The Sixes will be pretty in pink this weekend with organisers using 288 pink balls specially made in Britain for the tournament.
'This will be the first time pink balls will be used at an international tournament,' Sixes tournament director Glyn Davies said. 'They don't mark as much as the white balls and will be more clearly seen on television.'
But Davies warned it might take batsmen a bit of time to get used to seeing a pink ball hurtling at them. 'While it is markedly more visible, it takes the eye a little bit of time to get used to and might make things a wee bit more interesting,' Davies said.
Last year organizers used a yellow ball, but chose pink this time as they hoped to line up former Australian spearhead Glenn McGrath's charity for breast cancer. But the idea fell through because the Ashes is about to start in Australia.
The balls, which will weigh 156 grams, will be no different to the normal red or white balls, according to makers Duke Cricket.
'The only difference will be the colour of the leather,' said Duke Cricket, UK, managing director Dilip Jajodia. 'There is no mass production of pink balls yet as Australia and India are conducting tests on different colours and trying to find what is the easiest to see on the ground and on television.'