De Silva ne Sri Lanka Test captaincy chhodi, Watling NZ batting coach bane — cricket digest 08 Oct 2026

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Dhananjaya de Silva ne Pakistan tour se pehle Sri Lanka ki Test captaincy se isteefa diya

Dhananjaya de Silva ne Sri Lanka ke Test captain ke taur par resign kar diya hai, aur kaha hai ki woh leadership “next generation” ko dena chahte hain. Woh selection ke liye available rahenge, aur Sri Lanka ke agle Tests Pakistan me do-match series hai jo 9 November se Rawalpindi me shuru hogi, jabki selectors ne abhi tak successor announce nahi kiya hai.

Is saal Sri Lanka men ne dono Test series 1-0 se haari hain — West Indies me aur ghar par India ke khilaaf — aur de Silva captain ke roop me seven wins, eight losses aur three draws ke record ke saath finish karte hain. Unke tenure me schedule bhi kaafi sparse raha: June 2025 me Bangladesh ke khilaaf 1-0 home series jeetne ke baad Sri Lanka 12 months tak bina Test ke raha, aur current WTC cycle me unke paas minimum 12 matches hain. Kusal Mendis Test captaincy ke options me shamil hain, kyunki unhe is saal pehle white-ball job di gayi thi.

New Zealand ne BJ Watling ko December se men’s batting coach appoint kiya

BJ Watling ko New Zealand men’s batting coach naamit kiya gaya hai aur woh December me India ke khilaaf home Test series ke baad Luke Ronchi ki jagah lenge. Watling 16 November ko transition period ke liye squad join karenge, aur phir jab New Zealand 9 December se shuru hone wali four-Test series ke liye Australia jayega tab role fully take over karenge.

Watling, jo 2021 me retire hue the jab New Zealand ne inaugural World Test Championship final jeeta tha, ne 75 Tests khele aur 3790 runs banaye — jo New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter me sabse zyada hain — 37.52 ke average se. Retire hone ke baad unhone Wellington aur Northern Districts ko coach kiya hai, aur ND ke 2024-25 Plunket Shield title aur 2025-26 Super Smash win ka hissa rahe; Ronchi six years ke baad leave kar rahe hain taaki Melbourne Renegades head coach ban sakein.

McGrath Bangladesh ODIs me Australia ki captain hongi, batting order me apni jagah dhoondhte hue

Tahlia McGrath Brisbane me Friday se shuru ho rahi Bangladesh ke khilaaf three-match ODI series me Australia ko lead karengi, jab tak Sophie Molineux hip injury se recover kar rahi hain. McGrath series me South Australia ke liye Victoria ke khilaaf WNCL opener me 137 off 154 maarne ke baad aa rahi hain, aur unka kehna hai ki technical “minor tweaks” aur mindset reset ne unhe form wapas lane me help ki.

Georgia Voll, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney aur Ash Gardner wali line-up ke saath, McGrath ne kaha ki unhe “absolutely no idea” nahi hai ki woh kahan bat karengi, bas unka guess hai ki shayad seven ya eight ke aas-paas ho. Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana ne kaha ki unki side ko Australia ke khilaaf positive rehna hoga, jinhone teams ke beech pehle hue sabhi five ODIs jeete hain.

Guptill aur Adams White Ferns staff me Australia T20Is ke liye draft hue

Martin Guptill aur Andre Adams is mahine New Zealand ki women’s T20I tour of Australia ke liye interim head coach Dean Brownlie ke saath backroom staff me judenge. Guptill specialist batting aur fielding support denge jab tak Craig McMillan back surgery se recover kar rahe hain, aur Adams national women’s set-up me wapas aa rahe hain, pehle 2017 aur 2023 tours me reh chuke hain.

September me NZC ke women’s high-performance structure ke review ke baad Ben Sawyer ke departure ke baad three-match series ke liye Brownlie charge me hain. New Zealand 12 October ko nikalenge, 25 October ko Governor-General’s XI ke khilaaf warm-up khelenge, aur Australia se North Sydney Oval me 18, 20 aur 22 October ko milenge.

