There could not be a greater contrast between the resumption of the IPL and the climax of the County Championship but one man will be playing an integral part in one while keeping a close eye on the other.
Liam Livingstone is a key figure, in the absence of Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes, for Rajasthan Royals on the return of the richest and glitziest of franchise tournaments.
But on Tuesday he will be just as invested in the more traditional surroundings of Aigburth in Liverpool where his Lancashire side can clinch only their second Championship title, outright, in the last 87 years with victory over Hampshire.