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England cricket team to resume training under 'strict' rules from next week

Cricketers will be handed a box of balls each only for their individual use and they can't apply saliva on them

Lord's cricket ground. Photo: @HomeOfCricket
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Bowlers will be having one-on-one sessions with coaches from Wednesday and the batsmen will enter the nets two week later. Lord's cricket ground. Photo: @HomeOfCricket

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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Thursday has confirmed that the men's team will return to individual skills-based training, beginning from next week under "strict" protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic.
 
England's cricketers will be handed a box of balls each only for their individual use and they can't apply saliva on them when they resume training next week ahead of the scheduled Test series against West Indies and Pakistan.
 
Here’s what ECB director said
 
“We should be able to get control of the environment so it's safer to go back to practise than it is

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