cricket COVID guidelines to alter cricket customs Umpires wearing gloves to inspect the ball is among changes that cricket administrators will likely implement when the sport returns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Umpires may wear gloves to handle the ball and refuse to take a bowler’s hat whenever cricket returns from its COVID-19 stoppage, while dressing-room beers are set to remain on ice. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released a set of guidelines, developed by the governing body’s medical….