Statistician Anandji Dossa dies at 98

Anandji Dossa, a cricket historian who was considered the doyen of Indian cricket's scoring and statistics, died in New York on Monday. Dossa was 98. Last year, Dossa along with his wife had moved to the United States of America to be with their daughters.

Dossa, a former cricketer who was a reserve in Mumbai's Ranji Trophy squad but could not break into the side, made an immense contribution to Indian cricket by introducing the culture of cricket scoring and stats. He did live scoring for all major cricket in India for the All India Radio for the first three decades of independent India.

He also groomed a spree of cricket statisticians and scorers. His famous scrapbooks, with newspaper cuttings of every India match from their first Test in 1932 until the 1990s, are an encyclopedia of Indian cricket in itself. He had a habit of noting down minor details in his scrapbook, a technique which has evolved into an integral part of cricket scoring.

Dossa also authored many books, including Duleep - the Man and his Game (co-authored with Vasant Raiji), Cricket Ties: India-Pakistan and Art of Scoring (in Gujarati).

Once he donated most of his collection to the Cricket Club of India, former CCI and BCCI president Raj Singh Dungarpur preserved it by starting the Anandji Dossa Library in the premises of the club.

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Adnan Rasool reported for suspect action

Lahore Lions offspinner Adnan Rasool has been reported for a suspect bowling action, following his team's four-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders in the Champions League Twenty20 in Hyderabad on Sunday.

Rasool has been placed on a warning list, but can continue to play and bowl in a match. However, according to the CLT20 Suspected Illegal Bowling Action policy, if he receives a report while on the warning list, he will be suspended from bowling for the remainder of the tournament and from bowling in any matches organised by the BCCI until he is cleared. Under CLT20 guidelines, Rasool may also request for an official assessment from the BCCI's suspect bowling action committee.

Rasool bowled four overs, conceding 28 runs and taking one wicket, as Lions succumbed to a four-wicket defeat. After the match, Rasool was reported by the on-field umpires Kumar Dharmasena and Chettithody Shamshuddin, as well as the third umpire Anil Chaudhary.

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Davidson stands for Leicestershire return

Neil Davidson, the former Leicestershire chairman, could be on the brink of an unlikely return to cricket administration at the club where his tenure ended in revolt.

Davidson is "reluctantly" prepared to enter the fray once again to arrest Leicestershire's downward spiral. He will stand for election to the club's seven-strong board at the club's next annual general meeting at the start of the new year.

The entire playing and coaching staff of Leicestershire signed a letter begging the board to sack Davidson as chairman of the club in August 2010 citing his alleged interference in cricket matters and abrasive management style. The captain at the time was former England seamer Matthew Hoggard and the coach was Tim Boon, who was once England's assistant coach under Duncan Fletcher and is now the England Under-19 coach.

Ultimately, Davidson resigned in a chain of events that saw the coach, the chief executive and the chairman leave the club within a few months of one another.

Leicestershire have not won a Championship match since 2012 and, for the second season in succession, sit adrift at the bottom of the Division Two table. Furthermore, their better players - the likes of captain Josh Cobb, seamer Nathan Buck and promising batsman Shiv Thakor - have already announced their intention to join other teams at the end of the season.

As a result, some disaffected club members have asked Davidson for assistance. While he was far from universally popular during his last stint with the club, as chairman from 2003-2010, Davidson did invest some of his own money into the club and on-field results improved. Leicestershire won the domestic T20 title in 2004 and 2006.

"A lot of members fear for the future of the club," Davidson told the Leicester Mercury. "A number have approached me to get involved again. I would not want to see the club collapse. I have reluctantly agreed to be nominated for the board.

"The facts speak for themselves: two years and 29 games without a Championship win; bottom of Division Two again by a country mile; our best young players have either left or are leaving.

"Nearly 10 years ago we made a decision to invest in the developing our own players because we could not compete with the cheque books of the bigger counties. Just when that policy is coming to fruition, we have lost James Taylor, Harry Gurney, Shiv Thakor and Nathan Buck. All have played for England at various levels. That investment has been totally wasted.

"It is hugely disappointing to many to see Taylor captaining Notts in one-day cricket and performing so well. We've lost these players not because of money but mis-management, which is unforgivable.

