With dew and sweat set to be factors in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, players are preparing for a slippery ball
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With all but one of England’s games at the Twenty20
World Cup to be played in the evening, the team have taken extreme measures to prepare for the amount of dew that is expected to fall after sunset – as well as the amount of sweat the players are likely to produce. That includes dunking balls in buckets of water during training.
“We’ve got to think about how we’re going to keep our hands dry, keep our arms dry, dry the ball and also be able to bowl with a wet ball,” David Willey says, as
England prepare to open their campaign against West Indies in Dubai on Saturday.