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sportsday, but first they look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 7:20pm, we hear about the key challenges facing northern ireland secretary gillian smith, who has been at stormont today. then at 7:45pm, we take a closer look at the world of fortnite, as players of the online game compete at the world cup in new york for prize money of over £2 million. and at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm, we ta ke million. and at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm, we take a look at tamara's front pages and joining me tonight we have to fantastic guests. hello and welcome to sportsday. the dream is over for ireland — they lose to england at lords with the lowest score in test cricket. can england's women salvage

a draw in the ashes? chaotic scenes at the tour de france because the stages abandoned due to uk, causing a change of overall leader. and it'sjess thirlby as tracey neville‘s replacement — what will the former bath coach bring to england netball? i can't put into words still, 48 hours on, how special it feels. it's such an honour to be asked to lead your country. also coming up in the programme: fastest in practice, but will charles leclerc do as well in qualifying? a ferrari one—two in germany, with hamilton in third. plus with hamilton in third. another medalfor great bri at plus another medal for great britain at the swimming championships in south korea and, from a swimmer with the same coaches adam peaty.

hello and welcome to sportsday. it was all set to be an historic day. with a target of 182, ireland could realistically win a test match for the first time ever, and against england at lords. but it wasn't to be. ireland collapsed, with three wickets falling for no runs. eventually, they were all out in their second innings forjust 38. joe wilson was watching. what england managed to bring to this day of this remarkable match was the intensity, the sense of purpose which they themselves admitted they lacked in the first few days. it is difficult to raise your game to be mentally fresh after so your game to be mentally fresh after so much cricket that has already happened this summer. but the ashes are next week, and this match will have served as some kind of preparation for that, so stuart broad will feel better about his

game having taken a wicket today in very poly— friendly conditions. that was a pointjoe root came back to a close of play, with these conditions, so favourable for bowlers, be replicated during the series against australia and therefore is it a meaningful preparation because organiser i guess time will tell. is for irish crickets, when will they get a stage like this? just 182 runs to win a test match at lord's, a crushing sense of missed opportunity must live with them tonight. but they must try to remember what they did earlier in the test that got them to today's position of hope. earlier in the test that got them to today's position of hopelj earlier in the test that got them to today's position of hope. i thought it wasn't a fair, not even close to afair it wasn't a fair, not even close to a fair contest between bat and ball. throughout the whole game, i thought the ball was superior. we weren't at oui’ the ball was superior. we weren't at our best by any stretch. we manage

certain periods well. 0ut we were put under pressure by good bowling from ireland, they exploited the conditions in that first morning in particular, extremely well. but we found a way to win again. we put ourselves in that position, so, yes, it's tough to take. we knew it was going to be tough this morning with the lights on overheads and drizzle around, it was going to be hard work. if we managed to find our way through that first session and get through that first session and get through to the afternoon with the sui'i through to the afternoon with the sun coming out, it could have been a different story. austin is with me with more reaction, where to start, what a strange match? it's been a while since we saw test match cricket on these shores, jane, but i'm pretty sure no—one remembers it being anything like what we saw at lord's. it all started with that bowling performance from ireland on the first day —

england all out for 85. no team in history has ever come back to win a test match with such a low first—innings score. then on day two, we saw the highest score in the game, from a nightwatchman — spin bowlerjack leach with 92 runs. he's only averaged four for his county, somerset, this season. and then onto today — ireland all out for just 38, the lowest test score for 64 years and the lowest in history at lord's. i would guess this will build some confidence for england ahead of the ashes, but still some question marks hanging over the team? plenty over the batting, but on the bowlers, they look well—stocked with the likes ofjofra they look well—stocked with the likes of jofra archer, they look well—stocked with the likes ofjofra archer, mark wood and jimmy anderson to come back.

however, that performance really glossed over the fragility of england's top order. jason roy looks as though he will play after scoring 72 against ireland, but who partners him at the top of the order and who bats at four really is anyone's guess. these are some of the contenders. rory burns averages just 22 in an england shirt. joe denly isn't much better, with just 24. james vince averages 25. or they could go leftfield from the county circuit and pick someone like zak crawley, who's yet to play for england. we'll find out who they go with tomorrow morning at 11am, but make no mistake, this is england's problem area and one the australians will be looking forward to attacking.

