What is the roadblock to this? Is it a money thing?
Yes, most definitely. Money talks
Kookaburra remind me of how the tobacco and sugar industries have operated for decades, trying to lay the blame at other things such as saturated fat, trying to use words such as 'eat/drink in moderation' so that their products wouldn't be targeted or identified as the cause of a lot of problems (but continuing to buy their products keeps the revenue/profit margins ticking over), paid off researchers such as Harvard University to write favourably on them, advertised their products everywhere, sponsored major sports events and festivals ad nauseum (who could forget all those Coca Cola ads during the '90s). Coca Cola even sponsored organisations supposedly representing the best interests of the people such as the Dietitians Association/Lifestyle Medicine etc. "Here's some money for you, just shut up and don't say anything negative about our products" is the mentality.
http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1160615/how-kookaburra-balls-came-to-rule-the-world
Back to Kookaburra, once they got the ICC to explicity state that their ball was the official ball for all ICC white-ball tournaments, they got the ICC to change the laws of the game in order to allow two new balls from each end (i.e. 2 x 25 over), hence shutting out Dukes whose white-ball can last 50 overs. But they have significantly killed off the reverse swing bowlers like Akram/Younis etc. used to get in the last 10 overs with an ODI. Also, with the exception of Rashid Khan/Adil Rashid and a few of the top wrist spinners, most spinners have struggled since this rule change was introduced as they haven't been able to get the turn that they could with an older ball.
Kookaburra put pressure on the ICC to do this and other scare tactics because deep down, they know their product is inferior to Dukes, ex-international players such as McGrath/Ponting/Warne have spoken out in favour of Dukes, and local club bowlers like myself and others who've bowled with both Kookaburra and Dukes know Dukes is a better ball to bowl with and you always feel in the contest.
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricke...cket-ball-change-proposal-20121024-284fw.html
I mention scare tactics because Kookaburra chucked a dummy spit, trying to link their crappy product with all this emotive language that Australian jobs will disappear if Dukes becomes the official ball in Australia etc. And it seems like Cricket Australia have taken the bait so far, and New Zealand Cricket also took the bait.
