Reason about gadget which motivated Malinga to put his hand inside his pocket from time to time while bowling

The reason why Malinga put his hand inside his pocket while bowling during the Twenty 20 match which concluded between Sri Lanka and Australia recently aroused the curiosity of the umpire. Before delivering every ball he paused for a while after putting his hand in his pocket. Some people suspected that this strategy concerned was carried out for some underhand purpose. Most viewers were in fact interested in knowing about

Subsequently the umpire sanctioned him to carry on with this procedure of inserting his hand into the pocket and it was the opinion of international cricket announcers engaged in commentaries on the match that using such a gadget did not constitute anything against the law. The Australian judges went on to point out that on occasions when cold weather conditions were present, it was Malinga's custom to warm up his hands which was a regular procedure of his before bowling every ball. When making further inquiries over this matter, information revealed that usage of this type of warming up gadgets at present in countries where cold weather conditions were present was of course a normal matter.

The hand-warming gadget used by Malinga in this instance happened to be something known by the trade name of 'Zippo' and is a gadget which operated on gas. The special type of gas required to fill it once is after lighting and the cover of the gadget is closed with some heat being exerted from tine holes in it. This small gadget could be taken around enclosed in the hand and by retaining it inside the pocket it could be made use of to warm the atmosphere under required conditions. Since the warmth created exists for a period of 12 hours each time and the gadget could be utilised even during a cricket match extending over a period of time. A video which carries further information about the gadget concerned, from below