County Championship to trial Kookaburra ball in 2023 as bonus points system re-vamped
The County Championship will see a revamp of the batting points system and the trial use of a Kookaburra ball during the 2023 season.
The adjustments to the new season have been made following former England captain Sir Andrew Strauss' high-performance review of the men's game,With the Kookaburra ball offering less movement to bowlers, its introduction in place of the more seamer-friendly Dukes ball is designed to level out the contest between bat and ball and prepare England players better for tours to places where use of the Kookaburra is more common such as Australia and South Africa.
But, together with the increase in the thresholds for batting points, the new changes have been brought in to put the emphasis on attacking play, mirroring the swashbuckling style England have adopted under Test captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendan McCullum.
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