welcome to the programme. australia's mitchell marsh made an immediate impact on his introduction to the ashes, taking four england wickets on the first day of the final ashes test. the tourists are searching for their first series win, on english soil, since 2001 but england are digging in. jos buttler saving their blushes with a half century. our sports correspondentjoe wilson was watching the action, from the oval in london. a full day of test match cricket here at the oval and as we approach mid—september, we should be thankful for that fact alone. for much of the day, a story of catches, dropped ones. australia missed three opportunities to get rid ofjoe root before he reached 50 and thenjoe root, the benefit of that good fortune, seemed to get a bit stuck

himself. dismissed for 57. fortune, seemed to get a bit stuck himself. dismissed for57. beautiful delivery from cummins. clean bold, don't need any fielders from that. after that, it seemed like australia would take control. an interesting decision for them to bowl first and interesting for them to bring in mitchell marsh, not mitchell starc. he repaid that decision by taking four wickets and the ball to move. full to lbw ‘s to get rid of wokes. england was still going at the close of play, tanks mainly tojos buttler. jack leach with him in support. now, if england on the second day you can get their total to 300 and more, maybe that will put some scoreboard pressure on australia. even steve smith. well, marsh's recall has surprised many, but the all—rounder believes he can thank his coach justin langer for giving him the licence to attack with the ball. he came up to me at the start of the play at lunchtime and just said go

for it, attack. bowl the way you wa nt to for it, attack. bowl the way you want to bowl and i guess i was a little bit, not shocked, but it gave me great confidence to go out and give it everything i had. so maybe a change in mentality allowed me to bowl a bit more attacking lee as a player and it was fun. —— attackingly. if you apply yourself, there is one “ i’ui'is if you apply yourself, there is one —— runs to be had. if you bowled well, there were a wickets to be had as well. sri lanka's cricket board has received warnings that the national side could be the target of a terror attack ahead of their upcoming tour of pakistan. they haven't called it off, but say there needs to be a reassesment of the security situation. pakistan haven't hosted a test match since the sri lankan team bus was attacked 10 years ago by gunmen in lahore. eight people were killed, and several players, including kumar sangakkara and mahela jayawardene, were injured. the solheim cup gets underway later.

the first of three days of matchplay golf at gleneagles in scotland, and team europe are hoping home advantage will see them succeed, whilst the usa are aiming for a third consecutive win. here's sarah mulkerrins. backin back in scotland for the first time since 2000, that solheim cup a tt ra cts since 2000, that solheim cup attracts fa ns since 2000, that solheim cup attracts fans from all over europe and the united states. la la la la. the term it would be worth over £2 million for the scottish economy and gleneagles has a scottish history. the person who described —— who designed the cost described as the best parcel of land he ever worked on. julie inkster had skippered the us to victory in the last two additions and katrina matthew had played in nine solheim cup.

additions and katrina matthew had played in nine solheim cupm additions and katrina matthew had played in nine solheim cup. is the biggest one i have been out. when you first see it, it is quite overwhelming. i can't imagine what the rookies might think.|j overwhelming. i can't imagine what the rookies might think. i think it is great for the girls to be able to play in this atmosphere and in this many people. and to showcase really what women's golf is all about. the us have six rookies in their side and a younger but they are relaxed and a younger but they are relaxed and upforthe and a younger but they are relaxed and up for the challenge ahead. the great thing about having so many rookies is they are young and they have no fear because they don't know what to expect. they don't know anything. but we don't see it as anything. but we don't see it as anything negative. i think we have had the strongest team we ever had so we are had the strongest team we ever had so we are all super confident in each other and we really believe we can do this. i almost think this is the first time being in a team that we believe we can actually do it. the solheim cup always throws up drama. in 2015, the us fought back, winning eight of the 12 single matches to take the cup. expect more

of the same here at gleneagles. the pairings for the foursomes have been announced. sarah has more on the matchups. there has certainly been a party atmosphere at gleneagles as golf‘s solheim cup gets set to get under way on friday morning here in scotland. we have the all—important pairings for the opening morning. the first fairway you can see at ten past eight local time is where the first group of european and american players will go as europe looks to wrestle that couple back from the usa. let's look at the pairings. katrina matthews setting out quite forcibly for the europeans. carlota ciganda and bronte law other top—ranked players and look get things started against the ever experienced american morgan pressel alongside rocky marina alex. then you have celine boutier along with

