--- title: "How cricket ball is made?" description: "How cricket ball is made?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2021-11-08 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94024/how-cricket-ball-is-made category: "sports" tags: ["cricket"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # How cricket ball is made? How [cricket ball](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48226/what-shall-be-the-weight-and-size-of-the-cricket-ball) is made? ## Answers ### Answer by Harshal Vispute A cricket ball has a **cork core** with **tightly wrapped string layers** and a **leather casing** with a slightly **elevated sewed seam**. The covering of a high-quality ball suitable for the high-level competition is made up of **four pieces** of leather formed like **the peel of a quartered orange**, but **one hemisphere is rotated 90 degrees** from the other. The **'equator'** of the **ball is sewn with thread in six rows** to make the ball's noticeable seam. The quarter seam is formed by stitching the last two joints between the leather pieces inside. \ ![How cricket ball is made?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/6c009012-da73-4aec-9551-17025d973042/images/8cdc9e13-d777-432f-95ef-df658bafa685.jpeg)\ \ Lower-quality balls with a two-piece covering are also popular for practice and lower-level competition due to their lower cost. The nature of the cricket ball differs depending on the manufacturer. In one-day and Twenty20 international matches, **white Kookaburra balls** are used, whereas **red Kookaburra balls** are used in test matches in the majority of the **twelve test-playing nations**, with the exception of the **West Indies, Ireland, and England**, who use **Dukes**, and **[India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93647/what-do-you-know-about-the-ina-army-of-india)**, who use **SG balls**. A cricket ball is a solid, hard ball used in the sport of cricket. A cricket ball is made out of a **cork core coiled** with **thread** and a **leather cover stitched** on, and its construction is governed by **first-class cricket law.** The action of the bowler, as well as the condition of the ball and the pitch, influence the trajectory of a cricket ball as it is delivered, through movement in the air and off the ground, while working on the cricket ball to achieve optimal condition is a major responsibility of the fielding side. The batsman scores run mostly by hitting the ball with the bat into a position where it would be safe to take a run or by directing the ball through or beyond the boundary. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94024/how-cricket-ball-is-made Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.