FILE PHOTO: Anil Kumble, former Indian cricketer, speaks to Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella about Nadella's latest book "Hit Refresh" during an event in New Delhi, India, November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal
MUMBAI (Reuters) - A recommendation banning the use of saliva to shine a cricket ball when the sport resumes after the novel coronavirus shutdown is only a temporary measure, Anil Kumble, the chairman of the International Cricket Council's Cricket Committee, has said.
Cricketers have used the age-old method of shining one side of the ball with a combination of saliva and sweat to help bowlers generate more movement in the air as it travels towards the batsman.
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