Dubai [UAE], May 18 (ANI): The International Cricket Council's (ICC) Cricket Committee on Monday recommended changes to ICC regulations including prohibiting the use of saliva to shine the ball to mitigate the risks posed by coronavirus and protect players and match officials.
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Pacer Ishant Sharma has said that cricketers will be required to adapt to any kind of situation once the world comes back to normal and cricketing action resumes.
Washington D.C. [USA], May 17 (ANI): In a bid to help flatten the COVID-19 transmission curve and in order to prevent a sharp spike in cases - several simpler methods apart from nasopharyngeal swab techniques are being used to conduct coronavirus testing.
Washington D.C. [USA], May 15 (ANI): Several simpler methods apart from nasopharyngeal swab technique are being used to conduct coronavirus testing that may help flatten the transmission curve in order to prevent a sharp spike in cases.
London [UK], May 14 (ANI): Vincy Premier League (VPL), a franchise-based T10 tournament is scheduled to start from May 22 in the Caribbean and it will become the first competition to refrain players from applying saliva on the cricket ball.
Kolkata [India], May 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing debate over restricting players from using saliva to shine the ball, Australian pacer Pat Cummins said that not being able to shine the ball will take away "so much".
Melbourne [Australia], May 5 (ANI): Australia's top-order batsman Marnus Labuschagne has said that players would be required to adapt themselves to any kind of change once the cricketing starts.
Melbourne [Australia], April 30 (ANI): Australian opening batsman David Warner has said the ban on the use of saliva on the cricket ball will be unnecessary once the sporting action begins.
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): India pacer Mohit Sharma said umpires these days don't allow bowlers to use saliva on the ball due to the threat of the coronavirus.
Melbourne [Australia], April 20 (ANI): "It is something that needs to be discussed", said Australian pacer Josh Hazelwood when asked whether teams will use saliva on cricket ball after the world comes back to normal.
Raisen (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 4 (ANI): Police here on Saturday registered an FIR against a fruit seller after a video of him applying saliva on fruits and selling them went viral on social media.