R.I.P. BBL

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Translation: India always does this cheating, they have played a boy instead of a woman in the game and calling her as a boy to come over

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Stuart Law takes a moment before attempting to put cricket into proper context.

The Australian’s Nepal team are making solid progress as they attempt to reach the finals of the Asia Cup. He has overseen three wins from as many games at the qualifying tournament in Malaysia.

But those successes have been played against a backdrop of dread, given the flash floods back home which have claimed the lives of more than 1,300 people and left more than 5,000 still missing.

“There’s very much a culture here of if one person is cut, they all bleed,” says the coach who led Nepal to the T20 World Cup finals earlier this year. “If someone is feeling pain, they all feel it. So you can imagine what the team has been going through knowing what has happened back home.

“It has been incredibly tough for everyone here to concentrate on their cricket.”

What has happened is one of the worst modern natural disasters: a catastrophic glacier collapse last month that triggered massive flash floods and mudslides across Nepal and Tibet.

The cost has been huge in the number of lives lost and infrastructure destroyed.

“The mood has been pretty sombre here among the team,” Law tells The Athletic from the Nepalese team’s base in Kuala Lumpur. “The competition hadn’t started and we were playing warm-up games when the disaster happened, but you could see how the boys were devastated.

“They were very lucky they were here doing something they love, but their thoughts and prayers were and still are very much with the people back home.

“The huge support we get means even more when you’re not just playing to win a game of cricket — you’re playing for something a lot bigger. The boys have said in the meetings here: ‘Let’s try to go out there and put a smile on the faces of the Nepalese people’.

“I know sport is only a very small thing at times like this, but any little help we can give the people that might brighten up their day just a little bit is driving us on.”

The players have done their best from afar to help in any way they can. “A few of the more high-profile players have donated to the relief fund and rescue missions,” says Law. “Rohit Poudel is part-owner of a cafe in Kathmandu and put takings into the fund.

“Sandeep Lamichhane is offering money for boundaries hit and wickets taken by our players for the entirety of these qualifiers.

“Those are just two examples I know of, but I know all the guys have made very generous gestures to try to alleviate the pain.”

Ishan Pandey is a 28-year-old left-hand batter who made his one-day international debut for his country last month, having first played T20 cricket for Nepal seven years ago.

He is also, by profession, a medical doctor who has first-hand knowledge of what has been happening since the news broke on August 26 of the disaster.

“It’s been disturbing to see what has been happening at home,” Pandey tells The Athletic. “None of the families of the people here has been affected but, at the same time, we are looking at places we’ve been to, places we’ve travelled to and roads we have used frequently all being washed away. The loss of life has been enormous.

“I know two doctors who were juniors when I was studying at university who have been missing since this happened. They were working as medical officers for tourists and just disappeared in the floods. I am waiting for news of them.

“I have spoken to a few people who have been in the middle of it all trying to provide supplies, and one of my friends who went to the affected areas as a doctor said the height of the water level was unimaginable. I might have been involved if I was at home and, of course, I would have tried to help if I’d been at home and was needed.

“As it is, if by winning here we can provide comfort to even just one person then we desperately want to do that. Comfort is a small word when something devastating has happened, but if we can help by just one per cent then we will.”

The context of a competition, which will see Nepal on Tuesday face Hong Kong in a game they must win to reach Friday’s qualifying semi-finals, is not lost on Law.

“Nepalese people are very passionate about their cricket and can get very emotional about it,” he adds. “I’ve been involved in sub-continental cricket since 2009, so hopefully I understand the mentality. I get it, and I know how much the game means.

“But while cricket is very important to the Nepalese people, what has happened has shown it is not the most important thing in life.

“People use the phrase — and I’m sure I’ve used it as well — that playing a game of cricket is like going to war. It’s nothing like going to war! You might cop a bouncer as a batsman but it’s definitely not going to war and we have to keep sight of what’s really important in these moments.

“As long as we’re playing for the right reasons and understand what’s going on in the wider world, we’ll be OK.”

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