Ban on saliva might disrupt balance between bat and ball in Test cricket: Former Australian captain Mark Taylor

Former Australia captain Mark Taylor on Sunday warned that ban on the usage of saliva, to combat the COVID-19 threat, runs the danger of upsetting balance between bat and ball in Test cricket.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned the utilization of saliva on ball as an interim health precautions within the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic — a move that has raised concerns about the sport becoming even more batsmen friendly.

“I think it’s a touch of a priority because i prefer , particularly in Test matches, to ascertain the ball slightly dominate the bat, it’s far better game when Test cricket is played that way,” Taylor told ‘Channel 9’.

The 55-year-old former opener cares about the very fact that no saliva means a delivery would become predictable for a batsman.

“My concern getting to be|are”> are going to be that if the players can’t shine the ball and therefore the ball does get very straight and really predictable we are going to see more and more runs, more and more high scores in match game cricket,” Taylor said.

“And that’s not the simplest match game cricket. Test cricket is far better when the score is around 300,” he added.

The ICC has also introduced the system of issuing two warnings per innings to players found violating the saliva ban. any longer violation will end in a five-run penalty.

“They have said attempt to be lenient which I’m sure they’re going to be but eventually one umpire goes to stay his neck out and say ‘that’s a five run penalty’,” Taylor said.