Bumrah seeks 'alternative' to saliva on cricket ball

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Indian paceman Jasprit Bumrah has said that cricket should seek an “alternative” for shining the ball if the game’s governing body ban the use of saliva during the coronavirus pandemic.

ICC is likely to implement a ban for the game’s return when they meet next week after receiving medical advice that spit poses a Covid-19 transmission risk.

“I don’t know what guidelines we will have to follow when we come back, but I feel there should be an alternative.

“If the ball is not well maintained, it’s difficult for the bowlers. The grounds are getting shorter and shorter, the wickets are becoming flatter and flatter. So we need something,” Bumrah said in an ICC video chat.

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