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Ian Bell. (Getty Images) LONDON: Former England batsman Ian Bell says playing cricket behind closed doors is "hard to imagine" and "not ideal" but players will have to get used to it for the foreseeable future. England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had to suspend all cricket activities till July 1 due to the coronavirus outbreak and the governing body is now looking to resume the game this summer behind closed doors. Bell said it is hard to imagine playing without spectators.

MUMBAI: West Indies pace great Michael Holding has cast doubts on the use of artificial substance to shine the ball in the post COVID-19 world, saying he was not sure how it would work. There is speculation that the use of saliva to shine the ball would be stopped to cut down the risk of the highly contagious coronavirus infection when international cricket resumes. Holding said it is a natural inclination for bowlers to apply saliva or sweat to shine the ball.

NEW DELHI: Hero MotoCorp will be able to reopen all the eight factories in the next one month, according to a top company official. "The automotive industry was going at a very slow pace for the last two years. The month of April has seen no production and no sales at all. Having said that, I'm happy to share that we are seeing some sparks of life," Pawan Munjal, Managing Director of Hero MotoCorp told Bloomberg news agency. "We have resumed three manufacturing plants out of the six in India.