The first was Courtney Walsh for West Indies v Australia at Brisbane in 1988-89 (last ball of the first innings and the first two of the second).

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Hair made the offer in the wake of the ball-tampering row at last week's England v Pakistan Test at The Oval.

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The "V" in ProV1, for example, derives from "veneer, " which was the lab term for the ball's primary innovation when it debuted in 2000, a soft but durable cover.

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