Gqeberha mein Lyon omit, rain-hit SA Test mein Boland ne do wicket liye; WBBL se Brown out — cricket digest 19 Oct 2026
Gqeberha mein Australia all-pace, rain-wrecked start mein Boland ne do wicket jhatke
Australia ne 2013 ke baad pehli baar red-ball Test mein Nathan Lyon ko bahar rakha, aur South Africa ke khilaaf Gqeberha mein second Test ke liye all-seam attack choose kiya, jisme Scott Boland ko include kiya gaya. South Africa ne Kagiso Rabada ko wapas laya, lekin Keshav Maharaj miss ho gaye, kyunki hosts series level karna chahte the.
Opening day par rain dominate rahi aur sirf 12.2 overs possible hue, lekin Boland ne phir bhi turant impact dala, apne second over mein do baar strike karke Aiden Markram aur David Bedingham ko out kiya aur South Africa ko 20 for 2 par la diya.
Darcie Brown back injury ke saath poori WBBL se ruled out
Adelaide Strikers aur Australia fast bowler Darcie Brown ko poori WBBL se ruled out kar diya gaya hai, last month Australia A tour of India ke dauran sustained disc injury ke baad. 23-year-old Brown ghar lautne ke baad se training par wapas nahi aayi hain.
Cricket Australia ne kaha ki assessment aur de-loading ke period ke baad bhi Brown ki injury itni recover nahi hui ki woh training resume kar saken, isliye woh tournament ke time tak fit nahi ho payengi.
Nahida Akter ko Bangladesh women’s T20I captain one-year term ke liye appoint kiya gaya
Left-arm spinner Nahida Akter ko Bangladesh ki T20I captain initial one-year appointment par banaya gaya hai, aur next month ICC Women’s Emerging Nations Trophy 2026 unka pehla assignment hoga. Woh Nigar Sultana ko replace karti hain, jinhone 82 matches mein side lead kiya tha, aur Asia Cup aur Asian Games mein Bangladesh ki struggles ke baad step down kiya.
Nahida Bangladesh ki leading T20I wicket-taker hain, 132 wickets average 17.38 par, aur unhone 81 ODI wickets bhi liye hain. Middle-order batter Sobhana Mostary ko vice-captain name kiya gaya hai.
President’s Trophy finale mein SNGPL ko lead karne ko Rizwan set, Imam ko khelne ki permission
Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan ke first-class President’s Trophy ke seventh aur final round mein Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited ki captaincy karenge, jo Monday, October 19 se start ho raha hai. Is season competition mein Rizwan ka yeh pehla appearance hoga, kyunki pehle unhe ineligible deem kiya gaya tha, aur baad mein situation ko ongoing NCCIA investigation se link kiya gaya.
Imam-ul-Haq, jinka bhi NCCIA investigate kar raha hai, ko Oil & Gas Development Company Limited ke liye last round khelne ki permission mil gayi hai. SNGPL, pichhle season ke finalists, eight-team table mein bottom par hain, apne final-round match se pehle jo Rawalpindi mein third-placed Khan Research Laboratories ke against hai.
Abhimanyu Easwaran ne India ambition zinda rakhi, Bengal ki Ranji push ko lead karte hue
Abhimanyu Easwaran ka kehna hai ki India ke liye khelne ki ambition ab bhi intact hai, jab woh Bengal ke liye domestic runs pile up karte ja rahe hain. 31-year-old, jo 2025 tour of England par India Test squad ka hissa the lekin uske baad pick nahi hue, ne Palam mein spin-friendly pitch par Services ke khilaaf 56 ke saath top-score karne ke baad baat ki.
Easwaran ne 118 first-class matches khele hain, jisme July 2018 se India A ke liye 32 bhi shamil hain, aur unke paas 1909 India A runs 38.18 par hain, six hundreds ke saath. Bengal ne apna Ranji Trophy campaign Delhi ke khilaaf nine-wicket win se start kiya aur pichhle season semi-finals tak pahunche, jahan woh eventual champions Jammu & Kashmir se haar gaye.
Short mein
- Pakistan ne Sri Lanka ko 37 runs se haraya, Salman Agha ke 107 ne 305 set up kiya aur quicks ne chase mein Pavan Rathnayake (79) aur Janith Liyanage (60) ke half-centuries ke bawajood nerve hold kiya.
- Sri Lanka ne Rawalpindi mein tri-series opener mein Pakistan ke khilaaf bowl karna choose kiya, jahan Pakistan ne apne pace attack mein Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah aur Haris Rauf ko phir se saath laya aur Baig ko debut diya, jabki Sri Lanka ne Colombage ko pick kiya.
- Gqeberha mein rain-hit first day par stumps tak South Africa Australia ke khilaaf 20 for 2 the, jahan Scott Boland ne apne second over mein do baar strike kiya.
- Nathan Lyon ki latest omission ne Australia ke balance par wider debate ko fuel kiya hai, jahan Scott Boland ka case aur unke pace options ki depth ne long-time offspinner par selection pressure banaye rakha hai.
- Ellyse Perry ke 52 ne Australia ko 163 chase karke New Zealand ko two wickets se harane mein help ki aur 1-0 lead dilayi, jabki New Zealand ne 162 for 2 banaye the Georgia Plimmer 85* aur Maddy Green 56* ke saath.
- Australia ne North Sydney Oval mein New Zealand ko bat karne bheja aur Phoebe Litchfield ke injury ke chalte T20I series opener se ruled out hone ke baad Tahlia McGrath ko XI mein laaya.
- Zimbabwe ne Raipur mein second women’s T20I mein India ke khilaaf bat karna choose kiya, dono sides unchanged rahe ek aur pitch par jisse slow aur grippy hone ki ummeed thi.
- Taskin Ahmed ne kaha ki Abu Dhabi mein Zimbabwe ke khilaaf Bangladesh ki 99-run ODI defeat ne game awareness ki kami aur pressure mein batting ke collapse karne ki tendency ko expose kiya, bowlers ke zyada consistency dikhane ke bawajood.
- Left-arm seamer Gurjapneet Singh ne red-soil Chepauk surface par apne tenth first-class match mein Uttarakhand ko cut through karke new-look Tamil Nadu pace group ko lead kiya.
- Australia ne Gqeberha mein damp day par South Africa ke khilaaf pehle bowl karna choose kiya, Nathan Lyon ke bina khelte hue Scott Boland ko andar liya, jabki South Africa ne Kagiso Rabada ka welcome back kiya aur Keshav Maharaj ko bahar rakha.
- Gqeberha ka St George’s Park focus mein raha, South Africa ke sabse historic Test venues mein se ek ke roop mein, jo apni age, charm aur significance ke liye noted hai.
Sources: ESPNcricinfo