5 ball-tampering techniques that cricketers often get away with

#3 Using lip balm

Another way of hiding in plain sight is by applying lip balm to maintain the side on one side of the ball.

Players often use lip balm and sunscreen lotion while on the field and they do not mind applying some of them to the ball to keep the shine going and increasing the weight of one side.

This helps the bowler to generate tremendous bend and late movement into or away from the batsman as the ball tails according to the direction of the shine.

Also, it becomes almost impossible for umpires to step in and challenge them since all the aforementioned lotions get mixed with sweat which in turn is rubbed on the surface of the ball.