Should Cricket Progress towards Controlled Ball Tampering?

The Coronavirus exposed the peril of applying saliva on the ball, it’s a high risk of transmission forcing the ICC into recommending its ban on ball maintenance (tampering). Sweat is considered safe. Leading fast bowlers, including the No. 1 Test bowler Pat Cummins, still seek a saliva substitute. This gives origin to the question – can we open the areas of the law to promote the use of artificial ball shiners like wax, polish or sandpaper in the post-Corona world of Cricket? 

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Football Rules You Probably Didn’t Know

The most popular sport in the world, Football, is a game with a wide set of rules. These rules are necessary and changes and additions were made with time for the betterment of the game. There are some which are complicated for a normal sports fan to understand like the Offside rule or some rules which are not very common and unheard of by the fans. Here we talk about such football rules which you have probably never knew existed. These are a set of rules that you usually do not encounter within a regular football game.

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