tv Sportsday BBC News November 24, 2017 11:45pm-12:01am GMT
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good evening and a warm welcome to sportsday with me, john watson. a captain's innings from steven smith, can england strike early heading into the third day in brisbane? one captain to another, steph horton makes it two wins from two for england's women in world cup qualifying. and silverware of a very different kind for the former footballer michael owen in his first taste in the saddle. welcome long.
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steve smith resumes on 64 not out at the gabba shortly, 137 short of england's first—innings total. his partnership with shaun marsh wrestling back momentum from england, how crucial his wicket could be. as the world's best test batsman, removing him is no easy task as england's bowlers found out. andy swiss is at the gabba. we hope he is! you get a sense that his wicket, steve smith's, could be crucial for wicket, steve smith's, could be crucialfor england wicket, steve smith's, could be crucial for england in this opening session to come? that's right, john. steve smith is the world number one batsman for a reason and when he and shaun marsh came together, australia we re shaun marsh came together, australia were 76—4 and in deep trouble and they've continued this recovery into they've continued this recovery into the morning, that's what australian fa ns the morning, that's what australian fans will be hoping. he's really the key man as far as england are
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concerned. if they can get him early and get into this long australian tail, the next batsman in is tim paine, the wicket—keeper, who has scored one first—class century in his career so there's a long australian tail. getting steve smith out early is the key for england and that would give them a chance to work their way into a commanding position but certainly they will shortly resume on day three with the match intriguingly poised and nathan lyon, the australian offspinner, agrees that things are finely balanced. the game is in the balance still, england bowled very well to take for early wickets. we've fought back hard. there'sa early wickets. we've fought back hard. there's a massive partnership out there now and hopefully we can build on that. are not going to put a numberon it, build on that. are not going to put a number on it, i've played cricket for long enough to not put a number on it. we have to bat as long as we can in the first innings, buildup to their school and hopefully pass it. we heard in the buildup to this test about how difficult it was for any test tea m
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about how difficult it was for any test team to win at the gabba, let alone england, but england's debutants alone england, but england's debuta nts and the alone england, but england's debutants and the team as a whole have equipped themselves well in these opening days? they have. lots of people were writing england off ahead of the gabba, the australian media were having lots of fun when they arrived, calling them the players with no name, and it is their new players who have performed so their new players who have performed so well, the likes of dawid malan, mark stoneman, james vince, all three have half centuries. it was the likes ofjoe root and alastair cook who haven't delivered so far. jake ball, a man with not a great deal of experience, he bowled well in yesterday's session so england will be pleased with the way their newcomers have adapted to the pressure and adapted to the situation at the gabba. the question now is can they push on towards victory? australia have this incredible record at the gabba, they haven't lost a test here to anyone for nearly 30 years and they haven't lost to england here since 1986 so
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on paper it looks like a tall order for the england players. but if they can get steve smith early this morning and get into the australian tail, they have a real chance. we will keep those fingers crossed. thanks for the moment in brisbane, andy swiss. england's women maintain their winning start in world cup qualifying after beating russia in mark sampson's last match in charge. macro tattoo marley in her first match oversaw a 4—0 win over bosnia—herzegovina. steph orton got the first after the keeper failed to clear. paris doubled the advantage shortly after half—time before horton got her second of the match and england's bird with that well taken freekick. and england's bird with that well ta ken freekick. franko and england's bird with that well taken freekick. franko b sealing the co mforta ble taken freekick. franko b sealing the comfortable victory in the end with the forth from the penalty spot —— bird. really happy, we've been doing a lot of work since we've been in post about being more creative. the
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opportunities we created we're obviously really pleased with. obviously tough opposition, really difficult to break down, but overall really ha p py difficult to break down, but overall really happy with the performance. it is wales who top the group ahead of england, they came into their match unbeaten and they remain so. ladd's free kick giving them late victory over kazakhstan and they've played one more game than england in that group. david moyes got his first point since his appointment at west ham after they drew 1—1 with leicester. they came from behind to get it, jamie vardy on hand to set up get it, jamie vardy on hand to set up mark albrighton to put leicester in front. west ham hit back after the break, kouyate with the finish here and that is david moyes‘ first home match in charge but not enough to move them out of the bottom three. plenty of work still to do. in the scottish premiership, two goals from matt o'hara gave dundee a
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2-1 goals from matt o'hara gave dundee a 2—1win over rangers. 1—1 going into the 80th minute when our o'hara got his second, that takes dundee off the bottom of the table and leaves rangers fourth after back—to—back defeats. one game tonight to tell you about in the aviva premiership and newcastle's dreadful run continues after they lost to gloucester, who ran in four tries, including this one from henry purdie. great skills on the wing before going over to help gloucester toa before going over to help gloucester to a 29—7 victory. in the pro 14, the south african cheaters returned to winning ways with a victory over edinburgh, 33—13, they ran infour tries to secure a bonus point win. after leading at halftime ulster came back from behind to beat treviso 23—22, a late converted tries from andrew trimble proved the difference in the end between the two sides. cardiff blues held off a
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late rally from connacht to win their fourth late rally from connacht to win theirfourth game late rally from connacht to win their fourth game of the season, owen layne scoring one of their three tries in their 36—30 win in the welsh capital. these are all the scores i lewis hamilton came out on top after practice in the seizing ending abu dhabi grand prix, the world champion broke the track record and was more than a 10th of a second faster than sebastian vettel. daniel ricciardo was third. during the race simulations the order was reversed, suggesting the race on sunday could be much closer than expected. the former england striker michael owen said he's never gone so fast on a horse before, probably unsurprising. the first time he's ever been in the saddle in his debut race as a jockey, owen was taking
