Pink ball set for Lord’s debut

Date released: 18 April 2008

Monday 21st April will see a pink cricket ball trialled in a match at Lord’s for the first time.

You can follow the match live, online with ball-by-ball commentary from lords.org.

MCC Head of Cricket John Stephenson will captain MCC A strong MCC team will play against Scotland in a fifty-over contest at 'The Home of Cricket'. Both teams will be wearing coloured kits and the sightscreens will be black.

Each innings will trial a different manufacturer’s pink ball. The captain who wins the toss will have the choice of the Kookaburra or Dukes pink ball.

MCC’s team for the match against Scotland, beginning at 10.45am, is: