This is a picture of a two-piece leather cricket ball taken during the monsoon, when the ball had been sitting innocently on the table in my office, during the monsoon. Can you see the difference in colour where the ball has absorbed moisture along the seam from the humid (97% RH) air of monsoon Manipal? The weight distribution is going to be affected by this (and the construction of the seam itself, of course) and could this offer some insight into the enigmatic dynamics of pronounced swing in overcast conditions???
