball price stays at Rs. 200 either way. Buy the twelve if you run a net session — nothing kills practice faster than everyone standing around while somebody looks for the ball.

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