SCIENCE OF SWING NOT A GREY AREA!

Tradition dictates that cloudy skies cause the ball to move sideways. But Garfield Robinson reveals it’s all a myth

Swing specialist: Dr Rabi Mehta is a NASA scientist who has studied airflow around a ball
PICTURE: NASA

Those of us who followed the recent England v West Indies Test series - and that might be every serious cricket fan in the world since it was the only international cricket on show - heard, on a number of occasions, that overcast conditions contribute to the ball’s tendency to swing. You heard it at the toss as team captains contemplated whether to bat or to f...

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