tomorrow's will have an look at tomorrow's papers, but for now it's time for sportsday. hello. i'm olly foster. these are our headlines tonight. stokes is back in the england reckoning despite being charged with affray. the ecb stand accused of muddled thinking. it's the last of the fa cup third round replays. we'll be live at stamford bridge for chelsea against norwich. edmund breaks new ground at the australian open. he'll play in the third round for the first time. and as the nfl season reaches its super bowl semifinal stage, we get the inside track on who will reach the biggest sporting show on earth. whatsapp, sportsday fans? i were from that denver broncos. and i'm from that denver broncos. and i'm from the washington redskins. and

we'll be talking all things nfl later in the show. good evening. ben stokes is set to play for england again next month. the star all—rounder found out earlier this week that he will be charged with affray after a brawl outside a night club last september. he was left out of the ashes as the police investigation took its course. now that charges have been brought by the cps, the ecb have decided that he can play for england and is set to feature in new zealand injust over five weeks' time. let's speak to our sports correspondentjoe wilson, who is at lords. the former england captain michael atherton says the ecb's decision is illogical if stokes gets a date for a court appearance, yes, andi yes, and i can't take that point because you might say what has changed? because you might say what has changed 7 there are because you might say what has changed? there are still criminal proceedings ongoing, still a

presumption of innocence before guilt, a key part of our legal system. the ecb would say they are waiting to see what the cps were going to decide, so we had this decision to charge ben stokes and i think the ecb would have liked the criminal proceedings to have been done and dusted before they picked ben stokes but what we now find our cells in a situation where there could be a trial in six months or a year, so do the ecb let ben stokes sit on the sidelines while they wait for that? he is a star player and a contracted player, so they have said they don't think it would be fair or proportionate to leave him on the sidelines while they wait for those criminal proceedings to unfold. that would be their logic. they say that

central to this is that he has vowed to fight this charge of affray. if he gets the state for a court appearance and things accelerate, it would be less disruptive than if he got pulled out in the middle of an ashes tour, it's only new zealand. there is that, the ecb realised the complexity of it, never mind the image of him representing his country with this charge hanging over him and the ecb are aware that over him and the ecb are aware that over the next few weeks and months, at any point stokes could miss training for matches to attend court. the idea of him going out to new zealand rather than australia, the level of media scrutiny that he'll get in new zealand will not be anything like it would have been in australia, so let's imagine he arrives in auckland with a couple of

newspaper and camera crews, different from the kind of welcome he would have got in brisbane, so that logic may have played into things. joe wilson, thank you. staying with england, the one—day side are in brisbane looking to build on their opening win and take a 2—0 lead in the series against australia. and with the t20 series still to come, there's lots of cricket still to play. jonny bairstow says it's important to keep their minds fresh. it's not something that you want to think about too much because if you think you are tired, more often than not it will catch up with you, so you have to keep going about your daily routine and getting the same ball is in the nets and working on the same things. it's important to understand people within the group because if someone goes off or a couple of days, you can say, are you

all right, because when you are way for such a long period of time and you have people going back home and people in another squad coming, people in another squad coming, people who are in a one day but not a test, it changes the vibe a bit and it's important to note your team—mates and how they operate. now to a story which has got a lot of cricket fans hot under the collar. south africa'sjiveshan pillay was given out in the under—19s world cup in new zealand for obstructing the field after picking up the ball here and throwing it back to the west indies wicketkeeper. even though the ball had stopped moving and wasn't going to hit the stumps, pillay technically broke the law. the appeal from the west indies fielders has been condemned on social media, but perhaps justice was done as south africa still won by 76 runs. the last of the fa cup third round replays are being played tonight. let's get straight to stamford bridge where chelsea face championship side norwich at 7:45pm. dion dublin is part of the bbc sports team tonight. evening, dion, we'll get

to the match in a moment but last night we saw var in all its glory in the leicester win against fleetwood. just wondered what you have made of its introduction so far. i thinkjohn maas, the referee, will be patting himself on the back thinking i got the first one, i got it right. i think it was done pretty smoothly, there's too much money to be lost from wrong decisions. it's ha rd be lost from wrong decisions. it's hard enough for officials as it is soa hard enough for officials as it is so a bit of help won't go amiss. i was happy, they got it right. i'm sure you would have got a few more to your goals through your illustrious career if there had been the aiyar. dozens! chelsea need all the aiyar. dozens! chelsea need all

the help they can get at the moment, they have had four draws in a row, renderings of unrest. norwich could ta ke renderings of unrest. norwich could take advantage. chelsea haven't had the quality they know they can play at, they are upset and the fans are upset, unrest with the manager but they have got enough tonight to get through this but i have played in many fa cup games work i have been the underdog and i got through and it's not the quality of the player, it's not the quality of the player, it's the will to win and rule of the sleeves, chelsea have got to be on their game. all the players have to put our performance in. just whilst you're with us, dion, everton have dipped into the transfer market again. theo walcott leaving arsenalfor £20 million on a three—and—half—year deal. a good move for him?

i think it's great, the gunners have got the money for him. he is 28, he has to stand up and be counted. it hasn't really performed at norwich for a long time and i think it's good for them mentally, he has to go to everton, a new challenge, and he has to step up and show us how good he can be, how effectively convey. go to the blues and proof people write because we know how effective he can be. good luck tonight. bbc one, 7:30pm. two other fa cup replays this evening. only one league place separates premier league swansea from championship leaders wolves — they meet again after a goalless draw at molineux, while wigan, top of league one, look to cause an upset against premier league bournemouth. let's get the latest from the first tennis grand slam of the year. day three at the australian open britain's kyle edmund is still going strong.

he's into the third round in melbourne for the first time. alex gulrajani reports. shade is seldom found on the outside courts in melbourne but maybe this is kyle edmund's moment to embrace the limelight, with andy murray out injured, he gave an early indication he belongs in grand slams. he raced to ta ke he belongs in grand slams. he raced to take the first set inside half an hour. the place seemingly too much for his opponent, a medical time out needed but it didn't help. nothing could stop the british number two on his quest towards the third round. the second set wrapped up in quick fashion before the victory was sealed. a quick work—out in the australian sun and great preparation for his next game on friday when the temperature and pressure will step up. nick kyrgios beat victor troicki in the second round but british umpire james keothavong found

himself getting a bit too close to the action, one of troicki's returns hit him on the head. luckily he was ok. rafael nadal also won overnight. as did 15—year—old marta kostyuk — she has become the youngest player to reach the third round of a grand slam for 20 years. she beat australia's olivia rogowska and now faces fourth seed and fellow ukrainian elina svitolina. kostyuk, who came through qualifying, is ranked outside the top 500 and is the youngest player to reach the third round in melbourne since martina hingis back in 1996. still to come, england cricketers look to make their mark on the australian tour, thanks to david warner's daughter.

oh, jimmy, jimmy anderson! jimmy, jimmy anderson! eddiejones says he still has a lot to give england and has extended his contract for another 2 years. he is due to stay on until 2021, so why leave midway through the next world cup cycle? everyone has a shelf life and i think in eachjob it's a certain amount of time. onejob it might be one year, somejobs it might be five and a half years. clearly you feel at four years, you have a bit more to give. otherwise you wouldn't have signed this deal. 100%, and ifeel i can do something here for english rugby, i am indebted to england to the chance to coach the national team and it's a way of giving something back. one other rugby union line — james haskell will miss england's

first two six nations games after being given a four—week ban. the wasps player was sent off for a dangerous tackle on jamie roberts during saturday's european champions cup defeat to harlequins. and french centre mathieu bastareud will also miss the start of the six nations after being banned for making homophobic remarks during toulon's match in the champions cup last weekend. the nfl season has reached its championship final stage — the super bowl semi—finals in other words — with the reigning champions new england patriots favourites to win another title. they play the jacksonville jaguars in the afc final, while it's philadelphia and minnesota in the nfc final. nick marshall—mccormack looked ahead to the matches earlier with two players who know exactly what it's like to play in the sport's showcase event. with the nfl season now at the

