Most cricket in Pakistan gets played after the heat goes out of the day, and that is the problem this ball solves. Once the floodlights or the tube lights come on, a red ball stops being red — it goes brown, then it goes missing, and the batsman picks it up two metres later than they should. White stays white. If your nets happen after Maghrib, this is the ball to be throwing.

It is the same Master practice ball as the red one, in the other colour: hard synthetic, international size, around 100g each, with a stitched seam a bowler can grip. Master make both because both are needed — white cricket exists for limited-overs matches under lights, and training should match the cricket you actually play.

White works indoors too, and for the same reason. Against a pale hall wall or a net in an academy shed, a dark red ball is hard work for the eyes. Junior coaches tend to reach for the white ones for exactly this reason.

It costs a little less than the red: Rs. 1,150 for six against Rs. 1,200, and Rs. 2,250 for twelve against Rs. 2,400. That works out at about Rs. 192 a ball in the six pack and Rs. 188 in the twelve, so the dozen is the marginally better buy if you are stocking an academy.

One thing worth saying plainly, because it decides whether this is the right purchase: at around 100g these are lighter than the 156g of a regulation leather ball. That is deliberate and it is what makes them good training balls, but it also means they are not match balls. Use them for nets, drills, catching practice and coaching, not for a league fixture.

Safencia sells the six pack for Rs. 1,150 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan. Message us on WhatsApp and we will confirm stock, your city and the delivery charge before dispatch.

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