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The International Cricket Council is considering legalizing ball distortion in cricket due to the coronavirus. According to a report on a cricket website, the ICC is considering recognizing the buffing of the ball with a legal substance under the supervision of the umpires. However, it is still prohibited to polish the ball in this way. Steve Smith and David Warner were deported from Cricket Australia a couple of years ago for tampering with the ball. However, he is now considering accepting that ball distortion. If it is really accepted, what are its advantages and disadvantages ?, former and current cricket players told Anandabazar Digital.
Sambaran Banerjee: Cricket has always been called the hitter game. From Don Bradman to Virat Kohli, everyone has been saying this. I don’t think so though. For me, cricket is also a game of bowlers.
Coronavirus should be avoided after spitting or sweating. I have been playing ever since, but have seen bowlers roll balls using saliva or sweat. What is called ‘making balls’. After 30 overs, in a match of three or four days, one side is polished to make the ball swing. This effort is for the reverse swing. If neither saliva nor sweat could be used this time, the player had no weapon in hand. The ball will not swing, or anything else. The batter will not be out until 60 overs.
Therefore, the ICC is trying to win back the bowlers in the match. Any liquid ointment, petroleum jelly, or gelatin can be used. In 1973 or ’75, the British Johnny Liver used a bowler hat called petroleum jelly. However, the matter was illegal. But I would. I played against him. However, the point is that the bowler must have a chance. That is what the ICC must be thinking. It goes without saying that preparation is needed for this. It is not easy to get out of what you have been doing with sweat and spit for so long, half or half. It has to start at home cricket. I fully support it. No matter how much cricket is a “hitting game,” you don’t kill the bowler. That is why the T20 cricket tide has saved bowlers. So, don’t hit the bowler anymore. The game is between hitters and bowlers, it stays on both sides.
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Randev Basu: I cannot accept this idea at all. Can Corona be stopped if he doesn’t spit? From the cricket players of the two teams to the referees, the match officials, support staff, bus drivers – anyone involved in organizing the match is at risk if there is no crown. If not, you could go play after wearing gloves and mask! And in international cricket, even if there is a camera, is it possible to monitor everything? What if a fielder with a fine, deep leg sneezes and then has to return the ball? Excluding spitting, fielders also spat on their hands to catch. In Australia, the slip wire is like this. Virat Kohli does too. This is an advantage to catch the ball. Can the camera capture it all the time? If so, how can Corona be stopped at home cricket, at the cricket club? No camera. Cricket players from clubs playing in the second division at Kolkata Maidan change clothes in a small tent. There is a basin for your use. If everyone is in line washing their hands well, 40 minutes of lunch will be gone.
There is another side. The ball is distorted by swinging. And there are countless ways to do it. How it will be done depends on the condition of the ball. If the ball is not in very bad shape, then it is done in a certain way. And if the ball is in very bad condition, it is done differently. I also have to consider what kind of swing I want to do. This can be done in at least 10 ways, the big question is which method will ICC legalize.
Bancroft of Australia was exiled in a ball distortion scandal. —File image.
When he was playing, he emphasized traditional swing. Mako (Shivashankar Pal) insisted on the reverse swing. We would understand each other about polishing the ball. Now, if ball distortion is legalized, one of these two types of players will have to suffer. That shouldn’t be. That said, you can do whatever you want with the ball. On the other hand, the task of hitters will be difficult.
Now, if the ICC says that there are not six, they are twelve, then it has to be accepted. We have to accept what the ICC will do. But before making the rules, you should think about the cricket players of the second division. International cricket should not start until everything is 100% confirmed or vaccinated. The way the game has been running for two hundred years shouldn’t change. The fun of the game will be gone.
Shivashankar Pal: No, it cannot be stopped this way. Everyone will sit together in the locker room. Eating and drinking will be together. So everyone has to give a package while they eat. In international cricket, there can be no more lunch packages. You see, if you don’t spit, everyone will be in trouble first. But now everyone is using jelly. Everyone uses something unwritten. Holding the ball polisher is called “ball making.” All parties do it as their own. This time, if it is legalized, if it is said that the rules of application of chemical products, I think the polishing of the ball will be better. The swing of the new ball is like this. This is to use the old ball. If the ICC asks you to polish the ball in this way, it amounts to stealing. Then the ball will be better. There will be more swings. Then the referee will not be afraid to try. Because he is facing the referee. If Steve Smith were caught, there would be no point.
But again, there is a question. That if you do it, it can’t be prevented? No matter how prepared you are, the fear is still there. Otherwise, the gloves have to catch the ball later. Is that possible?
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Ishan Porel: That is what the ICC will do. They are the controllers of the cricket game. So whatever you do, you must think of the good. We are usually used to spitting and polishing. Now it is not safe to spit again. Corona is afraid. So if the ICC sets new rules, you will have to get used to them.
At this time it is unknown what he will do after leaving the position. As a result, I don’t know how much swing I will get after planting it. Ball behavior is fuzzy. I don’t understand if I don’t use it. Then there must be a little difficulty. But whatever the ICC says, it has to be accepted. Surely they are making many thoughtful decisions. As a cricket player, I have nothing to say about it.
And most importantly, people can adapt to different situations. This closing situation seemed unbearable at the same time. But now it has become much more tolerable. In the same way, if distortion of the ball becomes the rule, then it will become a habit to force the ball in the same way.
Carson Ghauri: The spitting issue has been going on for many years. This has become the norm. It is still immoral and inappropriate to say something else. But does that mean that ball distortion does not occur? This has been going on for many years. The ball is polished in many ways for a long time. But I cannot support the idea of the ICC at all. Cricket must be played in the traditional way. And of course it has to be honest. Cricket is a game for knights. However, cricket can no longer be called a “game of knights”. One way or another, most teams distort the ball. To put it bluntly, dementia is as deadly a disease as cancer or the crown. We should try to avoid it. We should not think about legalizing it.
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