Australian spin legend Shane Warne weighed in over possible ban on the use of saliva, sweat to maintain the shine of the ball in post COVID-19 cricket world. 

Warne, concerned regarding the imbalance that might create between the two main disciplines of the game, said administrative shall consider using partially weighted cricket balls that would offer swing, seam movement to bowlers all through the day. 

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“Why can’t the ball be weighted on one side so it always swings? It would be like a taped tennis ball or like with the lawn bowls,” the former leg-spinner told Sky Sports' Cricket Podcast.

"I’m not sure you’d want it to hoop around corners like Wasim (Akram) and Waqar (Younis) but it could swing and give the seamer something on flat wickets when it’s hot and the pitch is at its flattest on day two, day three."

Amid talks of legalising ball-tampering, Warne said his idea would address the issue anyway. 

“You wouldn’t have to worry about anyone tampering with it with bottle tops, sandpaper, or whatever. It would be a good competition between bat and ball," said the man, who retired from the game in 2007 with over one thousand international wickets. 

The 50-year-old believes while the bats have become bulkier but lighter, the cricket ball has only got more unfriendly to the bowler in each era. 

“If you pick up one of the bats you started with in the ‘80s, and then one you used at the end of your career, it’s like four of your old ones stuck together - but the thing is lighter!"

"So why has the ball not evolved? If anything, it has got worse," Warne said. 

(Inputs from Reuters)