business head ahead of the championship matches, we're joined by two players, who know what it's like to get to the super bowl. thanks forjoining us. the nfl championship playoffs, but first i wa nt to championship playoffs, but first i want to ask you about a london—based nfl team, you have played in the uk, what about the jet lag? how does it affect your game? obviously we're feeling it now. would it affect you ifa feeling it now. would it affect you if a team was based permanently here and had to fly to the us. every team has their advantage, you go to new england its cold, you go to denver it's got the altitude, so if there was a franchise in london, they will

have an advantage as well. even texas has this heat, so you can't make excuses, you have to go on the road and win games. a contentious issue and it will go on until a team gets there, let's go one to the championship. let's talk about the new england patriots because this man in particular, tom brady. you know all about him. is he the key? if you stop him, you stop the pack. see him drop back and throw passes at dachau right there, rob gronkowski, and they have the chance to get to the sideline and that is a dynasties. let's go across to the

jacksonville jaguars, first time in the playoffs since 2007.|j jacksonville jaguars, first time in the playoffs since 2007. i think that starts at number 12, tom brady, he isa that starts at number 12, tom brady, he is a rocker, he does what he wants to add if they can stop him up front, i think they will have a good shot. can they win? everybody can. let's go to the national conference, fills adelphia versus minnesota. how can they win, both teams had never won a super bowl? they really are a physical team but at the same time, we got a guy who's on another level, like michaeljordan level, in tom brady that they have great defenses, with whoever wins, we will see what happens. let's talk about this

magical moment, the one the vikings are called the minneapolis miracle. stephen diggs. he catches it, the worst miss tackle in the history of the nfl. the vikings will always have a chance, they have a great defense. super bowl, who will win it? i will take the vikings versus the patriots, i will take the patriots. that's two for the patriots. that's two for the patriots. thank you both forjoining us. nick and friends looking ahead to those nfl finals. northern ireland's former world featherweight champion carl frampton says the carrot of a world title fight at belfast‘s windsor park in the summer is the incentive he needs when he takes on another ex—champion, nonito donaire of the philipines in his next fight in april. donaire has won world titles at four weights and frampton insists it could take a career—best performance

to beat him. there's only one fight on my mind, i'm very cautious in a fight and there's almost a fear fighter because she is such a fighter, it will give me more of a push in training and get me over the life andi training and get me over the life and i will have to be ready and it may take the performance of my career to beat this guy. shaun murphy is the latest player through to the quarterfinals of the masters snooker at london's alexandra palace but he let slip a 4—0 lead against ali carter before he scraped home six frames to four. here's the bbc‘s jason mohammed. welcome back to alexandra palace, they fought and the matches get better and better. shaun murphy against ali carter, carter didn't start especially well, then it was 4-0 at

start especially well, then it was 4—0 at the interval. shaun murphy was scoring well and then at the interval it turned around. ali carter almost forced it inside the frame, great feedback and also for sean murphy to get over the line, he showed good bottle and he will be tough to stop. some of the shots that sean murphy played showed he is one of the men to beat. he took a shot at the rest on the black, he could have dropped it in but he thought he would play positively and he's that the pack. he went on to win the frame at the break. he's certainly not shy when it comes to getting over the line. people will praise ali carter for staging that fight but you have to give credit to sean murphy for seeing it through. lot of players could have gone into their shell and said it's not my day

but he came out fighting, one a couple of frames and it was great to see him fight back. it was too much too late. thank you both, don't forget red button action continues at 7pm tonight and it's also on the bbc sport website. just before we go, it seems england did at least score one victory in the recent ashes series. australia batsman david warner has posed a video on his instagram account of his daughter singing her favourite cricket song — only it isn't one that he might have expected. oh, jimmy, jimmy anderson! jimmy, jimmy anderson! jimmy,jimmy! jimmy, jimmy anderson! oh, jimmy, jimmy anderson! jimmy, jimmy anderson! everyone loves jimmy anderson. everyone lovesjimmy anderson. good for her. ben stokes will be back in

the reckoning, playing for england next month on their tour of new zealand. we will be across all those on bbc news. for now, from us, that's all for this sportsday. good night. thousands of people working on private sector contracts for carillion have been told they will continue to be paid. they have been told that suppliers will provide funding so staff can be kept on. with me is brian berry for the federation of master builders. they explained to me and our viewers how some of your