Very interesting. I never would have guessed there are such differences. In baseball there are so many rules and restrictions and guidelines on the balls, that I don't seem something like this happening here. I am going to have to dig into some cricket for dummies videos so I understand more what you are talking about in the future.
The cricket balls have some small differences that would change a game considerably wherever you are playing in the world. baseball doesn't use the grass pitch to deviate to the pitcher so it shouldn't have much effect plus home run balls are kept by the spectators. In cricket the ball is changed after 80 overs which is 480 balls as a minimum and the bowling side has a chance with another new ball.