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Why do only new cricket balls swing?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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Actually, in my experience, slightly oldish cricket balls tend to swing more than new balls. This happens when you keep one side clean by shining it / rubbing it on your shirt / sweater / trousers and let the other side become dirty / dull. If you then bowl with the seam in an upright position, the difference in air resistence beween the clean and dirty sides makes the ball swing. If done correctly, the ball will swing from shiny side to dirty side - reason being (supposedly) that the shiny side travels slightly faster through the air than the dirty side. Thus, if you hold the ball with the shiny side to the left, you will swing the ball from left to right (an inswinger to a right-hander) and vice-versa (an outswinger to a right-hander) - generally considered more diffiuclt to achieve.

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