"Having been chairman from 2003-2010, I understand the financial constraints of running the club. Members did not always agree with my decisions but at least I provided clear direction and leadership, which have been sadly lacking in recent seasons.

"I offer myself for election in the hope I can make a contribution to halt the club's continued downward spiral."

News of Davidson's possible return will not fill everyone with joy. Not only do a couple of signatories of the 2010 letter remain on the club's staff, but it is understood that the relationship between Davidson and Giles Clarke, the chairman of the ECB, is anything but cordial. Clarke and Davidson clashed memorably over the Allen Stanford debacle, with Davidson then backing Lord Marland when he stood against Clarke for the chairmanship of the ECB in 2009.

With Leicestershire expected to announce the appointment of the Clarke-backed Wasim Khan as their new CEO in the coming weeks, the spectre of Davidson re-appearing on the horizon will be most unwelcome at Lord's.

Furthermore, there are already whispers from Leicestershire that Davidson's decision to stand for election to the club's board might preface a campaign to be re-appointed as chairman in the coming months. There are those suggesting a special general meeting could be called.

Davidson has remained involved in cricket since leaving Leicestershire. As well as remaining president of Loughborough Town CC, he is a prominent member of a consortium that owns The Cricketer magazine. Despite investing heavily in a website, Test Match Extra, and the on-line commentary service, Test Match Sofa, The Cricketer continues to haemorrhage subscribers and recently made its entire editorial staff redundant. Test Match Sofa has not broadcast for eight months.

Davidson was offered the opportunity to be interviewed for this article.

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Captain Ingram wants 'more unified' Warriors

Sharpening the Warriors' "competitive edge" is what Colin Ingram has identified as his main task when he takes over the captaincy full-time from Thursday. The franchise finished in the bottom half of the table in all three formats last summer and last won a trophy in 2009-10, which has fixed Ingram's focus on leading a resurgence this season.

"We've been honest about it and we have to do a revamp because the trophy cabinet is not exactly full and hasn't been for a while," Ingram told ESPNcricinfo. "We tend to play good cricket in small patches and this season we need to improve. You're going to see a much more unified Warriors team with a lot more direction this summer."

The Warriors won just two out of 10 first-class matches last summer, three out 10 one-day games and only four of their 10 Twenty20 clashes to meander through a mediocre 2013-14. They struggled to bowl teams out, were hit by injuries to former captain Davy Jacobs and seamer Rusty Theron and were over-reliant on the experience of Ashwell Prince in the batting line-up.

Jacobs has been relieved of the leadership, Theron is fully fit and Prince has retired, which leaves the onus on the likes of David White, Colin Ackermann, Solo Nqweni and Thandolwethu Mnyaka to step up. "We've got quite a new bunch of players and that suits my captaincy style," Ingram said. "We don't have a lot of superstars and even though its nice to have big names, I believe everybody must contribute and this will be a good test to see how they respond to that."

Of the Warriors squad, only Wayne Parnell is nationally contracted and with the amount of ODI cricket South Africa will play in the lead-up to the World Cup, he is unlikely to feature much for the Warriors. Instead, the franchise will look to produce its own internationals, much like the Dolphins have done over the past two seasons with both Kyle Abbott and Mthokozisi Shezi receiving South African call-ups.

The candidates for higher honours at the Warriors include offspinner Simon Harmer, who finished last season second on the list of wicket-takers behind Dane Piedt, opening batsman David White and Ingram himself, who last played for South Africa in November 2013. Ingram was just the second South African to score a century on ODI debut but could not sustain his strong start. He spent significant chunks of time out of the XI and when he was used, it was often out of position.

He is a regular No.4 but when he last played for South Africa he was used as an opener. His last four innings produced scores of 0, 0, 0 and 4 before he was dropped, which seemed the inevitable consequence of not having a defined role. "Those last few games were disappointing for me because I didn't perform, not so much because I was moving around the order but because I wasn't doing well," Ingram said.

Any doubt in his own ability to score runs would have faded in the 10 months since then. Batting in his usual position, Ingram scored 427 runs at 61.00 including century and three fifties in seven matches in the first-class competition last season and 395 runs at 65.83 including four fifties in the one-day cup. He was the Warriors' most successful fifty-over batsmen in that campaign. Over the winter, he spent time at Somerset where he played seven Royal London One-Day Cup games and was the county's third-highest run-scorer overall with 298 runs at 42.57.

