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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
James Wallace

‘We have a superior product’: Dukes maker invites Rob Key for talks over ball

Handmade balls at the Dukes Cricket ball factory in Walthamstow
British Cricket Balls Ltd has owned the Dukes imprint for 37 years. Photograph: ANL/Shutterstock

The maker of Dukes balls has entered the debate on the trial use of the Kookaburra ball in county cricket and invited Rob Key, the England and Wales Cricket Board’s managing director of men’s cricket, to talk to him about the type of ball he wants to see.

Dilip Jajodia, the managing ­director of British Cricket Balls Ltd which has owned the Dukes imprint since 1987, was ­responding to a story in the Guardian this week in which Key hailed the trial use of the Kookaburra in the County ­Championship and called for it to be used permanently.

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