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pa rt race as a jockey, owen was taking part in the princes countryside charity race at ascot and he was the only novice in the field of ten amateurs against much more experienced riders. he finished second and he said that this may not be the last time he will be in the saddle. he has clearly caught the bug, as you will see by his smile, and receiving some silverware. not a bad effort in his first race! england play tonga in the semifinals of the rugby league world cup tomorrow and they know australia lie in wait in the final next week. despite their progress so far, though, england have yet to hit top gearand though, england have yet to hit top gear and they will want to silence vertonghen support as well in their bid to reach the final, as dave wood supports. the support for tonga is fanatical. ata the support for tonga is fanatical. at a fans‘ event in downtown auckland this week, thousands came just to see their heroes and grab a moment to. england's task is to match that emotion and they'll need to produce their best form of the
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world cup sofar. there'sjust a real excitement about it, we've got in front of us, potentially what we can be involved in and what we can do. we've not hit 100% yet but we still feel like there's a lot more in us and if we can get that, especially this week, then we'll put ourselves inafinaland this week, then we'll put ourselves in a final and it's a pretty special thought when you think about it. there have been a couple of minor scares for england, sam burgess twisted an ankle and kevin brown has had to train alone after a head injury in last week's game. but both are fit and propjames gray is especially impressed with brown‘s influence on the team. it's an interesting spot to be in when you are in the camp and you don't play that first game but he didn't sulk, he kept his head down, work hard in training, got his opportunity and he took it and it's a clear message for anyone out there about waiting for your opportunity and when you get it, just take it. coach wayne bennett believes the squad are in
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the perfect place to face the physical threat of tonga and make it to next week's spinal. we've got a fit squad, there isn't one player in our squad that would be available for selection. we've had some good moments, some poor moments but it's a journey and we in pretty good shape and! a journey and we in pretty good shape and i think we'll be ready to play. but firstjob for play. but first job for england play. but firstjob for england is to try to silence what is going to be a huge and passionate vertonghen support. wherever these tongan players go they are treated like rock stars and today it's no different, downtown auckland almost brought to a standstill with hundreds, thousands of people searching for an autograph. it's going to be a very special occasion at mount smart stadium on saturday night. we've said a number of times how much we appreciate our support and how overwhelming the support we get is. the prime minister was quoted last week as saying it's the greatest moment in the sporting history of tonga, so if we can play at our best
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this week we're certainly in with a chance. david woods, bbc news, in auckland, new zealand. a big moment to come for england. one man who's had no shortage of silverware in his career is lionel messi and he's got his hands on yet more. another ward, he's been presented with the golden shoe for being the top scorer for barcelona across european leagues last season that award. he scored 37 la liga goals, picking up the award for the fourth time in his career and he was handed it to him by luis suarez. —— award. hello there. it's certainly going to bea hello there. it's certainly going to be a cold weekend but some areas will stay dry altogether and see plenty of sunshine so really quite nice if you wrap up when you head out and about. overnight we're going to continue to seek showers in much
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of scotland, north—west england, northern ireland, wales and south—west england, wintry with snow at lower levels and alnwick innovation over high ground and a cold night, temperatures plummeting —— and accumulation. very windy across the north and north—east of scotla nd across the north and north—east of scotland during the night and for saturday morning with gales here, more prolonged rain at times. further wintry showers across west of scotland, parts of northern ireland, into the north—west of england, running into the cheshire gap into the midlands and affecting western wales and south—west of england. is of the pennines, east anglia and the south central and southern areas will start dry and sunny but really told —— east of. that's how it will be on saturday, east—west split, eastern areas will remain dry with plenty of sunshine and northern and western areas will see showers, heavy at times, blustery, further snow down to lower levels but accumulations of the fireground. temperatures of four to
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seven degrees and add on the wind and it's going to feel like freezing in places —— of the higher ground. at least the sunshine in central and eastern areas will compensate. this low pressure will start to influence our weather on sunday. this is the weather feature that will move through on sunday night into monday to bring a wet and windy spell. that area of high pressure moving in on sunday, it will stabilise the atmosphere a little bit and kill off some of the showers, fewer showers bore many northern and western areas on sunday, more in the way of sunshine because the winds will be lighter may be a degree or so up as well but things turning cloudy across the west through the day as this weather system brings in roads and it will bring a spell of wet and with windy weather to the country as well. in a brief surge of milder air in central and southern areas without rain as it slowly clears from the south—east of the country through monday, and it starts to see cold air returning to the north with sunshine and blustery showers. that cold arctic air makes a return to
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all parts of the uk as we had through tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday, strong winds across the eastern side of the country as well so the main message is a cold weekend in store and it's set to stay cold for most of next week as well. good night. this is bbc news. i'm kasia madera. our top stories: egypt says it has carried out air strikes against militants they believe were behind an attack on a mosque. more than 230 people were killed as gunmen stormed the crowded mosque in the sinai peninsula during friday prayers. emmerson mnangagwa has been sworn in as zimbabwe's new president three days after the resignation of robert mugabe.
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