But does he think those numbers are enough to earn him a recall to a South African squad that is starting to look too settled to break into? "I always think I will give myself a chance if I have a good season but my focus in on the Warriors and on doing well for them," he said. "As a captain, I've been preaching that we need to up our game so I have to be the first to do it. I'm looking forward to getting going and getting my hands dirty."

As one of the four franchises in South Africa not involved in the Champions League T20, the Warriors season starts with two first-class matches before the one-day cup, followed by three weeks of 50-over cricket and a just over a month of T20. The clearly defined blocs for each format can be unsettling for some but Ingram thinks it can work to the Warriors' advantage.

"It will be good for us because we can focus for a couple of games at a time on each format. Because we've done well over small periods of time, it may end up suiting us and help us get that competitive edge back," he said. The people of the Eastern Cape will hope he is right.

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Opposite day rules

Ramela's opposite day

Omphile Ramela strode out at No. 3 for the second time in T20s. Danny Morrison, from the commentary box, tipped him as preferring long-format cricket. A T20 strike rate of 88.16 corroborated that. But the fourth over from Doug Bollinger amended that impression. Ramela dispatched a bouncer over the square-leg boundary. If that wasn't emphatic enough, the next ball, which was fuller, was pummeled to the mid-off boundary. Bollinger's length was like a pendulum - it went short again - and lacked pace. Ramela's pull did not. Three balls, three different plans and 16 runs later, it was time for the slower ball. Ramela was on too much adrenaline not to slog and lost his middle stump and walked back with more than twice his career strike rate - 190.90. Opposite day had begun.

Levi's opposite day

Joe Mennie had had foiled Richard Levi's intention to make room for himself. A slower ball forced the batsman to reach outside off, so far that his bottom hand slid off the bat. The loft should have been mistimed. It flew up and both men tracked it's progress, all the way over the extra cover boundary. Levi continued on his way to 42 off 28 balls before another slower ball arrived from Ben Laughlin. This time it was hammered with both hands, but today was opposite day for Levi as well and he holed out at deep midwicket.

Laughlin and Peterson's opposite days

Hobart Hurricanes had caught on that slower balls were the way forward and had robbed Cobras of their early momentum. They were 143 for 6 in the 18th over when Robin Peterson spurned his definition as a left-handed batsman. Laughlin had seen the switch early and slid a slower ball down the leg side of the temporarily right-handed Peterson. For a second time on the day, the bowler's deception ended up in the batsman's favour as Peterson nailed the sweep to the boundary behind him. It seemed opposite day had caught on to Laughlin and Peterson as well.

Amla's opposite day

Hashim Amla was the biggest name in the Cobras batting line-up. However, his contribution of 8 was less than the extras. Ben Hilfenhaus induced an ambitions drive down the ground, the kind a power hitter would resort to when under pressure, not a batsman who can look effortlessly stylish in Test cricket. Amla's mistake allowed the ball to clang into his stumps. His day wasn't quite over though. Amla, who has never bowled in T20 cricket, was put in charge of wrapping up the seventh over when frontline spinner Dane Piedt had to go off the field after injuring his right arm. The first one ended up a wide, the second one was a full toss drilled to cover.

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Malinga to have ankle surgery in Australia

Lasith Malinga has suggested Sri Lanka would be wise to groom another bowler as a World Cup failsafe as he prepares to undergo surgery on Monday that will keep him out for around 16 weeks. Malinga consulted his orthopaedic surgeon in Melbourne on Sunday, and decided his long-term ankle complaint had degenerated to an extent that it required surgery.

If there are no complications during the arthroscopic procedure or recovery, Malinga is expected to return to full intensity at training in mid-January, giving him around a month of practice before Sri Lanka play the World Cup curtain-raiser against New Zealand on February 14. Sri Lanka's selectors remain hopeful that he will be available for at least some of the seven ODIs Sri Lanka are scheduled to play against New Zealand in January.

Malinga will undergo a three-dimensional CT scan before going under the knife on Monday and is wary that the surgery could put his World Cup plans in disarray. "I will do everything I can to be back for the World Cup," Malinga said. "But I think it would be good for us to give a young bowler a few opportunities in the meantime, so that we can at least have someone prepared."