australia have named their squad today, and steve smith, david warner, cameron bancroft, all back in the test squad after that ball tampering scandal. where we expecting that? i think we were, to be honest, the austrians have a short memory for this scandal that went on a few years ago. smith and warner have already been in the one—day side, so not too much of a surprise. this is the first call—up for cameron bancroft since they ball tampering scandal in any australia squad. he's recently been playing for durham after a nine—month ban, and australian cricket journalist adam collins says that's exactly why he's been picked. the last time we saw cameron was at newlands last year, when he tampered with a ball, setting off an unbelievable chain reaction which led to the very core of australian cricket under question. he has earned his chance under the strength of cou nty earned his chance under the strength of county runs. we have another

player playing county cricket in the squad, you would have thought he would be in the 70 and a couple of months ago. peter siddle was doing well for essex. this will be his fourth ashes series in a row, quite an achievement in itself. and also cameron bancroft opened durham. so they are giving are waiting to guys already playing in the country, used to the conditions. which you believe it's been 18 years since australia last won the ashes on english soil. they are banking on that experience of england in the squad will be this time around. thank you very much. england's hopes of regaining the

ashes disappeared without draw at taunton last week. they were always on the back foot after losing the odis, on the back foot after losing the 0dis, australia just needing eight points to retain the trophy having w011 points to retain the trophy having won it in 2015 retained it in 2017. if england when these 0dis, they could draw the series, which would salvage some pride. it will be a difficult task, maybe harder to date with the news that sarah taylor, the superstar wicketkeeper, will not be available for any of the three t20s, but england are playing at a ground they like. they have played 14 times a chance at a never lost, they would like that run to continue this evening. in a shock move, the tour de france was halted because of adverse weather conditions. no, not extreme heat, but hail and snow. in a huge blow for the yellowjersey wearerjulian alaphilippe, it saw him lose the overall lead to team ineos's egan bernal. the moutain route was too dangerous to continue and so the times

were taken from the top of the col d'iseran. 0ver tour de france 2019 didn't have enough time already, some unbelievable scenes today at stage 19. an avalanche caused by heavy hail blocked the route for the riders on the descent from the highest point of this year's tour. that meant officials were left with no choice but to abandon the race, meaning there is a big change at the top. julian alaphilippe, the man in the yellow jersey, no top. julian alaphilippe, the man in the yellowjersey, no longer has that honour, ta ken the yellowjersey, no longer has that honour, taken away from him by the 22—year—old colombian, team ineos' co—leader, egan bernal. welshman geraint thomas remains in second place. alaphilippe, down two thirds. dramatic scenes meant the race today had to be cut short. riders were left confused and frustrated, because things couldn't come to neat solution. tomorrow, the race starts here, the final stage in

the alps before we move on to the very last stage in paris. and tour france still throws up more questions than answers. another good date for the brits at the world swimming championships in south korea, luke greenbank has won a bronze in the backstroke. i spoke to rebecca adlington and mark foster earlier and started by asking them about luke greenbank. this is his breakthrough, really, he was a good junior swimmer and then had a tough couple of years, moved training camps to train with mel marshall and adam peaty, so that was brilliant. it's huge, any chance you get to go in the pool and race, you want a pb. he's only 0.3 get out of that british record so that will be in his sights. but a year out from the

0lympics, knowing that last year he was something like 13 is now coming third, his progression is huge and he will just third, his progression is huge and he willjust keep going. the women today, a couple in action? freya is just 18 and she has come in here and stoned it. there are some big girls in that final that our 0lympic champions, world record holders, everything. she wasn't scared off. she swung consistently through the heats and to be eighth in the world, not bad! especially at only 18, she has a bright future. she needs to grow into her body a little, she has all the right attributes, she's told but she almost doesn't have the strength to be in her body gets, but he's improving. at her age and we have seen it from other swimmers, one year you get massive improvements, so we have been

looking at her all along, she has come eighth here, another year, we may be potentially talking about are more come the olympic games. at saint for molly, she had a solid 200 metres man breaststroke, not quite her best time, but a good performance. she's had a solid week andi performance. she's had a solid week and i definitely thinks she will ta ke and i definitely thinks she will take from that final. two gain so much an experience that you can now analyse and work on those nitty—gritty, 1% things you need to enable you to get that perfect swim. ahead of the games, caleb has impressed today? he takes a body length from people on the start, any young and up—and—coming swimmer wants to watch the best in the world, watch him. we lost michael phelps, a huge loss for swimming, but it's like michael phelps left

and tressel came in. he is a sprint demon. the ferraris did well in practice ahead of the german grand prix, with charles leclerc leading his team—mate sebastian vettel by 0.124 seconds. lewis hamilton was third—fastest. but there was trouble for pierre gasly, who crashed at the last corner, badly damaging his red bull. jennie gow was watching. it's been one of the hottest days in germany ever on the record books. yesterday just pipped it germany ever on the record books. yesterdayjust pipped it by a couple degrees, but i can tell you the action on track has been interesting, and it was the ferraris who are fastest. vettel and leclerc both sharing the spoils today, and it sets them up in a nice position into the weekend. a weekend where the weather could be a factor still, because we're expecting a little rain to come into play for qualifying and also for the race, making a massive difference to these ca i’s making a massive difference to these cars and what could potentially be a

