SA claims pink ball advantage over NSW

South Australian captain Travis Head says his side's experience with pink balls will be an advantage against a NSW outfit featuring a host of Test stars.

Travis Head of the Redbacks

SA captain Travis Head believes the pink ball experiment will work in his side's favour against NSW. (AAP)

South Australian captain Travis Head believes the pink ball experiment will work in his side's favour against a NSW side laden with international experience.

The Redbacks host the Blues in a day-night Sheffield Shield opener from Wednesday in what, on paper, looms a mismatch - NSW have 10 players with Test experience while SA have none.

But Head says SA's two previous pink ball Shield games offer an advantage against NSW's Test stars, most of whom haven't played a first-class match with the experimental ball.

"We have played a couple ... and a few of them (NSW) haven't played at all, so I think it's an advantage for us," Head told reporters on Tuesday.


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