The surgery will aim to "clean up" a joint in his ankle, Sri Lanka physio Steve Mount said. "It has been a long-term issue for Lasith, and he's had chronic pain there for some time," Mount said. "It's a regular complaint for fast bowlers, but it has reached a stage where his ankle didn't respond how it previously has done to methods like cortisone injections and load monitoring.

"If everything follows the normal recovery time, he could be a chance to play in some of those New Zealand one-dayers, but we'll also be careful not to rush him back."

Malinga will recover for around 10 days in Australia before returning to Sri Lanka. He had been expensive in his last two ODI series, against Pakistan and South Africa, when he was also clocked at consistently lower speeds than he had been bowling at in the past. He said the pain in his ankle had caused the dip in form.

"When you have a problem in the ankle you land on in your bowling stride, it affects the pace and also the control," Malinga said. "I did my best, but I couldn't put as much strain on it as I usually do."

Concerns over the state of his ankle had been raised when it failed to respond to a cortisone injection on September 5. However, he played the Champions League qualifiers for Mumbai Indians on his own prerogative, SLC's cricket operations manager Carlton Bernardus said.

The surgery will be carried out by Dr. David Young, who has previously treated Malinga for a separate injury on his right knee, which has prevented him from playing Test cricket since 2010.

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Breese provides another Durham 'fairytale'

'It was made for Breese' - Stoneman

Ten years ago, in Gareth Breese's first season with Durham, the youngest first-class county finished bottom of Division Two of the Championship. On Saturday at Lord's, Breese struck the winning runs in what is likely to be his final appearance for the club, earning Durham their fifth major trophy since 2007. It was no surprise that the word "fairytale" cropped up.

Durham's success has not been a case of waving a magic wand, however. Their resources are more limited than most, part of the reason that Breese will not be staying on. While the team that won Durham's first piece of silverware, the 2007 FP Trophy, was built around experienced signings such as Michael Di Venuto, Dale Benkenstein and Ottis Gibson, this side featured important contributions from homegrown players such as the captain, Mark Stoneman, England allrounder Ben Stokes and Chris Rushworth.

Breese, along with Paul Collingwood and Phil Mustard, played in both games. The 38-year-old Jamaican, who holds a British passport, could not eat his Lord's lunch due to nerves but showed stomach for the fight when joining Stokes in the middle with Durham seven down and 36 short of victory.

"He's been outstanding in his contributions for Durham and for him to go out on a high, hit the winning runs in a Lord's final - you couldn't script it any better really," Stoneman said.

Breese has not retired, despite being released, and is open to offers of a contract elsewhere. Pride in what Durham had achieved was his overriding emotion as he held the Royal London Cup, which had become a handy receptacle for a celebratory rum. "If it's my last game at this level, then I've had a fantastic last game," he said.

"It's a bit bittersweet. I'm enjoying my cricket, I'd love to play a bit more but circumstances dictate and I'm moving on. It's just been a fantastic farewell to have another team performance and bring another trophy to the northeast.

"To move from being one of the beating sticks of county cricket to having won five trophies in the last seven years, that is what the club is all about ... We've had some really good Kolpak and overseas players come in over the last few years, like Di Venuto and Benkenstein, who've contributed so much to Durham, and we've been able to mix that with the academy players we've been able to produce. You saw today, Paul Coughlin come in and have a really fantastic game.

"I was so nervous sitting in the dressing room, I couldn't eat my lunch - lunch at Lord's is fantastic, and not to eat it says enough. I just kept pacing the dressing room and in the back of my mind was 'Can we pull this off'?'"

They could, despite the best efforts of Jeetan Patel and a tenacious Warwickshire side who lost an important toss but fought to keep their hopes of a limited-overs double alive. When Breese attempted to leave what turned out to the final delivery of the match and the ball squirted off the bat to third man for the winning boundary, the boisterous team celebrations, which included a rendition of "Blaydon Races" with the Durham supporters, could begin.

It completed their sixth 50-over win in a row as part of a dramatic late-season resurgence, which has seen them win six consecutive games in all competitions. In August, when Durham lost by one wicket to Lancashire, the 2013 champions were second from bottom in Division One; they could end up finishing second, to go with the Royal London title.

In the revamped one-day competition Durham only used 13 players, again testament to a tight-knit squad. Stoneman also had praise for Coughlin after his first ever appearance at Lord's as a replacement for John Hastings, Durham's overseas signing who had left to take part in the Champions League. Next season, they can expect to see less of Stokes - though his ECB central contract may free up some funds to spend elsewhere - and Breese's departure will also leave a hole to fill in limited-overs cricket.

