Big picture – LSG look to course-correct after RCB drama What’s an IPL without a little bit of drama, amirite? LSG will want to quickly put all of that behind them as they come up against Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday. This is the same team that smashed 257 in Mohali less than a week

Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir are not IPL captains anymore, but they were still involved in a heated exchange after Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs. It was over 10 years after their altercation in the IPL during RCB’s match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Bengaluru. Kohli now plays for RCB

Northern Diamonds 160 for 5 (Winfield-Hill 51, Villiers 3-42) beat Sunrisers 157 (Grewcock 50, Levick 3-23) by five wickets Lauren Winfield-Hill maintained her remarkable Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy record with another commanding half-century to put Northern Diamonds back on track as they saw off Sunrisers by five wickets. The Diamonds opener passed 50 for the

England have fired the first shots, or attempted to, in time-honoured fashion ahead of the men’s Ashes, now Issy Wong has joined in the salvo, saying it’s not a bad time to take on Australia Women with their multi-format series beginning next month. Wong made her debut in all three formats during South Africa’s tour

In March they were facing each other in Ahmedabad and next month they will do so again at The Oval, but for the next few weeks Cheteshwar Pujara and Steven Smith will be team-mates at Sussex. Smith joins the county this week for his somewhat controversial pre-Ashes stint, which will see him play three County

Tim David has played only 16 games for Mumbai Indians, but he has already shown glimpses of the power-hitting ability that had made Kieron Pollard one of the stalwarts of the IPL. In the 1000th game of the IPL on Sunday, David went 6, 6, 6 off the first three balls of the last over

Sunrisers Hyderabad 197 for 6 (Abhishek 67, Klaasen 53*, Marsh 4-27) beat Delhi Capitals 188 for 6 (Marsh 63, Salt 59, Markande 2-20) by 9 runs In a game of high drama where both sides kept landing punches at each other with neither backing off, Sunrisers Hyderabad pipped Delhi Capitals to arrest a three-match losing

Gloucestershire 198 for 9 (Hammond 42*, McAndrew 5-53) trail Sussex 455 for 5 dec (Pujara 151, Coles 74, Alsop 67) by 257 runs Substitute fielder Tom Clark‘s direct-hit run out of Marcus Harris unlocked Sussex’s bid to push for victory in their LV= Insurance County Championship match at Gloucestershire. Australian opener Harris’ dismissal, as his

Middlesex 229 (Higgins 71, Agar 4-60) and 86 for 1 (Robson 41*, Malan 24*) beat Kent 186 (Compton 52, Murtagh 4-40, Bamber 4-42) and 128 (Leaning 48, Murtagh 6-42) In with the arm, a hint of away swing, pitching bang on the seam and straightening into the pads. Perhaps the shot could have been better,

Pakistan chose to bowl vs New Zealand Pakistan have won the toss and elected to field first at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Babar Azam’s men will look to take a 2-0 lead in the five match series after winning the first game by 5 wickets. Pakistan have made three changes to that side. Shan Masood