it is international women's day today, and you've sent a male to interview me and a male cameraman. where are your women cameramen at the bbc? hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes. the headlines this evening: it's goalless at wembley, but england's youngsters match the world champions in tonight's friendly. more disappointment for wales, soundly beaten by france in their friendly in paris. and england's women continue their battle for the ashes, edging day two of the must win test in sydney. lots of sport to tell you about.

first, wales were playing in their first game since missing out on the world cup play offs, but a trip to paris without gareth bale proved a step up too far as they were beaten 2—0 by france. nick parrott was watching this one for us. a month after their world cup dreams endedin a month after their world cup dreams ended in a nightmare, wales came to paris looking for a pick me up. the result against france boasting a strong attacking side, it would be some achievement. unsurprisingly wales were on the back foot for much of the match. the pace and touch taught them to pieces, but wayne hennessy kept them out. that should have boosted the crystal palace‘s

goalkeeper‘s confidence, but he slipped up. while france boasted flair, wales relied on experience. their second most capped player making his 80 appearance. but the defender has yet to score for his country. he was sharper in his own penalty area, denying what could have been a second call. wales weren't helping themselves at times, but olivier giroud couldn't take advantage of their assistance. with advantage of their assistance. with a more conventional buildup the arsenal striker was more composed, taking his 29th goal for his country. while wales‘ manager chris coleman‘s immediate future is uncertain, the country‘s looks bright. david brooks making his debut and the teenage striker combine for what could have been a spectacular consolation goal. we did create a few dangerous opportunities, but it was always

going to be difficult. a great experience for the younger boys coming on. hopefully now we can learn from this and get together now and build on what is going to be a very important european cup. england we re very important european cup. england were paying germany. a lot of injuries, so a new look side. pay is missing out, as often happens with a friendly. our correspondent david ornstein is at wembley for us. i guess considering the number of rookies this wasn‘t a bad result? that‘s right. germany weren‘t at their best, but take nothing away from england, this was a positive night and the manager gareth southgate will be pleased. the most impressive performance was perhaps ofjordan pickford in goal, coming infor ofjordan pickford in goal, coming in for the previous goalie who broke a finger. he had a number of swine

says that would have given southgate selections headache heading into the world cup. —— fine saves. after the brazil friendly they have two more matches before that squad is announced. those matches are both in march. the midfield was steady. the chelsea midfielder is currently on loa n chelsea midfielder is currently on loan at crystal palace. upfront tammy abraham, just 20 and also on loa n tammy abraham, just 20 and also on loan from chelsea, he had a glorious opportunity to put england ahead in the first half. that was deflected wide, but i think for a first performance at senior level he will be fairly pleased as well. two more debutants came on, so it was five in total and i think certainly cause for optimism. tonight was a of firsts. we had so many players playing for the first time and we had england players wearing poppies and so were germany for the first time. there was this video

assistance technology. was that used at all? video assistance referee system has been tested around the world in germany, italy, the us and other parts of the globe. tonight it came to england for an official match, the uk for an official match, for the first time and it is used to sort of clear up and correct decisions that are controversial round balls, around penalty incidents, around red cards and cases mistaken identity. there was not one example of it in use tonight and that perhaps shows what a good job the referee on the field of play did. however, be in no doubt that this was being monitored, every incident, every second of the match, by the ba —— var. incident, every second of the match, by the ba -- var. it incident, every second of the match, by the ba —— var. it was also used ina behind by the ba —— var. it was also used in a behind closed doors charity match about a month ago. we could see it rolled out in fa cup, that‘s the plan from next year, and also

possibly in the premier league. there‘s a big in march where the decision by foot or‘s lawmakers will be taken as to whether this var system will be rolled out around the world, potentially with a view to using it at the world cup in russia next summer. sweden beat italy 1—0 in the first leg of their world cup play—off in stockholm. substitute jacob joha nsson scored just after the hour mark from a long deflected drive. the last time italy missed out on a world cup finals was back in 1958. onto cricket and england‘s women‘s hopes of regaining the ashes are hanging in the balance. they‘re trailing the mulit—format series on points and must win the test match in sydney. but they had a strong second day restricting holders australia to 177—5, 103 runs behind england. our correspondent andy swiss has been following the action for us. after australia‘s first day fight

