foresee plan everything. who could foresee celebrity opening the bolding with a leg—spin are doing this for second ball. jonny bairstow, zero, time for a strong and stable period. one of the biggest hitter stay grounded, he in giroud made dutiful 50s but left before the fireworks could start. over to the captain eoin morgan to launch a few rockets wasn't he made 57 only to find himself quite brilliantly extinguished stop south africa kept stubbing englishmen out and jos buttler met an early end. ben stokes ago as england's guy, he made 89 to his side 311 and a plan for more. england's new boy bold things quickly. after hitting a man on the head, he had one on the edge and factor plessis followed and then later one more. the big guns taken out by a lone archer and that is when they picked him. south africa

not chase this knowing there were dangers in the deep but never expecting something like this. 0h, no way! defying physics and surprising even himself. however often you water can still will not believe it. it will be river long after the runs school to look it's a finish the match was another than with the plan but england and this man have proved that they are flexible. so a winning start for eoin morgan's men at this world cup, and anotherformer england captain, alec stewart, says he was impressed by what he saw today. they are playing as favourites and talking as they rest does not england way of doing things him and only quite reserve or they are saying we are a very good team and we know we have been good and know how to play sentiment to continue that through the group stages and get into the last four and then plate to very good knockout games. kyle edmund's french open has been ended by injury. a recurrance of a knee problem forced the british number one

to quit during his second—round match against uruguay‘s pablo cuevas. with more, here'sjim lumsden. edmund had dropped to 30th in the world rankings, down from 14th at the start of the year, after five successive defeats on the clay, which he once described as his preferred surface. had the right stop? his uruguayan opponent made a fantastic start. the briton rallied to force a tie—break but his opponent came through that 7—3. he picked up where he had left off as a now heavy legged edmund moped around the court. the british number one now cut a forlorn figure. 2—1 down in the third set, he called the trainer on and after a short conversation, decided enough was enough. he has now lost six

of his last seven matches. there was an easier day for world number one novak djokovic. he enjoyed a straight sets victory over henri laaksonen, which takes him into the third round in paris and still in contention for a second grand slam title of 2019. the women's world number one naomi osaka overcame a poor start to beat two—time grand slam champion victoria azarenka 4—6, 7—5, 6—3. osaka is chasing her third successive grand slam title having won the 2018 us open and the australian open earlier this year. she will play the czech republic's katerina siniakova in the next round. serena williams struggled in her first match, but not in round two. she beat japanese qualifier kurumi nara in straight sets and will face sofia kenin for a place in the last 16. dina asher—smith has put down

another notable marker to her global sprint rivals by winning the 200 metres at the stockholm diamond league in a world—leading time. up against an elite field that included olympic champion elaine thompson and two—time world champion dafne schippers, asher—smith surged clear to win by almost half a second in 22.18 seconds, the quickest time of 2019. i was really happy because honestly i wanted to come here and when i wa nted i wanted to come here and when i wanted to run a good quality race and hit all my technical points. but idid not and hit all my technical points. but i did not expect to run that site and do not expect if her alter ego that well so i'm really happy. it feels nice also have to go home and more because there is this incredibly talented female sprinters in the world right now. another british winner in stockholm was laura muir. she bounced back from finishing third in the westminster mile on sunday to outclass the field

and comfortably win the 1500 metres in a time of four minutes, 5.37 seconds. let's take a look at some of the day's other sports stories: italy's damiano cheema won stage 18 of the giro d'italia. ecuador‘s richard cara paz remains the overall leader, with britain's simon yates in eighth. britain's open champion georgia hall struggled in the opening round of the us women's open in charleston, south carolina. a four—over—par 75 means she's ten shots behind the leader, japan's mamiko higa. manchester city women have signed portuguese defender matilda fidalgo from braga. fidalgo is a distant cousin of city men's midfielder bernardo silva and is city's second signing of the summer following england international ellen white. an all—english champions league

final is less than 48 hours away. tottenham are already in madrid fine—tuning their preparations, with liverpool travelling tomorrow. reporting from the spanish capital, our sports correspondent, natalie pirks. it isa it is a city where football is king. but history to be made to my fans are already beginning to arrive in the spanish capital and there is a distinct theme emerging. no problem. watching a bar orjust a fantastic atmosphere to be here. absolutely great atmosphere, good to be around, pretty good in the plaza. madrid is bracing itself for tens of thousands of english fans are hoping their tea m of english fans are hoping their team will be the ones to get their hands on this but there is one local who already knows exactly what it is like to lift that trophy. back in 2005 him a rough lebanese has an

liverpool point out the most incredible comeback to win a champions league on penalties and istanbul. today he told me the current liverpool manager will be in for something special should they triumph on saturday.” for something special should they triumph on saturday. i have pictures at home with hundred for 2000 people in the city so we could not go with the coach around because it was impossible to move. so he will for the passion that he is article in the passion that he is article in the passion that he is article in the passion of the fans and he will for the passion for years. glory, glory, tottenham hostpur! liverpool oi’ glory, tottenham hostpur! liverpool or phaedrus but spurs wrote into their own path. an amazing lucas morrison half tricky and after them secured their spot in the first ever champions league final for the club. sparkling in the spanish sun chicken with a trip he was a big hit as it made its way through the city. it will stay here now for three more days after that, though, it is england abound.

anthonyjoshua has told bbc sport he's ready to reset his sights on an alternative opponent with no agreement to face deontay wilder. joshua takes on andy ruinr on saturday and has reconciled himself to the fact an opportunity to become undisputed world heavyweight champion won't be next. in new york, our reporter ade adedoyin. the narrative has been about anthony joshua trying to unify the heavyweight division, which means facing the w bc challenge —— champion wilder. we nana he will face luis ortiz committed human to give him a tough fight last year. a lot of frustration from the joshua campus regards that decision. the promoter called embarrassing. amidst all that, anthonyjoshua promoter called embarrassing. amidst all that, anthony joshua has promoter called embarrassing. amidst all that, anthonyjoshua has told us there is a danger of being complacent against interviewees, the

many faces saturday night who is attending to become the first mexican heavyweight champion and the man who has nothing to lose. as was asi man who has nothing to lose. as was as i watch andy on youtube in all these other networks, i feel like nothing like fighting him in the ring. that is the mistake, you watch a mythic end of the sky and then they are different. so i have to become for myself i am not worried about andy, i worry about myself. become for myself i am not worried about andy, i worry about myselfm joshua gets of the bout against ruiz, he says his next focus is to face the best available challenger and that would be tyson fury, who considers himself the champ. fear is on the different network but these are articles that can be overcome according tojoshua are articles that can be overcome according to joshua and are articles that can be overcome according tojoshua and his focus is very much on setting up a huge domestic clash against tyson for. you can listen to live commentary of anthony joshua's fight with andy ruiz for the heavyweight championship of the world on radio 5live at around 4am on sunday morning. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist rachel shabi and claire cohen, the women's editor at the telegraph. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the lead for the telegraph are remarks by president trump that he regards borisjohnson as a "friend" and is his preferred candidate for the conservative leadership. the metro reports the claims by the eu's chief brexit negotiator,