He also has unnaturally large hands, which allow him to grip the ball tighter and throw with greater velocity.
"I was able to grip the ball better today, " said Niese, who also pitched in cold weather last weekend in Minneapolis.
But on a high friction surface like clay, the ball will grip more and change the trajectory of the ball quite significantly.
Varvaro could be seen struggling to get a good grip on the ball throughout the inning, repeatedly rubbing his hand on his jersey and pants.
"It was a little cold, a little tough getting a grip on the ball, but I have to get used to it, " Harvey said on a day when temperatures hovered in the upper 50s and low 60s.
North kept out the hat-trick ball before England loosened their grip when Finn replaced Anderson at the Lillee-Marsh Stand end.
Jones failed to convert another penalty but the visitors began to take a grip on affairs and the fly-half fired the ball between the posts in the 58th minute to make it 16-9.
"If I can't grip the baseball, then I can't make the ball do what I want, " Atchison said.
He didn't have a baseball, so a man wearing a Mets caps tossed him a pristine ball, and the great closer happily showed off the grip that has made him the major league's saves leader.
Shortly after lunch, skipper Dravid was out lbw for 11 to an angled ball from Nel as the South African seam attack tightened their grip, although TV replays suggested it would have cleared the top of the stumps.
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