Punjab Kings ne Ponting ke staff reshuffle me Hopes aur Haddin ko coaching group se khoya

Punjab Kings ne confirm kiya hai ki James Hopes aur Brad Haddin ne fast-bowling coach aur fielding coach ke roles chhod diye hain. Dono departures expected the, kyunki Hopes Queensland aur Brisbane Heat ke saath head-coach duties le rahe hain, aur Haddin ko New South Wales ka head coach appoint kiya gaya hai.

Ye exits PBKS ke support staff ke around changes me add hote hain, jahan spin-bowling coach Sairaj Bahutule bhi India men ke saath same role ke liye move on kar rahe hain. Ricky Ponting head coach ke roop me bane hue hain, lekin ab unhe next IPL season se pehle key vacancies fill karni hongi.

Short mein

  • Stafanie Taylor ki unbeaten 64 ne West Indies Women ko Zimbabwe Women ke 142 for 6 ko chase karne me help ki, jisse unhone eight wickets se jeet kar clean sweep complete kiya.
  • ECB chair Richard Thompson ne kaha ki board proposed Afghanistan Premier League me join karne ke liye English players ko NOCs dene se pehle “very carefully” sochega, chahe tournament ke aage badhne par doubts abhi bhi bane hue hain.
  • Bangladesh apne home Test me Afghanistan ke khilaaf favourites ke taur par ja raha hai, jabki Afghanistan captain Rahmat Shah ke under ek naya chapter shuru kar raha hai.
  • Australia men ek major 12-month stretch ki shuruaat South Africa ke Test tour se kar rahe hain, jahan batting, bowling depth aur ageing core ko lekar sawal hain, jab woh Durban ke liye रवाना hote hain.
  • South Africa captain Temba Bavuma ne kaha ki Australia ka saamna karna “what it means to be Australian” ke saath clash laata hai, jab teams apni rivalry ko renew karti hain.
  • Kagiso Rabada ne Kingsmead me ek lamba training session kiya, jab South Africa ne Durban me Australia ke khilaaf first Test se do din pehle unki readiness assess ki.
  • Simon Harmer ko lagta hai ki Durban me Australia ke left-handers ke khilaaf South Africa ka bigger spin threat, unki jagah, Keshav Maharaj honge.
  • Potchefstroom me Australia ke practice match ko ek chhoti crowd ne dekha, jahan ek supporter replica baggy green aur full Australia kit me standout kar raha tha.
  • Nathan McSweeney ne bataya ki county cricket ne unke one-day game ko kaise help kiya, jab unhone Puducherry me India A ke khilaaf Australia A ke liye 123 banaye aur baad me ek key wicket bhi li.
  • WA quick Mahli Beardman ne stress fracture se return ko 140kph-plus hit karke aur Puducherry me India A ke khilaaf Australia A ke liye 4 for 23 lekar mark kiya.
  • Hardik Pandya ke phir se sidelined hone ke saath, India A ki Australia A ke khilaaf series ne seam-bowling allrounder Suryansh Shedge ke liye apna case push karne ka ek aur window khol diya hai.
  • Abishek Porel ko season opener me Kalyani me Delhi ke khilaaf Bengal ki Ranji Trophy squad me include kiya gaya hai, jabki injured Shahbaz Ahmed miss out karte hain.
  • Left-arm quick Yash Dayal Uttar Pradesh ki Ranji Trophy squad me wapas aa gaye hain, Zeeshan Ansari bhi return kar rahe hain aur Aryan Juyal ko captain naamit kiya gaya hai.
  • Former Bihar captain Ashutosh Aman ko Ranji Trophy 2026-27 ke liye head coach appoint kiya gaya hai, aur Sakibul Gani captain ke roop me continue karenge.
  • Left-arm wristspinner-batting allrounder Shivang Kumar first-class debut ki taraf push kar rahe hain, ek rapid rise ke baad jisme IPL 2026 me Sunrisers Hyderabad ke liye lead-spinner role bhi shamil tha.
  • Tammy Beaumont ne The Blaze ke saath apna deal do aur seasons ke liye extend kiya hai, jisse woh 2028 domestic campaign ke end tak rahengi, July me international cricket se retire hone ke baad.
  • Shreyas Iyer ne achhe din ka maximum nikalne ke liye matches finish karne ki baat ki, jabki Ishan Kishan ne kaha ki jab Iyer freely score kar rahe the tab unka focus strike rotate karne par tha.

Sources: ESPNcricinfo