No they use the real thing. The clubs have money, people pay their subs and the good ones have wealthy benefactors.
They don't have to wait for ECB to send them some Chikumba cricket balls made from Tibetan Yak scrotum
Oh heard another good one yesterday. Uprisings prize money for the NPL...surprisingly handed over, a couple of players got a token amount for contributing to their performances, guys who'd make noise if they got nothing, but that's all, most went empty handed. They're supposedly building a club in Chitungwiza. Can a sports journalist go and check on the progress to see where the other 14k went? If they have a proper constitution and if perhaps it doesn't stack up there should be a follow up? No harm in checking and hopefully everything is above board and they're making progress. I could build a ground for 14k, including water, a club house of sorts, some equipment etc etc