{"id":5427,"date":"2007-11-13T10:50:01","date_gmt":"2007-11-13T05:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2007-11-13T10:50:01","modified_gmt":"2007-11-13T05:20:01","slug":"pink-balls-and-red-ribbons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/pink-balls-and-red-ribbons\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Balls and Red Ribbons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rediff.com\/cricket\/2007\/nov\/13pink.htm\" title=\"MCC plans pink ball trials in one-dayers\">Rediff reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The colour of balls used in the English one-day game could change from white to pink if trials by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), guardians of the laws of cricket, prove successful.<\/p>\n<p>They are also planning a dress code that will make it mandatory for all cricketers with long hair, such as Mahender Singh Dhoni, to wear a red ribbon on their head.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ok, fine, I made that second line up. But not the first one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rediff.com\/cricket\/2007\/nov\/13pink.htm\" title=\"MCC plans pink ball trials in one-dayers\">Rediff reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The colour of balls used in the English one-day game could change from white to pink if trials by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), guardians of the laws of cricket, prove successful.<\/p>\n<p>They are also planning a dress code that will make it mandatory for all cricketers with long hair, such as Mahender Singh Dhoni, to wear a red ribbon on their head.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ok, fine, I made that second line up. 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