Laura McGoldrick and NZ Herald sports writer Andrew Alderson with the help of the Grafton Cricket Club test some ball tampering techniques in light of recent ball tampering rulings.
In the wake of Proteas' captain Faf du Plessis being fined his match fee for using confectionery-induced saliva to shine a cricket ball in the South Africa-Australia test series, the NZH Focus team wanted to find out which lolly, if any, makes a cricket ball swingmore.
Faf du Plessis was fined his match fee for using confectionery-induced saliva to shine a cricket ball in the South Africa-Australia test series.
Laura McGoldrick and Andrew Alderson headed to the outdoor nets at Auckland's Victoria Park where a group of Grafton United Cricket Club bowlers put a series of sweets and a placebo under rigorous scrutiny.
