To perform at their best, their bowling balls must be theirs in everything from weight to finger placement in custom-drilled holes. If that takes five balls or, in the case of a recent central Ohio ...

Once your sealant is dry and your ball is decorated how you'd like, drill through either one of the finger holes or the thumb ...

There has been a wider explosion of the carrom ball too, in the decade and a half since Ajantha Mendis popularised it, and every second squad in every T20 league seems to include someone who bowls it.