Pink ball experiment receives mixed reviews from players and spectators after Sheffield Shield trial NSW has dropped the ball... literally - wasting three opportunities in one over against the South Australian redbacks. Tigers star Xavier Doherty with the pink ball used in the historic day-night Sheffield Shield games. BATSMEN and bowlers are getting used to it but spectators have been forced to take a dim view of cricket's pink ball experiment. That's because they cannot see the ball. Or at least are struggling to. Modifications to the pink Kookaburra ball on trial for use in a potential day-night Test against New Zealand in Adelaide next summer appear to have made it more player-friendly. The key issue now lies with the man in the stand. Reports from Queensland's just completed Sheffield Shield match against Western Australian in Perth revealed the experiment is making progress with the new dark green seam improving its visibility for players. Tasmania's Jordan Silk with the new pink day night ball. But when the ball was in the air spectators found it extremely difficult to pick up. "From a spectators point of view I am sitting up here watching the game and I am not actually seeing the ball,"" Queensland coach Stuart Law said during the game. I am seeing the ball let go by the bowler and you are trying to track it down. I find it difficult to follow at night. I was struggling to see it and so was (team physiotherapist and former Test batsman) Martin Love."" Law remains open-minded on the experiment but believed if Australia goes ahead with day-night Tests their players should be given more exposure to the pink ball before the groundbreaking first game. If they are going to commit to a day-night Test match the players involved need to do a lot of work. One week may not be enough. Playing only one round of fixtures with it makes it challenging. If you are playing with a pink ball more regularly it would not be so much of an issue. We have found that the pink balls do swing, not prodigiously but enough to cause problems and that is not a bad thing. The don't perform too differently to any other Kookaburra ball going around. They are put together differently so they will be slightly different. "Kookaburra have initiated the changes we wanted from last year and the ball reacts pretty similar to the normal (red) cricket ball."" Law said the balls had a mixed response from players. It depends who you talk to. If a batsman gets nicked off the balls are not very good but if a bowler gets five-for the balls are okay."" Players who contested the game felt that the extra lacre put on the ball to make it last ensured that it swung for most - sometimes all - of the 80 overs they were in use. Batsmen reported tough times around twilight when the lights were turned on with James Hopes comparing it to the first hour's play of a game at the seam friendly Gabba when bowlers traditionally rule. WA batsman Cam Bancroft, who twice batted during the twilight period, said balls pitched up to the bat were particularly tough to face though his innings of 99 proved the balance was too not far the bowlers" way.