The (mis)adventure of the missing bowler?

'The missing three quarter' is one of the Sherlock Homes stories in which a star player of the football team goes missing just before a vital match. As the story progresses different possibilities emerge, either he might have been kidnapped, or suffering from some fatal disease, or killed. But ultimately Sherlock Homes solves it.

Other mystery which might have appealed to Sherlock homes is 'Missing fifth bowler in the Indian cricket team'. We have lost two matches because of this, no other reason, It is elementary my dear Greg Chappell, that the fifth bowler is a necessity...

But still he is not included in the team and warms benches on windy srilankan grounds. May be Sherlock could help.

PS: Dont miss reading the story