According to a report Published in \u2018The Sydeny Morning Herald\u2019, Cricket Australia is mulling over the possibilities to begin its pre-season. The report in the Australian newspaper says, CA is churning out strategies for resumption of training under the vigilant eyes of its Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Orchard and Head of Sports Science and Sports Medicine Alex Kountouris.<\/p>\n\n\n
Both the officers are closely working with other cricket playing nations along with ICC authorities to search a possibility for resumption of cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n
According to the report, drawing up a set of protocols is first priority for Cricket Australia. The set of protocols include banning the use of sweat and saliva to shine the ball<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n CA\u2019s Head of Sports Science and Sports Medicine Kountouris said the coronavirus-forced new normal shouldn\u2019t have much impact of teams\u2019 training in a sport like cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n \u201cThere\u2019s physical distancing in the nets – there\u2019s two or three bowlers in each net. One bowls at a time, the batter is 22 yards away so it\u2019s not a big problem,\u201d Kountouris said. <\/p>\n\n\n \u201cWe don\u2019t see it as too big a problem to manage, but these are the things we\u2019re spelling out. This is what you should do: keep your distance, how you should handle the ball, these are things easy to manage,\u201d he added in the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n Kountouris, further said that post COVID-19 era would be a totally different world. He believes that ways of on-field celebration will completely change.<\/p>\n\n\n \u201cYou might not see high-fiving after a wicket or people ruffling someone else\u2019s hair. It will be a spaced huddle. It will be the new norm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n He said, players need to be innovative to prevent themselves from this highly contagious virus.<\/p>\n\n\n \u201cThere are things you won\u2019t be able to chop out overnight but people will gradually get used to doing things differently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\nPlayers will have to find a new way of celebration<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n