About this product
Heavy Tennis Cricket Ball – in stock at 361 Degrees Adventure in Tanzania.
These are heavy tennis balls for cricket, three to a pack, in red.
A heavy tennis ball is a different object from the one used for tennis. An ordinary tennis ball is far too light for cricket: it stops in the air, refuses to carry off the bat, and swerves unpredictably in the lightest breeze. Weighting the ball changes all of that – it flies, it carries when you hit it, it bounces off a hard surface the way a cricket ball does, and bowlers can get pace and bounce out of it.
That is why this ball, rather than a leather one, is what most cricket in this region is actually played with. Street cricket, compound cricket, beach games, school breaks and the vast majority of social matches all use one. It needs no square, no pads, no helmet and no expensive bat – a PVC or Kashmir willow bat and one of these is a game.
It is also the ball taped-ball cricket starts from. Wrapping electrical or cloth tape around a tennis ball adds weight, smooths one side and lets a bowler generate real swing – a whole variant of the game with its own skills, and one that has produced a remarkable number of international fast bowlers.
Buy several. Tennis balls go over walls, into drains, onto roofs and into the sea, and a game that stops to look for the only ball is not much of a game. A pack of three is a sensible minimum.
Buying a Heavy Tennis Cricket Ball in Tanzania
361 Degrees Adventure keeps the heavy tennis cricket ball at our showroom in Upanga, Dar es Salaam, with delivery countrywide across Tanzania. Come and handle it before you buy, or order online and collect.
Every heavy tennis cricket ball is checked in store before it leaves us, and our staff use the same kit in the field, so you get an honest answer on fit and sizing rather than a sales pitch.
Not sure which heavy tennis cricket ball suits you? Call or message the showroom and we will talk you through the options that are actually in stock in Dar es Salaam.
Spare parts and replacements for the heavy tennis cricket ball are easier to get here than on an overseas order, which matters once the gear is in use.
Browse more Cricket Balls in Dar es Salaam, or see the full 361 Degrees range. For general background on cricket, see this overview on Wikipedia.
Cockatoo Heavy Tennis Cricket Ball - Red, Pack of 3