very mixed up grid. the fans are just leaving the circuit after all the practice sessions and the biggest drama, i suppose of the day, it really came from pierre gasly, the red bull driver, he had a massive crash towards the end of the session, meaning that the team tonight is going to have to rebuild that car, maybe starting from scratch. the damage being so great. so problems for gasly, enter off the back of silverstone, his best result for red bull, he was hoping to get better at this weekend and remain consistent. this is only practice, there are still chances for him to put ina there are still chances for him to put in a good result, but this is of the confidence—building friday key leaders. elsewhere, lewis hamilton, a slight problem for him today with a slight problem for him today with a microphone in his helmet is not working but that seems to be all that went wrong, he seems a pretty strong ahead of his team—mate va ltteri strong ahead of his team—mate valtteri bottas. even the car do seem valtteri bottas. even the car do seem to have the original pace of

those ferraris. that sets us up for a really good race weekends for the remainder, let's see what max verstappen can bring to the party. a lot of fans here are cheering him on. massive crowd turned up here at hockenheim ring every year, this could be the last race for a while, so could be the last race for a while, so they had to see a lot of drama on track. british heavyweight dillian whyte has responded after testing positive for a banned substance ahead of his points victory over 0scar rivas at the weekend. he says he's disappointed with what he calls the rubbish that's been said about him, and that his lawyers are dealing with it. he also added he was cleared to fight. at day two of the evian golf championship, play was suspended due to dangerous weather conditions. leesis lees is in control. mel reid took a share of sixth place but has since slipped down to 16th. mohammad amir

is to retire from playing test cricket so he can focus on a limited overs. amir is regarded as one of pakistan's key bowlers, having returning from a ban for his part in a spot fixing scandal in 2010. at age 13, she was told there had been a mistake and she was too young to try it for england. 26 of us later, she is not the head coach of england netball. jess thirlby has been appointed the successor to tracey neville. she did go on to live out her dream for playing for a country for 15 years, just a director of team bath was in doubt as head coach, she said she wants to harness the progress already made in the sports. i think it's a unique time to come in and i think we should celebrate the success that the programme and team have had in recent yea rs. the programme and team have had in recent years. doesn't happen overnight, we know that in sports.

it's been a long time building with a very senior and talented group of players. i feel very privileged to be coming in at this point, where there's a huge momentum behind the sports. which i'm also achieved some success and i look forward to taking on the mantle and trying to harness that and continue the success the organisation have already achieved. i love it netball and it's surreal to think, age 13, i had a phone call, the eve of my first england trial, to say there had been an administrative error and i was too young to trial. 26 years later, i find myself in the role of now micros as head coach, what a journey that is. i'm really privileged and i adore the sport and i will give it my all. best of luck to her. big weekend in rugby league, with the two semifinals of the challenge cup. st helens take on championship side halifax. but before that, warrington wolves face double winners hull fc in bolton. face double winners plus there's the women's challenge cup final, leeds rhinos v castleford tigers.

0ur rugby league correspondent dave woods joins us now. warrington against hull fc, they met twice in super league already, one match a piece, this will be pretty tasty? too close to call. when the draw was made you would have made one thing clear favourites, draw was made you would have made one thing clearfavourites, second in the league and hull a long way distance. hold him a sense cut out, only two points behind. the both of matchwinners, you can make a case for either of them winning the game. warrington have lost a bit of form in the league, but it's too close to call. should be a fantastic game. after that one, st helens, who are ten points clear at the top of super league, they are the overwhelming favourites to progress to wembley over halifax? st helens of the best tea m over halifax? st helens of the best team in the country by a distance at the moment. if a rub against any super league team, you would make them clear favourites. they're super league team, you would make them clearfavourites. they're up against a decent championship side

in halifax, but they are all pa rt—timers, in halifax, but they are all part—timers, it they've been training in the night time during this week. st helens are fully professional. it could be a landslide. should be, on form, a landslide. should be, on form, a landslide. you cannot make a case for halifax winning that game. i would suggest to you that an upset is not going to happen tomorrow. at halifax will try their best, they will give it their all, but not good enough. they have a baker in the side, i love it! it would be a fairy tale, because halifax haven't appeared at the challenge cup final since 1988, but also a fairy tale for the head coach? halifax had success in the 805, winning the file mill in 87, they lost an 88 to wigan. they have been third in the league in the late 905 as well, but slipped out of super league in 2003 and never been back. simon greg only

