The race for a top-three finish is hotting up in both the men’s and women’s Hundred with double-headers at Old Trafford and Trent Bridge.
Manchester Super Giants take on Welsh Fire and Trent Rockets host Birmingham Phoenix.
In football, Rangers and Hearts both hope to progress in the Women’s Champions League and tennis action resumes for both men and women at the Canadian Open.
Two double-headers in The Hundred
Both Manchester Super Giants and Welsh Fire’s men and women’s teams are in the hunt to reach the knockout stage.
The women’s match is on Sky Sports Cricket 1115 and Sky Sports Main Event 1130 and there is live coverage of the men on BBC Two England, Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event 1430.
Trent Rockets men and women sit top and second in the standings respectively, while Birmingham Phoenix men and women are both battling to stay in contention.
Live coverage of the women’s match is on BBC Two England 1445 with the men’s match following on BBC Two England, Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event 1800.
Elsewhere in cricket, Ireland face Afghanistan in their first One Day International at Bready Cricket Club in County Tyrone and in the One Day Cup, Hampshire play Glamorgan at the Utilita Bowl and Surrey take on Kent at The Oval.
What else is happening on Wednesday?
Rangers are in the Czech Republic to take on Slavia Prague and Hearts face Gintra in Denmark in their respective second qualifying round semi-final ties in the Women’s Champions League.
The National Bank Open in Canada has reached the third-round stage, with the men’s action unfolding in Montreal and the women’s in Toronto (Sky Sports Tennis 1600, Sky Sports Main Event 2130).
The Women’s Tour de France resumes with the riders tackling stage five’s hilly 140-kilometre route from Macon to Belleville-en-Beaujolais (TNT Sports 1 1230).
On this day in history
1970: Manchester United became the first senior team in British football to win a competitive match by a penalty shoot-out. Their Watney Cup semi-final against Hull stood at 1-1 after 90 minutes before United came through 4-3 on spot-kicks.
2012: Jamaica’s Usain Bolt won Olympic gold in the men’s 100 metres in London.
2021: Manchester City announced the signing of Jack Grealish from Aston Villa in what was a British-record £100m deal.
2024: Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson won Olympic 800m gold in Paris.