"It's going to be tough but when I look a the way we've gone this season, if we've lost a player someone has come in and performed," Stoneman said. "There's definitely strength and depth in the club and some younger players coming through, which is why Durham County Cricket Club came about in the first place. There are a lot of good cricketers in the region, so hopefully that production line can continue."

Durham's team spirit and sense of the collective was summed up the Man of the Match, Stokes: "We've been around each other for a number of years now and we know how everyone plays cricket and everyone's personality. Everyone fits into the changing room and we're not just colleagues, we're mates as well. I think that goes a long way to how successful we've been this year."

The celebrations, Stoneman acknowledged, would be at the player's own expense. "But we'll not worry too much about that." Durham, it seems, have a few things that money can't buy.

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Spinners stretch Knight Riders' streak to 11

Kolkata Knight Riders 153 for 6 (Gambhir 60, Uthappa 46) beat Lahore Lions 151 for 7 (Shehzad 59, Akmal 40, Narine 3-9) by four wickets
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Kolkata Knight Riders' four-wicket victory over Lahore Lions followed the template that has largely been the basis of their 11-game winning run: bowl first to allow Sunil Narine and the other spinners to smother the opposition, before Robin Uthappa and the rest of the top order click to set up the chase of a lightweight target.

This match was blighted by abysmal fielding. The number of catches put down, stumpings missed and regulation stops messed up was astonishing. Narine, though, turned in another world-class performance that underlined his reputation as the best in the Twenty20 business, and 19-year-old chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav added to the buzz about him with a stirring effort to stifle Lions.

Lions' best phase of the game was the opening Powerplay, when Ahmed Shehzad struck some big hits down the ground to push the score to 47 for 0. This despite Narine bowling a maiden in the fifth over. A stunning direct hit from Andre Russell broke the opening stand in the seventh over, by when the wicketkeeper Manvinder Bisla had already mucked up two straightforward stumpings.

The Knight Riders' spinners took charge in the middle overs, with Kuldeep showing solid control for a wrist-spinner, getting his stock ball to turn plenty and using the wrong 'un to confuse the batsmen. Mohammad Hafeez spent much of his short innings trying to heave the ball to midwicket before he became Kuldeep's first victim, holing out for 9.

When Shehzad found Uthappa at long-off in the 13th over to finish on a chancy 59, Lions' top-heavy batting was in trouble, especially with three Narine overs to come. The trepidation of the lesser lights in the batting line-up was obvious when they faced Narine: Saad Nasim missed his first ball and edged his second to short cover, Umar Siddiq lasted one more before being done in by the quicker one, and Asif Raza was bowled first ball. Narine nearly had a hat-trick, but Wahab Riaz had his boot back in the crease before Bisla could break the stumps.

Umar Akmal was still there, though, and he clobbered Piyush Chawla and Pat Cummins to lift Lions past 150.

Gautam Gambhir and Uthappa, aided by some comically inept fielding, put on a century stand to set Knight Riders on course for victory. They were coasting for a large part of the chase before a slew of wickets towards the end briefly made things tight, only for Suryakumar Yadav to finish it off with a five-ball 14.

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BCCI's disciplinary committee defers decision on RCA

The BCCI's disciplinary committee has deferred taking a decision on what the future course of action in the Rajasthan Cricket Association suspension case should be. The decision was taken after a long meeting on Saturday between the committee and RCA officials, after the RCA officials raised several objections, including on the formation and make-up of the BCCI disciplinary committee itself.

The RCA was suspended in May by the BCCI after former IPL chairman Lalit Modi, who was expelled by the BCCI last year for "committing acts of serious misconduct and indiscipline", was elected the state association's president. The BCCI suspended it for allowing a banned individual to be a part of its affairs, and, later, omitted the various teams representing Rajasthan from its domestic programme for the upcoming season. That left the players anxious and confused as to what their future holds, and this meeting was supposed to clear up some of that confusion.

Given the objections raised by the RCA officials, though, the players will have to wait a while more. "Our objection [to the disciplinary committee] was on two grounds," Abdi, who was one of two RCA officials present, said. "One was the constitution and jurisdiction, and secondly about the quorum." BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel, who was also present, confirmed that the meeting had been deferred and the next date will be decided in due course.

