Male, 32 years old (just), with a littl'un on the way in late May! Enjoys watching football (QPR), p...
Male, 32 years old (just), with a littl'un on the way in late May! Enjoys watching football (QPR), playing cricket, music, cinema and good food and drink. Keen amateur cook too...
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CA are a cricket equipment manufacturer based in Pakistan who retail their equipment via EBAY and via online Sports store, the Sports HQ (www.thesportshq.com).
Their equipment is imported from Pakistan and, as a qualified cricket coach, I need to keep a stock of basic junior balls to use for nets and to give throwdown practise to younger players.
Sometimes you can find junior balls retailing for around the £4 - £7 price mark, which can be costly if you need to keep 20-30 on hand at one time.
The CA Attack Junior Ball is a basic, entry level junior cricket ball, available at just £2.99. It should be stressed that for this price, you are buying a cork and leather ball that is not designed to be used in high quality league matches.
The ball itself has a heavily lacquered finish, which keeps the ball hard for longer.
We used the ball for 2 hour sessions over a 16 week period and warned junior players not to use new bats until the balls had softened a little. Nearly all the balls made it through to the end of the 16 week course, with only 1 or 2 being completely unusable at the end of this time.
The big advantages of the ball are obviously the value you get and the comparative durability when there is no point splashing out a load of cash for better quality balls for practise situations.
The downside is that when the balls are at their newest and hardest, I would advise against using them with brand new bats or bats that have barely been knocked in.
However, for the bargain prize, you'd be silly not to consider them. Just don't go scrimping and saving on actual match balls.
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