Rizwan takes NCCIA summons to court, Wade retires from BBL, India reshuffle squads — cricket digest 17 Sep 2026

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Rizwan challenges NCCIA summons as Pakistan’s England-tour fallout deepens

Mohammad Rizwan has filed a writ petition in the Lahore High Court against Pakistan’s National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency after being summoned for questioning in the wake of Pakistan’s 3-0 Test defeat in England. Rizwan, who appeared at the NCCIA’s Lahore office last week alongside Imam-ul-Haq, is understood to have raised concerns about the nature of the investigation and the agency’s jurisdiction, citing the absence of any specific allegation.

Imam is believed to have returned his questionnaire responses by the September 15 deadline, while Rizwan’s petition comes amid separate PCB action: the board has announced an internal disciplinary inquiry and, after the Lord’s Test, removed seven players plus head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and bowling coach Umar Gul from the touring squad. Misbah-ul-Haq resigned as a selector following the changes, and the tour also featured debuts for Mohammad Imran Randhawa, Razaullah and wicketkeeper Ghazi Ghouri at Edgbaston.

Matthew Wade retires from the BBL to focus on coaching

Matthew Wade has called time on his Big Bash League career, stepping away ahead of the 2026-27 season to concentrate on coaching, including his role as Australia’s white-ball batting coach. Wade had been consulting with the men’s team last year while still playing for Hobart Hurricanes, but has now decided to stop playing altogether.

Wade finishes as a major figure in the competition: 119 BBL matches across stints with Melbourne Stars, Melbourne Renegades and, most prominently, the Hurricanes. He ends ninth on the all-time runs list and fifth for dismissals, owns a Hurricanes-best 130 not out, and was part of their maiden title in 2024-25.

India forced into late spin change: Chakravarthy out, Nigam in; Nitish Kumar Reddy switched to ODIs

Varun Chakravarthy has been ruled out of India’s one-off T20I against Japan and the Asian Games after suffering a side strain during the first T20I against Afghanistan in Delhi. Legspin allrounder Vipraj Nigam has been named as his replacement, earning his first international call-up after coming to prominence in IPL 2025 and then impressing for India A in Sri Lanka in June.

Nitish Kumar Reddy has been withdrawn from the Asian Games squad and will instead feature in the ODI series against West Indies. With Chakravarthy unavailable, Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi are expected to be India’s first-choice spinners, with Washington Sundar and Nigam as back-ups.

Rauf returns to first-class cricket with five-for as he pushes for a Test recall

Haris Rauf has gone back to the President’s Trophy Grade 1 to press his case for a return to Pakistan’s Test side, with the two-match home series against Sri Lanka in November on the horizon. In his first outing of the season he took 5 for 34 in 13 overs, helping Pakistan Television (PTV) enforce the follow-on against OGDCL before the match ended in a draw.

Rauf has not played a Test since his injury-shortened appearance against England in Rawalpindi in December 2022, and he has largely been used as a white-ball specialist since. Pakistan’s selectors, though, are looking for more pace in the longest format after their bowlers averaged below the hosts for speed on Test tours of Bangladesh, West Indies and England in 2026.

Imran Tahir embraces the pressure of time as Guyana chase another CPL title

Imran Tahir says he is aware that, at 47, he is only “a couple of bad games” away from scrutiny, but he remains motivated as Guyana Amazon Warriors push for a second CPL crown. Tahir has already led the side to the Global Super League title this season and has taken them into the CPL 2026 knockouts ahead of their Qualifier 1 meeting with Antigua & Barbuda Falcons.

He recently became the first overseas player to reach 100 CPL appearances and is two wickets shy of overtaking Sunil Narine as the tournament’s leading wicket-taker. Tahir, who has been with the Warriors since 2019 and took over as captain in 2023, says the support in Guyana drives him to deliver for the team and its fans.

In brief

  • Leicestershire are considering an appeal after a 27-point deduction for a pitch-regulations breach in their home win over Glamorgan left them facing relegation from County Championship Division One.
  • Manav Suthar’s second five-wicket haul of the match helped Warwickshire beat Essex by eight wickets and move to the top of the County Championship Division One table.
  • Craig Overton led Somerset’s push at Headingley as Yorkshire, helped by Ben Cliff’s eight-for, ended day two 139 ahead with four wickets in hand.
  • Asa Tribe’s 142 not out powered Glamorgan to a 356-run overall lead over Surrey at The Oval after a dramatic match swung from a 20-wicket opening day.
  • Sussex took control against Nottinghamshire at Hove, leading by 68 after Tom Clark’s 89 and half-centuries from Charlie Tear and Tom Price.
  • Kent moved to within 56 runs of beating Lancashire at Canterbury, sitting 84 for 2 in a chase of 140 in a low-scoring Division Two contest.
  • Derbyshire held a 62-run first-innings lead over Northamptonshire after Brett Randell’s 3 for 48 helped bowl the hosts out for 310.
  • Daaryoush Ahmed (90*) and Sai Kishore (71) added 144 for the eighth wicket to lift Gloucestershire to 296 against Middlesex, who finished the day 47 ahead with 17 without loss.
  • Adam Hose and Brett D’Oliveira steadied Worcestershire with an unbroken stand against Durham, reaching 270 for 5 in reply to 465 despite two long Ben Stokes spells.
  • Maia Bouchier’s unbeaten 117 and a 5 for 19 from Wellington sent Hampshire into the Women’s One-Day Cup final after a 194-run win over Surrey.
  • Maaz Sadaqat’s 49-ball 112 powered Jamaica Kingsmen to a nine-wicket win over Barbados Tridents and into CPL Qualifier 2 after a chase of 145.
  • Australia may bring Josh Hazlewood back for the second ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare as the hosts look to tighten up after their opening defeat.
  • Bangladesh Women reached the Asian Games semi-finals after their quarter-final against China Women was washed out, progressing on higher seeding.
  • Bangladesh will tour Nepal for three T20Is in March 2027, the first bilateral international series between the two countries, with the tour dedicated to victims of Nepal’s recent floods.
  • Concerns have been raised over South Africa’s October schedule against Australia, with wet spring weather and underprepared pitches among the issues flagged.
  • A podcast episode revisited Pakistan’s England tour and the emergence of Razaullah, reflecting on how the series unfolded.

Sources: ESPNcricinfo