Red Kookaburra ball is used in Tests in most nations apart from West Indies & England (Duke) and India (SG). All One Day International matches, regardless of location, are played with Kookaburra balls.
Kookaburra maintains that their red and white balls are manufactured using the same process apart from
My first line gives the dye used for colouring. They claim thatanswer to the swing propertiesfirst two parts of both the balls are similar - as everything, apart from the colour, are the sameyour question. This, however, is disputed by the players and researchers who claim that
And the white ball swings more.
Dukes has a different manufacturing process for each of the balls differ only in stitching process. They claim and tests have proven that the white ball infact swings
Also, dukes tend to swing around a bit more than their traditional red ballskookaburras. This is due to a polyurethane coating on top of the white
The sub-dyed leather to ensure that the ball does not get dirty quickly. This coating makes the ball smoother and changes its aerodynamics thereby assisting swing.
Going by players feedback and researchers findingscontinent cricket balls are slightly smaller, to generalize
The white ball swings more than the red ball.
The white ball is easier to spot than the red ones, especially on television, which is why these were preferred over the red ones for limited overs cricket.
White balls are harder than the red ones.
White balls are smoother than the red ones.
You can read more about this heredarker, hereharder, and in better detail herewith a slightly more prominent seam & allows ball to last longer.
