Using saliva to shine the ball is permanently banned by ICC
The International Cricket Council - ICC has permanently banned using saliva to shine the ball. It happened quite recently after the meeting with ICC members. ICC made the announcements of changes in certain playing conditions. The changes include the permanent ban on the use of saliva to shine the ball. However, the ban is not new to the players to adapt. This is because this temporary ban has been in place for more than 2 years now. Previously ICC put a temporary ban on players using saliva. In the wake of COVID 19 players were strictly instructed to not use their saliva to shine the ball as a health measure.
There were more changes added to the list as well along with this one. Some of the changes include things such as:
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