Ball Tampering

'It's been going around for hundreds of years now': David Warner against saliva ban to shine ball

Star Australian opener David Warner does not see the need to abolish the use of saliva to shine the ball when cricket resumes in the post COVID-19 world as he feels it is no more or no less risky than sharing the change room with fellow players.

Spit-and-polish: Challenges of enforcing saliva ban as cricket mulls new-normal measures

Using saliva to polish the ball is a sub-conscious exercise, almost second nature. It’s become muscle memory, so to speak. If there is a new legislation in place that bans the use of saliva, will they be able to cope with unlearning what they have learnt over the years?

Michael Holding says he finds no logic in legalising ball-tampering; Allan Donald in favour of move

Michael Holding feels legalising ball tampering in the post COVID-19 world is a bit self contradictory while Proteas great Allan Donald is completely on the opposite end of the spectrum on a subject that has divided opinions.

Saliva is must and vaseline is no replacement, feel Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh

Saliva and sweat are components that cannot be entirely done away with, insist a few distinguished India cricketers, as the ICC contemplates legalising ball tampering post COVID-19 by using artificial substances to prevent virus spread.

Steve Smith eligible to captain Australia as two-year leadership ban post ball-tampering scandal ends

Steve Smith's two-year leadership ban ended quietly on Sunday, leaving him eligible to captain Australia at a time of uncertainty over when international cricket will resume.

Australia batsmen Steve Smith welcomes conversations about cricketers' mental health

Australian batsman Steve Smith is glad that the mental health of cricketers is in focus after some of his compatriots took breaks to deal with their issues, which he feels, are compounded by "hectic" playing schedules.

Australia batsman Steve Smith shrugs off Nicholas Pooran getting a lighter ban for ball-tampering

West Indies' Nicholas Pooran was given a four-game ban by the ICC for ball tampering against Afghanistan. Steve Smith, in comparison, received a Test ban by ICC and 12 months by Cricket Australia for his role at Newlands last year.

Steve Smith, David Warner to represent New South Wales in Sheffield Sheild

Australia batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner will play their first domestic Sheffield Shield matches in almost two years when they turn out on Thursday for New South Wales against Queensland.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Hypocritical for Australians asking fans not to boo Steve Smith, David Warner, suggests Jonny Bairstow

Jonny Bairstow, in his column for The Telegraph, has questioned how Australians can ask English fans not to jeer Steve Smith, David Warner who were central to the 2018 ball tampering scandal.

ICC Cricket World up 2019: Adam Zampa had hand warmers in his pocket, says Aaron Finch amid ball-tampering claims

Video footage showed Adam Zampa putting his hand into his pocket before rubbing the ball prior to bowling the 24th over of the match against India.