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- Updated: November 30, 2016
Victoria allrounder Daniel Christian has questioned the wisdom of Cricket Australia’s tinkering with domestic cricket, declaring that Sheffield Shield cricketers are being treated as “guinea pigs”.
This season, ex-players and commentators have expressed concern at a perceived “devaluing” of the Shield competition through measures such as Test players being substituted out mid-match, and the use of multiple types of balls. The 10 Shield rounds this summer include two played with pink Kookaburra balls, three with red Kookaburras, and five with Dukes balls later in the season.
“We’re guinea pigs,” Christian said in an interview with Gideon Haigh in the Australian. “It’s first-class cricket. Last season we had a game where …
