2:40 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Andre Russell could well be Brendon McCullum’s “Michael Jordan of T20 cricket”, but to the Kolkata Knight Riders management, Sunil Narine “is not that far behind in terms of his all-round capabilities”, as franchise CEO Venky Mysore put it. “A lot of people keep thinking about Andre Russell as the

Aug 23, 2020 Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna St Lucia Zouks 144 for 7 (Chase 66, Tahir 3-22) beat

Aug 23, 2020 ECB Reporters Network Surrey 239 for 7 (Foakes 88*, Stevens 3-27) trail Kent 342 (Stewart 58, Podmore 47) xxx runs Ben Foakes, scoring a brilliant 88 not out after emerging from England’s bio-secure Test ‘bubble’, and Darren Stevens, still a remarkable threat with the ball four months into his 45th year, shared

5:01 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Abbas and Lisa Sthalekar have been inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame. Kallis, who retired from international cricket in 2014, has been inducted into the Hall of Fame almost as soon as he became eligible; the ICC rule mandates a five-year gap after a player’s last

Aug 18, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff Group stage Aug 23 – Trinbago v Barbados: Fantasy pick, team predictions Aug 22 – Guyana v Jamaica: Fantasy Pick, team predictions Aug 22 – St Kitts & Nevis v St Lucia: Fantasy Pick, team predictions Aug 20 – Trinbago v Jamaica: Fantasy Pick, team predictions Aug 20 – Barbados

12:29 AM IST St Lucia Zouks 172 for 6 (Fletcher 46, Nabi 35*) beat St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 162 for 8 (Ramdin 46, Kuggeleijn 4-33, Chase 3-12) by 10 runs Andre Fletcher and Mark Deyal set St Lucia Zouks on track for a commanding score with their 56-run partnership off 30 balls. Mohammad Nabi

4:54 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Alex Carey, Australia’s white-ball wicketkeeper-batsman, is set for his first IPL stint, with the Delhi Capitals, and he is enthused by the prospect of playing alongside the “explosive and dynamic” Rishabh Pant. Carey also said he was “keen to speak to” an experienced top-order batsman like Shikhar Dhawan. “I suppose,

8:38 AM IST Annesha Ghosh Alyssa Healy has reiterated her stance that the success of women’s domestic competitions such as the WBBL and the Women’s T20 Challenge is contingent upon the participation of the “best players from around the world.” Stressing on South Africa women’s run to the T20 World Cup semi-finals earlier this year

12:51 AM IST It was probably fitting, on the day Colin Graves made a valedictory visit to the Test squad, that a man from one of the smaller counties should announce himself to the cricketing world. For, earlier this week, Graves gave an interview with The Telegraph in which he suggested there were too many

4:03 PM IST Lasith Malinga is set to miss the first part of the 2020 IPL for Mumbai Indians. ESPNcricinfo understands Malinga will not be travelling to the UAE, where the IPL will be played from September 19 to November 10, and will miss the initial games due to personal reasons. It is understood Malinga’s