Sri Lankan batting great Kumara Sangakkara said cricket may be a social game and it’ll be interesting to ascertain how players deal with the new ICC guidelines when cricket resumes after the COVID-19 hiatus.
With government restrictions due to the health crisis easing, the ICC has begin with guidelines for the safe resumption of the game which was shutdown in March thanks to the outbreak of the contagion.
Keeping “social distancing” norms on and off the sector and ‘safe’ ball management are among the dos and don’ts listed by the ICC late last month. The ICC Cricket Committee also recommended a ban on saliva to shine the ball.
“For fast bowlers or spinners, shining the ball, is an instinctive thing, they need done it over numerous years since they were kids,” Sangakkara, who is that the President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), said on Star Sports’ show Cricket Connected.
“Cricket may be a social game, most of the time you spend within the room you talk, you chat. this may be a really clinical thing, you come able to play, no warmups, you are doing everything right and you head home. So, it’ll be interesting to ascertain how the players affect that.”
Cricketers from several top teams, including England, Australia, West Indies and Sri Lanka have already begun outdoor training under strict safety protocols because the sport is taking early steps towards resumption.
