With a cricket ball in his hand he seems intent on bowling as many short balls as he can to help intimidate you in the contest.

BBC: Justin Langer column

So I took out a motorcycle helmet made of fibreglass, with a polycarbonate visor that could take a double-barrel shogun from 10 paces - so I though it could withstand a cricket ball!

BBC: World Series Cricket

The new batsman, Ravi Bopara, had to weather a stormy introduction to Ashes cricket - which included a nasty ball from Siddle which struck his throat.

BBC: England make solid start to Ashes

Recent experiments have featured pink balls, as the cricket authorities look for a ball which is highly visible under floodlights, but will allow the players still to wear whites.

BBC: Does the white ball behave differently?

The Hawk-Eye system uses strategically-placed cameras to determine the exact flight of a ball and is already used in international cricket and at grand slam tennis tournaments.

CNN: Goal-line technology enters final testing

In Test cricket they always wear whites and play with a red ball, whereas in the shorter game they wear coloured clothing and play with a white ball.

BBC: The difference between Test and limited-overs cricket

Much has been made of Michael Vaughan's poor record in one-day cricket, and he produced a dreadful shot as he aimed to pull a ball that was not nearly short enough, and dragged the ball into his stumps for a seven-ball duck.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

"MCC were tasked with finding a white ball that lasts the course, " the club's head of cricket, John Stephenson told BBC Sport.

BBC: Pink ball makes debut at Lord's

Pakistan forfeited a Test against England at The Oval - the first in Test cricket's history - on charges of ball tampering.

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