FILE PHOTO: Cricket - England nets - Birmingham, Britain - August 14, 2017 General view of cricket ball during England nets Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra/File Photo
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar and former Australia speedster Brett Lee have backed the idea of using wax as an alternative to saliva to shine the ball ahead of a crucial International Cricket Committee (ICC) meeting on Wednesday.
The ICC is expected to announce a temporary ban on applying saliva on the ball -- a time-tested practice to generate swing -- as the governing body seeks to restart the game after the COVID-19 shutdown.
