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Rob Key has backed the use of Kookaburra balls for full County Championship seasons in future despite the first fortnight of 2024 producing just one positive result.
Amidst widespread criticism of the balls going soft prematurely in the damp conditions and huge totals being racked up due to a perceived imbalance between batters and bowlers, Key, the England team director, countered that the latest trial away from the established Dukes has been ‘fantastic.’
‘I’ve watched quite a bit this week and seen some bloody good cricket. I would use the Kookaburra all the time. English cricket would be much better off for it,’ Key told the Guardian, after 17 of the first 18 fixtures ended in draws.
Key has been enthused by the increased use of spinners - the most prolific bowlers in each division are Surrey leg-spinner Cameron Steel and Alex Thomson, the Derbyshire off-spinner, respectively - at a time of year when they habitually remain in cold storage.
However, aside from Essex’s Sam Cook, who took a 10-for at Trent Bridge to inspire the only win thus far, established
