As per ICC is new guideline cricketers cannot use saliva to shine their ball.
Hand Sanitizer were kept around the boundary . And Ben Stoke, England captain and Jason Holder, West Indies was in confusion whether to shake hands or not at time of toss.
England stand-in captain Ben Stokes won the toss following a rain delay and opted to bat but just three overs were possible before the weather intervened again.
West Indies players also wore black gloves on their right hands in an echo of the "Black Power" protests made famous by US athletes at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.