Ballance struggles to pick the pink ball as it comes out of the sight screens

Gary Ballance, the Yorkshire captain, may miss his side’s day-night County Championship match against Surrey later this season due to his colour blindness.

Ballance, who has taken over the Yorkshire captaincy this season, has admitted that when he has previously played in pink-ball matches he has struggled to see the ball particularly to differentiate between the ball and the grass.

“I’m going to have a few net sessions with it. If I can’t see it, I can’t see it. There is nothing I can do. If you can’t see the ball, you can’t play cricket,” Ballance said.

“Batting with the red ball is fine but because the pink one is not as dark, when it comes out of the sight screens I lose it. Also,