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The UAE is the first victim of the ICC’s decision to permanently ban the use of saliva to wipe balls.
The ICC’s chief medical expert, Dr Peter Harcourt, endorsed sweat as a safer option than saliva, stressing that Covid-19 is an airborne respiratory infection that is highly contagious.
“If a referee sees someone blatantly spitting on a ball, they have no choice but to award five free throws,” a former ICC panel referee confirmed to ESPNcricinfo.
“Earlier, when the rules were first implemented post-pandemic, there was a couple of warnings to the fielding teams, some pro forma leniency as everyone was getting used to the new rules. We used to talk to the captain and give him A gimmick just because it’s a new rule. It’s been two years and the teams and players are used to it now.”
For the record, Nepal took three wickets at home in a tense game to tie the series at 1-1. The win was orchestrated by Aarif Sheik and 16-year-old Gulshan Jha, who added 62 for the eighth wicket. Jha scored 37 while Sheikh remained unbeaten on 33 to take Nepal home in the chase of 191.
The series tiebreaker will be played at the same venue – the Tribhuvan University campus in Kathmandu – on Friday.
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