hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. sublime smith and the australian team go one up, in the ashes series, as england surrender on the final day at edgbaston. england's players had a day to forget at edgbaston. joe root‘s side lost by 251 runs against australia, and are now 1—0 down in the ashes. they had a huge target to make, after steve smith's second century of the match inspired the tourists. but england fell miserably short, bowled out for 146 before tea. the team have it all to do now, with the second test, at lords, just over a week away. our sports correspondentjoe wilson was watching today's action. england fans may have been tempted to edgbaston today by the offer of a £5 ticket for under 16 is, and maybe

by the memory of what happened in an ashes test match ten years ago, when england defines lead to a famous drawer. similarities to that match, not many, except that james anderson was batting at the end. —— famous draw. his inability to that throughout this match a key talking point. rory burns the first man out, but he can live this test match with a lot of pride. jason roy is clearly learning how to play in a test matches, and his dismissal was when he will regret. perhaps trying to play a twenty20 style shot, it didn't look good. nathan lyon are bowled extremely well. he did what i experienced spin bowler is supposed to do, on the final day of a test match, with the pitchjust to do, on the final day of a test match, with the pitch just wearing. and certainly australia's captures on top form. most of the dismissals, i think you could say, were down to good australian bowling. and catching. but would somebody resist

for england? would somebody give the crowd something to cheer? local boy chris woakes did that, for a while, a few smiles in the crowd, but everybody knew the game was up. chris woakes was the last man to go, and at that point, you could see an australian team leaving the fortress of edgbaston recharged with energy for the rest of this ashes series. credit has to go to australia. we we re credit has to go to australia. we were bowled out today. it was not gifted to them. but ultimately, i think we've got to look further back in the game. and they fought extremely hard to get into that position. there are things we can ta ke position. there are things we can take from the game, absolutely, from both sides of it, i thought for three days we were brilliant, and to get into that position with a lead of 98 was a strong one. and u nfortu nately, we of 98 was a strong one. and unfortunately, we couldn't quite get it right yesterday. probably felt behind in the game for

about three days, so they will be stuck at it and kept growing and was a real credit to our boys, and the la st two a real credit to our boys, and the last two days, we played superb cricket. —— kept going. there are four tests to go, we are not here to win the first test at edgbaston, we are here to win the ashes. we have been clean on that for some time. we are obviously happy to win the first test, a huge step in the right direction, but we are certainly not satisfied with that. but i think tonight will be quite a different feel to most test wins we have had. we are over here to do something that a lot of us teams have struggled to do, and we realise that we can do it, that it will be spoken about for a long time. at the end of that test match, australian captain tim paine admitted he felt his team were banned for three days. and yet, on the fifth day, they end up winning soca brands away. so much to discuss. we are here with a man who played 52 test matches for england,

and was batting for five years. mark, first of all, second innings batting performance, could spectators have expected some are more resistance and resilience from england? ideally, yes, but we know that this is a tough pitch, we know that this is a tough pitch, we know that nathan lyon is an experienced off—spinner, but i think around 350 international wickets, so he has a very good operator on a pitch i bet he wishes he could roll up and take around with him. it turned, it bounce, and he bowled very accurately. i thought whilstjoe root was there with jason roy, they played pretty competently for a period of time. but thenjason perhaps lost patience and tried to hit nathan lyon over the top. he was out, then that meant no one really got going after that. so a difficult day at the office for england, but i certainly don't think the coaches will dwell on it. from a coach's perspective, mark, if you had a ten—year—old boy or girl, and they

said, iwant ten—year—old boy or girl, and they said, i want to back like steve smith, would you say, go ahead? steve smith has developed this technique. -- bat like steve smith. he has had thousands of tennis balls. —— cricket balls. and he has developed an excellent method. and maybe with your coach's experience, can you see why england took the risk to pick james can you see why england took the risk to pickjames anderson at the start of the test? it had to be a calculative risk, and it was one that went wrong. he would have gone through numerous tests, the medical staff are very thorough in the work they do. unfortunately, it didn't work, which is a great shame. let's hope that we see james anderson at some point in the remainder of the series. mark, thanks so much. yes, a bit of a break now until the second test at lord's. a lot of things for england to think about, and also to ponder their methods against steve smith. manchester united have made harry maguire the most expensive defender in the world —

signing him from leicester city for £80 million pounds on a six—year deal. for more on the transfer, here's our sports correspdondent david 0rnstein. manchester united have been struggling in central defensive areas for a long time now. they have expended with many players, many players they have given long contracts too, so a bit of an issue there, because what will be do with them now that harry maguire has come in? a huge amount of money, £5 million more than liverpool paid for virgilvan dijk in million more than liverpool paid for virgil van dijk injanuary 2018 to sign him from southampton, and what a su ccess sign him from southampton, and what a success he has been. united will hope that maguire has a similar success hope that maguire has a similar success rate at old trafford. it is a six—year contract with an option ofan a six—year contract with an option of an extra year on top, and this is a player who made 76 appearances for leicester, scoring five goal two, and is of course now a regular england international, as we saw last summer at the world cup. —— five goals. manchester united will hope that this is the sewing that helps to propel them back into the big time, back into contention for

the major trophies. let's get a check on the day's other sports news now. the 33—year—old was released by chelsea at the end of last season, after seven years with the club. he madejust two premier league appearances last season. carl frampton is out of this weekend's bout in philadelphia against emmanuel dominguez. frampton has reportedly suffered a freak injury, dropping an ornament on his hand, breaking two bones. british number one johanna konta lost in the first round of the rogers cup in toronto, beaten 6—3 6—2 by ukrainian teenager dayana yastremska. it was the world number 14's first match since wimbledon. huddersfield have lost their opening game of the new championship season. they were beaten by last season's losing playoff finalists, derby county, who had dutch legend philip cocu in charge for the first time. lydia campbell reports.

with relatives in heartbreak for one, and play—off heartbreak for the other, both huddersfield under derby would only do an early—season morale boost. —— relegation heartbreak. that might be a new season, but i do to have the same old defensive problems. tom lawrence capitalised to open the scoring. but of the first goal was a messy one, the second was anything but. slick passing from start to finish, lawrence again the man with the final touch. absolutely magnificent! but things in football are rarely straightforward. student daya gave away a penalty that was coolly converted. —— derby give away a penalty. huddersfield's top goal—scorer in their last championship campaign should have pulled them level here. and that

miss proved costly, with derby seeing the game out, giving new boss philip cocu a perfect start to life in england. lydia campbell, bbc news. 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 the daily mirror's political correspondent, nicola bartlett, and henry zeffman, political correspondent at the times. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in.

eu leaders are operating on a "working hypothesis of no—deal" after a meeting between european commission officials and brexit diplomats from the other eu members today — that's the telegraph's lead story. 0n the same story, the guardian says borisjohnson has no intention of renegotiating the withdrawal agreement and a no—deal brexit is his central scenario. the prime minister would refuse to resign even after losing a confidence vote so he could force through a no—deal brexit on october 31st, says the times. the metro reports that the six—year—old french boy who was allegedly thrown from a viewing platform at the tate modern yesterday is no longer in a life—threatening condition. the ft leads with the story that china has allowed its currency to weaken below a key threshold in a marked escalation of its trade war with the us.