3 October 2009

What use is saliva on hands?

If you watch Andrew Strauss in the field then you'll see that he spits on his hands every other ball and rubs his hands together as he prepares for the next ball. He's not the first and he certainly won't be the last but, apart from making your hands smell(!), what effect does the saliva theoreticallyhave anyway?

1 comment:

Jez said...

I'm pretty sure Ricky Ponting does that as well so Strauss is probably trying to copy him which is no bad plan!