The disciplinary committee consists of BCCI interim president Shivlal Yadav, vice-president Rajiv Shukla and sidelined president N Srinivasan. Srinivasan, who has been sidelined by the Supreme Court of India till the investigation into the alleged corruption in IPL 2013 is complete, was not part of the meeting.

The RCA alleged that the BCCI disciplinary committee wasn't constituted during the BCCI's annual general meeting in 2013 as per its rulebook. Abdi also said that the committee has only two members as of now - sidelined BCCI president N Srinivasan, who is a member of the committee, was not present at the meeting - whereas the rules prescribe a three-member committee.

In response, Patel stressed that the constitution of the committee was in accordance with rules. "As an honorary secretary who has attended that meeting, I am telling you that it is a proper committee," Patel said. "The committee is constitutionally valid, properly appointed and approved by the AGM in the AGM. Everything has been done properly."

However, to establish his point further, Abdi asked that the minutes of the last AGM, held on September 29, 2013, in Chennai, be produced. "They told us that the minutes of the 2013 AGM are not at the cricket centre, whereas under their own bylaws within two months of the AGM the draft minutes of the AGM should be circulated to all the state associations, which they have not done even after a year," Abdi said.

Patel said the minutes could not be handed over since they will only be approved in the next AGM. "AGM minutes cannot be given as they are not finalised. Even today they are draft minutes. Minutes can be considered minutes only when they are passed in the next AGM," he said.

Abdi also demanded that Rajiv Shukla be replaced on the committee since, he alleged, he holds a personal grudge against Lalit Modi. "There has been a series of public spats between Mr Lalit Modi and Mr Rajiv Shukla on various issues concerning cricket and cricket politics. We objected to it, Mr Shukla being a member of the committee, it will prejudice the interest of the RCA.

"The heart of the matter in the RCA controversy is election of Mr Lalit Modi, because the RCA was suspended only after Lalit Modi was elected as president. The suspension of RCA came about only on the day Lalit Modi was declared as the president of the RCA. Before his election there was no suspension. Mr Shukla having this kind of acrimony against Mr Lalit Modi should not be a member of the committee."

Abdi, who represented the RCA along with RCA secretary Sumendra Tiwary, also requested they be allowed additional legal assistance, but the request was turned down since the BCCI rules do not permit external legal assistance for internal matters.

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J&K games to be moved to Punjab - BCCI secretary

The BCCI has decided to move the home matches of Jammu & Kashmir across all age-groups to neighbouring Punjab, BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel has said. The board was forced to take such a measure, he said, because most parts of J&K, including the capital city Srinagar, are still submerged in the aftermath of the floods that hit the state on September 7.

"We have taken a decision due to the natural calamity in Jammu & Kashmir. Punjab Cricket Association has come forward and all of Jammu & Kashmir's home games will be played in Mohali," BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said on Saturday.

However, ML Nehru, the secretary of the Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association, said the decision still had to be "ratified" by the BCCI. Punjab, he said, was put forward by the JKCA as a venue for the games that begin in October, but it remained to be seen if all J&K's matches are played there. Things would be clear next week, he said, when JKCA has a meeting with the other members of the North Zone.

"We are still waiting for the final decision which should be ratified at the BCCI working committee meeting. We had told BCCI Punjab would be one of the options for the immediate matches which start in October [the national Under-16 tournament begins in October]," Nehru told ESPNcricinfo. "But we will have to wait and see exactly how many matches will be played outside J&K across all age-groups. We are waiting to talk with other members of North Zone."

The Punjab Cricket Association said it was ready to host the games. "We had informed the convener of the North Zone that we would be willing to host their matches since the damage [caused by the floods] may take a long time to be repaired," GS Walia, PCA's joint-secretary, said.

The floods have wrecked normal life mainly in Kashmir, where the water levels continue to be high, forcing people to move around using make-shift rafts. Power and telephone networks continue to be disrupted, with some places completely cut-off from the outside.

Sher-I-Kashmir stadium in Srinagar is currently under 15 feet of water. The ground also houses the JKCA offices. Nehru pointed out it was impossible to move things forward in the current situation. "There is no alternative because of the floods. We want to play and do not want to deprive players of not playing cricket. We now have to look at which matches across age-groups can be moved out of J&K and where."

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