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A men's cricket ball weighs about 156 grams
The Laws of Cricket allow anything between 155.9 and 163 grams A men's ball must measure between 22.4 and 22.9 centimetres around, with a seam of six rows of stitches. Women's and junior balls are smaller, at 21.0 to 22.5 centimetres and 140 to 160 grams. Red balls are used in most first-class cricket, white in limited-overs games and pink for day-night Tests. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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A men's cricket ball weighs about 156 grams: the short answers
- Where does this come from, and can I check it?
- The Laws of Cricket allow anything between 155.9 and 163 grams. The figure is taken from Marylebone Cricket Club, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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