South Africa batsman Faf Du Plessis and former Australian fast bowler Bratt Lee believes that it will be difficult for International Cricket Council to success these rule for not using of saliva to shine the ball.
International Cricket Council used made these rule that, to polish the ball or shine the ball saliva won’t be used.
Anil Kumble, Chief of ICC’s Cricket Committee said that “We are living through extraordinary times and the recommendations are interim measures to enable us to safety resume cricket in a way that preserves the essence of our game whilst protecting everyone involved.”
Bratt Lee recently said that “When you have done something your whole life from eight, nine, 10 years of age, where you lick your fingers and you put on the ball, it’s very hard to change that overnight.”
He also added, “So, I think there’s going to be a couple of occasions, or there’s going to be some leniency I think from the ICC, where there may be a warning. It’s a great initiative, it’s going to be very hard to implement I think because every cricketer has done this for their whole life.”
Du Plessis also said, “I’m used to taking a bit of spit on my fingers before I catch the call at slip. If you looked at someone like Ricky Pointing, he has a big spit on his hands every time he tried to catch the ball.”
