Steve Smith expresses disappointment on ICC's rule of saliva ban to shine the ball

Australian batsman Steve Smith has said that he does t think it is great to ban saliva as a method to shine ball and added that it might tinker with balance between bat and ball. His remark comes as International Cricket Council (ICC). issued guidelines for safely resuming cricket in times of coronavirus and as a part of those guidelines, players would t be able to use saliva on cricket ball.

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'I don't think that's great': Steve Smith

"I have always been one to want a fair contest between bat and ball, so if that's taken away, even as a batter I don't think that's great. Wher y can find or ways with certain things, it'll be hard. I actually spit on my hands most balls and that's how I get grip and stuff," ESPNCricinfo quoted Smith as saying.

"So that might take some adjusting to certain things like that, but that's something for ICC to figure out what y want to do going forward and different regulations. We'll see how it all lands, everything is up in air at moment, but we'll see where everything goes," he added.

Shining ball with saliva is a major thing for bowlers in trying to extract some swing from match. As game starts swaying in favour of batsmen by each passing day, bowlers have to try everything y can to trouble batsmen.

All global sporting events have eir been postponed or cancelled due to global pandemic. Australia's home bilateral ODI series against New Zealand has been postponed as of w. top-ranked Test batsman was all set to lead 2008 winners Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2020 that was originally scheduled to get underway on March 29 but has w been suspended indefinitely due to coronavirus fear.

(With ANI Inputs)

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