Cricket Balls

Shop cricket balls at Pro:Direct Cricket for matchday, nets, coaching and regular practice, with match cricket balls, training balls, indoor balls, soft balls and bowling-machine options across the range. Kookaburra, Readers, Gunn & Moore, Pro:Direct, Swinga and Aero all feature, giving club players, coaches and teams different routes depending on what the ball is actually being used for.

For league and match cricket, start with a proper match cricket ball. The current range includes Kookaburra County Club, County League, Supreme Crown and County Special balls alongside Pro:Direct County, Test and Club options. Match balls are the route when you want the feel and behaviour of the ball you will actually face or bowl with on Saturday, rather than asking the same battered training ball to cover every job in the week.

Training cricket balls make more sense when volume matters. Pro:Direct Training Balls, Swinga balls and Readers training options are there for nets, fielding drills, throwdowns and longer practice sessions where durability matters more than keeping a match ball pristine. If you're coaching, filling a club bag or simply putting in a lot of reps, this is normally where the sensible buying starts.

There are softer and alternative cricket balls for specific sessions too. Readers Allplay, Pro:Direct Soft Balls and tennis balls can be useful for introductory drills, reaction work and less formal practice, while Aero Bowling Machine Balls give you a dedicated option for machine sessions. Indoor cricket balls from Kookaburra and Readers cover another part of the game entirely.

The collection also includes different senior and women's match-ball options, so check the individual product against the competition, age group and format you are buying for. The ball used for a league fixture and the ball used for fifty catches before training do not need to be the same one.

Browse cricket balls by match, training and practice use first, then narrow by brand and ball type. If it's for Saturday, start with the match-ball range. If it's going into the kit bag for nets every week, training balls will usually make more sense.