england recovered their intensity while stuart broad has swept through teams before. here, chris woakes was his arch companion in accuracy. the overhead conditions, the pitch conditions suited bowling. the english fielders caught everything and ireland suddenly looked like a team playing their third test match ever. defend it, hit it, anything! well it is easy from the seats. batting sometimes seems impossible when you are actually doing it. decades of development and dedication and... 38 all out. england's world cup spirit endured. i think we've come from the unknown, haven't we? we've never been in a position where we've won a world cup and half of the side have been a part of that and then very quickly have to adjust for test cricket. i thought this morning we were outstanding, i really do.

we exploited those conditions beautifully. well this test match will serve as a preparation of sorts for england as they look ahead to the ashes, that's next week. as for ireland, the chance to play on a stage like this, well, who knows when that will come again. i guess they must try to remember the hope, rather than the missed opportunity of today. joe wilson, bbc news, at lord's. that's it. newsnight is getting under way on bbc two. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. have a very good night. good evening and welcome to sportsday with me ben croucher. here's what's been making the headlines on friday... 38 all out. ireland's hopes of a first test win against england are shattered. rain didn't stop play at the tour de france, hail, snow and a landslide did. and we've got a new leader too. we'll tell you who shortly.

and a new leaderfor england netball too asjess thirlby is named as tracey neville‘s successor as head coach. ireland's first test match against england won't be forgotten in a hurry. memories of bowling england out inside a session on wednesday must seem like a distant memory now. it's after they capitulated to 38 all out at lord's failing in their run chase in spectacular fashion for the lowest test total at the home of cricket. from there, our sports correspondentjoe wilson reports. when england managed to bring to this day and this remarkable test match was the intensity. they

themselves lack in the first days. it is hard to raise it to be mentally fresh after so much already happened in the summer. the ashes are next week and everyone knows that and death match would have served as some kind of preparation for that and certainly he will feel a lot better about his game having taken the wickets today and very bold or friendly conditions and that isa bold or friendly conditions and that is a point thatjoe rick came back to you at the close of the day. these conditions, favourable for the polaris replicated in the series game against australia and for four, time of preparation, time as ever will tell. for irish cricket, when will tell. for irish cricket, when will they get sh like this an opportunity like this, 182 runs, and the crushing scent of missed opportunity must live with them tonight. you must try to remember what they did early in the task back up what they did early in the task back up into today's possession of hope.

i thought there was that might not even close to a fair contest between that and bought out the whole game, i thought there were obviously periods it got better and easier to back and we were not having the best play by any stretch and managed a certain periods very well. we got put under pressure from some good bowling from ireland and they exploited the —— they exploited the conditions on the first morning particularly well. but we found a way to win against topley we put ourselves in that position which is why we have got it and it is tough to think that we need them it knew it would be tough this morning with the lights on and be hard work and we fought our way through that first session and got to the song coming out and it could have been a

slightly different story as well. whilst the men were humbling ireland the women were on the receiving end yet again thrashed by australia in the first t20 of the women's ashes. captain meg lanning's 133 not out was the highest t20 international score in the women's game as australia posted their highest total in the format of 226 for three. after crumbling to 22 for four, england were never in the chase, eventually making just 133 for nine. the win means australia will win the ashes outright with two t20s remaining. geraint thomas says he will fully support his team—mate egan bernal after the colombian rode into the lead of the tour de france with one competitive stage remaining. it came after the most dramatic stages in recent memory that had to be suspended after hail and snow caused roads to be flooded and even a landslide to block them. ben price has the details. if tour de france did not have

enough drama already, unbelievable scenes today at stage 19 and an avalanche caused by heavy hail blocked the road for the writers from the highest point of this year plus my tour and that meant officials were left with no choice but to abandon the race and that means there is a big change at the top. the man in the yellowjersey no longer has that honour, taken away from him by the 22—year—old colombian team, now leading this tour. welshman gary thomas down to third. dramatic scenes in the race today had to be cut short, writers we re today had to be cut short, writers were left confused and frustrated because things could not come to a conclusion. tomorrow the race starts here, the final stage in the alps before we move on to the very last stage in paris and tour de france

still throws up more questions than a nswe i’s. so this is how the general classification looks with just one meaningful stage remaining. egan bernal now has a 48 second lead overjulian alaphillipe who looks more likely to be defending his second spot than go for the win. defending champions geraint thomas is just 28 seconds further back with stephen kruiswijk and emmanuel buchmann also eying a place on the podium in paris. saturday's stage into val thorens has been shortened to just 59 kilometres and only the large final climb due to concerns over the weather. ferrari look to be in good shape ahead of tomorrow's qualifying for the german grand prix. they dominated practise today although their performance was temporarily overshadowed by a big crash by red bulls pierre gasly in the second session. charles leclerc was fastest, coming in a tenth of second faster than his ferrari team—mate sebastian vettel who was second quickest. championship leader hamilton was third fastest in his mercedes. hamilton leads the driver standings by 39 points.

i think the feeling is good because the high feel runs were good which was quite difficult from beginning of the season on our side and it is very positive and we get to keep working and it will be very strong tomorrow, potentially red bull, it is bad or it is raining, we know it is bad or it is raining, we know it is quick but it will be challenging and we look forward to it tomorrow. if it will lean the migraine on the weekend it is kind of a waste of a day but i did not feel like there is that much anyway because it is so hot and just cooler on the weekend and is dry, i think the tires will come back towards us and it will be more comfortable on the track so we will see. i love the rain so many days are always a good thing.

let's take you through some of the other stories catching our eye on friday... at day two of the evian golf championship, lee mi hyang leads on ten under par chasing her first major after finishing runner up at the ana inspiration earlier this year. england's mel reid was in contention after round one when she took a share of sixth place, but she's slipped down to 13th alongside charley hull six shots off the pace. and the pakistan bowler mohammad amir is to retire from playing test cricket so he can focus on limited overs. amir is regarded as one of pakistan's key bowlers, having returned from a ban for his part in a spot fixing scandal in 2010. british heavyweight dillian whyte has responded after testing positive for a banned substance ahead of his points victory over oscar 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. and britain's luke greenbank has won his first senior international medal at the world aquatics

championships he took bronze in the men's 200m backstroke, fighting back from sixth place at the halfway stage to set a new personal best. it's been a dark week for the sport of boxing with two fighters dying in the space of three days due to injuries sustained in the ring. deontay wilder says tragedy in the sportjust makes him train harder. speaking to the bbc‘s boxing correspondent mike costello, the world heavyweight champion says he is well aware ofjust how dangerous the sport is. it isa it is a scary feeling, that is why each and every time i go in the ring i make sure that i am ready. and it isa i make sure that i am ready. and it is a different animal because i know how serious the sport as, i mean we risk our lives for entertainment and i know, i have children as well and so i know, i have children as well and so it'll make you feel, put