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Who GOVERNS Cricket?

• The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the world governing body of cricket.
• It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England and South Africa.
• It was renamed as the International Cricket Conference in 1965 and later as International Cricket council in1989.

Who regulates the LAWS of cricket ?

• The International Cricket Council oversees playing conditions, bowling reviews, and other ICC regulations.
• The ICC does not have copyright to the Laws of Cricket
• Only the MCC may change the Laws, though this is usually done in consultation with the game’s global governing body.
• Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord’s Cricket Ground
• In 1788, the MCC took responsibility for the laws of Cricket, issuing a revised version that year.
• Changes to these Laws are now determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC), but the copyright is still owned by MCC

Covid19 and cricket

• COVID 19 can stop the practice of Using saliva to shine the ball.
• Sharing a ball that has been lathered in saliva by different players.

• Bowlers use many things to shine the ball which includes sweat and saliva in legal means and sandpaper, dust, mud in illegal means.

The ‘shining’

• Use of saliva to polish the ball
• Reason – to get conventional or reverse swing
• The need for the ball to be polished to enable a fair balance in the contest between bat and ball beyond the early overs of an innings.
• Keeping one side of the ball shining and roughing the opposite end makes the ball swing or reverse swing

What’s the alternative?

• Australian manufacturers Kookaburra are developing a wax applicator that could be used to shine cricket balls without using sweat or saliva.
• However, it has yet to be tested in match conditions.

Some Ball tampering ways may become ‘Legal’

• Despite the evident stigma of ball-tampering, there is a hidden history of using artificial substances to help polish or grip the ball, in addition to the well-documented recent use of sugar from mints or lollies in combination with saliva.
• In the early part of the 20th century, resin was commonly used by bowlers to help them to grip and polish the ball.
• Lanolin, a type of wool wax, was used by Dennis Lillee
• Coronavirus may force the busting of one of cricket’s greatest taboos, as authorities consider the possibility of allowing the use of artificial substances to help polish the red ball under the supervision of umpires in long-form matches, in order to end the need for player to do so with saliva.

ICC planning to bring a change

• The ICC Medical Committee is working with Member medical representatives to build a comprehensive picture of the issues cricket is facing
• ‘’Our next step is to create a roadmap for the resumption of international cricket which will include a criteria for decision making and a checklist for what needs to happen. This will consider everything from player preparation to government restrictions and advisories and bio-bubbles.”

Economy of Cricket

• The world’s richest tournament, the Indian Premier League, has been indefinitely suspended . ($11 billion a year for the Indian economy)
• The 2020 T20 World Cup in October is in jeopardy too.
• India are due to play four Tests and three ODIs in December and January, a visit that could cost Cricket Australia A$300 million (USD196 million approx.) if it doesn’t go ahead due to the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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