back, england set out in search of some useful late order runs, but they didn‘t find too many. the hosts held their nerves and their catches. either time laura marsh nicked one australia were 280 not out and plenty of work to do. could the bowlers write to the challenge? australia looked unchallenged until they thrashed through and suddenly england were on top. sophie ecclestone put australia in the spin. two wickets on her test debut. not a bad way to start. when the wicket—keeper sarah taylor managed this, australia were teetering on 95- this, australia were teetering on 95— four. they stabilise thanks to a superb half—century from elyse perry, confirming her status as their star player. with perry, confirming her status as their 51 england ‘. with perry, confirming her status as their 51 england struck again. perry, confirming her status as their 51 er brunt ;truck again. perry, confirming her status as their 51 er brunt dropping iin. perry, confirming her status as their 51 er brunt dropping rachel katherine brunt dropping rachel hayes to provide a late boost to their hopes of victory. —— dropping rachel hayes. it was always going to

bea rachel hayes. it was always going to be a difficult pitch, especially into the second innings. as the pitch starts to break up, it‘s been really difficult. so the fact that we got runs on the board and we were batting first in the second innings puts us in a really good position. second day then in which the momentum flowed. england can take confidence, but this match remains intriguingly poised. england‘s men have been in action as they warm up for their ashes series. the bowlers really impressed against a cricket australia 11. they could‘ve won it with a day to spare, restricting the invitational side to 70—7 trailing england by 197 runs. chris woakes was the star bowler with four wickets, after jonny bairstow and mark stoneman both made half centuries. there were three games in rugby union‘s anglo welsh cup tonight. at the rec, bath came from behind to beat the defending champions leicester 33—31. bath won it with a late penalty try to go top of their pool. elsewhere, wasps comfortably beat

ospreys from the pro 14 and sale fought back to beat saracens. history was made in ireland this evening, as the women‘s barbarians played their first ever match. and it was a successful start for the side as they beat munster women i9—0. the barbarians team included players from seven different nations. britain‘s katie archibald missed out on gold in the omnium at the world track cycling championships in manchester, after being overtaken in the final moments of the endurance event. the scot took silver but could have gone one better. she won the elimination race but could not hold off american jennifer valente in the final points race. american jennifer valente outsprinted her at the end to take the title. there was a disappointing start to the season for britain‘s two man bobsleigh team. competing at the opening world cup event in lake placid in the usa, brad hall and toby olubi had been

15th after the first run but crashed early in their second, flipping the bob upside down as brake man olubi fell out the back. both athletes walked away. that‘s all from sportsday. goodnight. i don‘t think it will be quite bobsleigh weather for most of us through the course of this weekend, but it will turn noticeably colder. we‘ve got to get there first of all. certainly in the southern half of the british isles what was tropical storm pre—nup isn‘t going to come as with the gale force wind, but it will bring moist air from the tropics and we are already seeing the effects of that. rain through

northern ireland, the greater part of england and wales. further north you don‘t get to see that effect. that‘s why the temperatures will be that much lower as we start saturday. 2—4 degrees also in towns and cities. colder in the countryside. at least we have the best sunshine to start the day. sunshine noticeably absent from northern ireland, england and wales. the rain increasingly confined to southern counties of england and wales. but there it sits for the greater part of the day. throughout the afternoon there will be sunny spells and showers. and and the north of england. northern ireland is cloudy, but essentially dry. some brightness getting through. eventually turning a little bit right east of the pennines, through to norfolk. you can see it for yourself. big cloud as you come back to what is going to be a dank but mild afternoon —— thicker cloud. 12— 13 degrees here. wales versus australia will be wet. scotland

versus samoa — cold and bright. that‘s not the end of the day. the cloud will thicken and we eventually end up with more rain across the greater part of southern england and wales through the course of the night and into sunday. further north, skies stay clear. this is where we‘ve got much colder airjust waiting for the passage of this frontal system to get out of the way. then we are all in this run, north to south, the wind along these isobars and coming with it much colder air from isobars and coming with it much colder airfrom the isobars and coming with it much colder air from the arctic. never mind the tropics, forget about that for sunday. a lot of crisp weather around to start the week. showers there running down through the irish sea to wales and into the south—west along the eastern shores as well. right down the spine of the country it is cold and crisp and bright, for all of the ceremony that will go on to mark remembrance sunday. in the next week, a cold and frosty start, thenit next week, a cold and frosty start, then it turns milder and there will be some rain in the forecast as

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