took over the reins late to the 5ea5on, took over the reins late to the season, three times as a player at warrington he missed out on the final. he had the money in one year and an injury another year. if he was to lead to the team to wembley, it would be fantastic, a fantastic story for him, but highly unlikely. we've spoke about this before, but a debut for a very young player in the women's final? the youngest ever in the women's or men's. she is women's final? the youngest ever in the women's or men's. she i516 today, holly, she's not been allowed today, holly, she's not been allowed to play because of age restrictions until she was to play because of age restrictions until she wa516. so in a cup final for castleford, she's a real talent for castleford, she's a real talent for the future, 5he for castleford, she's a real talent for the future, she makes her debut. what a night she'd be having tonight, celebrating her birthday and looking ahead to that tomorrow. her coach thinks she's a real 5tar of the future, a potential england player. castleford them5elve5 of the future, a potential england

player. castleford themselves a very warm favourites to win that. leed5 w011 warm favourites to win that. leed5 won last year, but calsa for this year have signed some good players and they will be very warm favourites to win that one. but the highest profile game that the women's game has had. at women's super league has come on leap5 women's game has had. at women's super league has come on leaps and bound5 recently, but this will be live streamed on bounds recently, but this will be live streamed on bbc on the red button, the highest profile game they've had. i hope holly won't be celebrating too much tonight! thank you so much. it's been a dark week for the sport of boxing were two fighters dying in the space of a few days. deontay wilder says tragedy in the sport makes him a train harder. the heavyweight champion and says he is well aware of just how heavyweight champion and says he is well aware ofjust how dangerous the sport can be. and took a scary living. that's why every time i go

in the ring i make sure i'm prepared and ready. this is a different animal because i know how serious this sport is. we risk our lives, i have children as well, so they make you feel, put the gladiator spirit in your heart, that you will do what you have to do and come back out. i just thank god i'm able to compete, but now i compete at the highest level. every time i've got to fight, it makes you think that if you go in there, you may not get out. we're there, you may not get out. we're the craziest people. all fighters, we are having some type of mental illness, because we fight each other. we're crazy! but boxing is something that will grab you and hold you tight. it's your—round

sport, and emotional support as well. now, what happens when you plan a tournament and then the flights carrying lots of your players are delayed? i'm if you're the reader masters, you continue without them. there were problems with planes travelling to latvia for the riga masters. what happens with lights? it was crazy, really. we got on the plane, all ready to go, a privatejet, but really. we got on the plane, all ready to go, a private jet, but the tyre burst when it was ready to leave, so the flight was delayed. that's fine, all flights get a late. by that's fine, all flights get a late. by the time is delayed, it was too late to go because of all the thunderstorms due around the uk and europe, so the flights were cancelled. and we know now many of

the players had been affected, but do you know how many? on our flights, there was around nine of us, including the reigning champion, neil robertson, so he couldn't go retain his title. have you spoken to the organisers, do you know why they have decided to go ahead without so many crucial players? it's tough, because it's a 3—day event, they can't relate delay the tournament by another day, they have to get all the matches on. if you're not there, you're not there, they have to go on with it, we have to respect that. so it's happening, other players being disqualified or just not it's happening, other players being disqualified orjust not be encountered? we have all been withdrawn from the tournament and any opponents were going to face, they have a bite to the next round. we have to wait about the prize money, we have to make an appeal. i'm not really sure at the moment. might talk a bit of amusement on

twitter at the moment, can you swing what has been happening? neil robertson was meant to play someone who was on the flights that we missed, so they had a little banter between them both on twitter. thank you so much for taking the time to join us, i hope you get there in the end to latvia, thank you again. cheers, bout. what a shame, i wonder what those players are spending their time other stranded? thank you for joining their time other stranded? thank you forjoining us, one sport for the rest of the evening, bye—bye for 110w. new data has become available that shows temperatures reached 38.7

degrees celsius at cambridge university botanic gardens. this is a professional temperature recording, but figures confirmed by the met office in the next few weeks, it will become the highest temperature ever recorded in the uk. that was at the peak of the heatwave on thursday. looking at the picture through tonight, outbreaks of rain becoming more expansive across england, scotland and maybe into parts of wales as well. temperatures not as hot as recent nights, up to 17 degrees, so a more comfortable sleep ahead, though perhaps still a little warm. through the evening, this band of rain stretches across scotla nd this band of rain stretches across scotland and parts of england is. this front will be slow moving, the amount of rain from place to place will vary a lot. but was up to 60mm for some, that is up to a month's worth of rain. it could last into sunday, that's your weather.

this is bbc news i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 7pm. borisjohnson says 20,000 more police will be on duty in three years. but is the target, achievable? i think it is the most fundamental investment you can make in society. reducing crime, making our streets safer. carl beech, a paedophile who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against famous people, has been jailed for 18 years. one of his victims , harvey proctor, has condemned him tonight. more travel disruption for passengers after yesterday's hate. trouble for sports direct, as the retailer's financial results