georgina hall. —— georgia hall. they are up against lexi thompson and brittany alta murray. then you have jodi ewart shadoff and jessica —— a caroline masson taking onjessica and nelly korda, being the first siblings to play in solheim cup history. and then you have the experience to charley hull and aza ha ra experience to charley hull and azahara munoz, taking on the american rookies megan khang and annie park. the americans have six rookies and their captain has put five of them out in the morning sessions. keen to get them into the swing of things. the americans have w011 swing of things. the americans have won this event ten times, europe five. we will see over the next three days where this edition is going to finally go. primoz roglic has increased his lead at the vuelta a espa na with just three stages to go. the slovenian is almost three minutes clear after finishing second to 22—year—old colombian sergio higuita on stage 18.

but rival nairo quintana finishing eighth saw roglic strengthen his grip on the leader's red jersey. four—time singles grand slam champion kim clijsters has said that she plans to come out of retirement after seven years away from women's tennis. the 36—year—old first retired in 2007 two years after winning the us open to have the first of her three children. she then returned two years later, in 2009, and won two more us open titles and the australian open before her second retirement in 2012. she took to social media to announce her return to the wta tour next year. what do i really want from life? for the past seven years, i have been a full—time mum and i love it. i really, really do.

but i also love being a professional tennis player. what a remarkable story. american paraswimmer elizabeth marks has finally won a medal in london. five years ago she was due to compete in the inaugural invictus games, but fell ill and ended up in a coma. on thursday, she took gold in the s7 100m backstroke at the world championships. it is very emotional. as i'm here three years ago —— i couldn't swim three years ago —— i couldn't swim three years ago and i ended up on life support. this was a beautiful ending toa

life support. this was a beautiful ending to a very important chapter of my life. competing in tokyo is the end goal. our goal is to get to games. my personal goal is to get as many men and women from the military to come and try out for spot as much as possible. it saved my life. i think it has the possibility of saving others lives so this is my overall goal for this mission. yu darvish struck out 1a batters as chicago cubs beat the san diego padres to stay tied with milwaukee for the second national league wild—card berth. the japanese pitcher shutout the padres over six innings to help his to a a—1win. in among the strikeouts was darvish‘s 200th of the season, the fourth time he has passed that mark. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.

hello there. over the last couple of days, the remnants of two different ex—tropical weather systems have been in charge of our weather. first we had the leftovers of what was hurricane dorian passing to the north of the uk. we saw outbreaks of rain and brisk winds and during thursday, it was ex—tropical storm gabriel. not much left of it. just a stripe of cloud and as a cold front moves away from the south on friday, high pressure builds in behind. we will be left with a lot of fine weather, good spells of sunshine but a significantly fresher feel. humid air that has been associated with that ex—tropical storm being pushed up to the continent. we start off with cloud

in the channel islands and a bit of rain but that will clear quite quickly and then a lot of sunshine and dry for the majority. it will be windy in scotland but further south, the winds light. however, in the fresher air, temperatures a bit lower. top temperatures of 20—21 degrees for plymouth, cardiff, london, more like 17 in aberdeen. through friday night, temperatures will dip away. particularly down towards the south—west where winds will remain light. further north, more in the way of a breeze in northern ireland and scotland and some rain pushing back into the far north—west. the overnight lows seeing one or two spots down towards the south getting down to three or four degrees. high pressure still in charge for most of us as we go into saturday morning but notice frontal systems trying to squash in towards the north—west, bringing some outbreaks of rain and also some pretty strong winds. much of the rain on saturday is likely to be confined to the northern and western parts of scotland and a bit more cloud

into northern ireland and the far north of england. further south, a lot more sunshine and temperatures creeping up in southern parts. 22-23. always cooler and fresher across the north where it will be windy and particularly windy on saturday night through the far north of scotland and then into sunday, it looks like this frontal system will try to push a bit further south but uncertain as to how far it will get. maybe patchy rain into northern england and north—west wales. to the north something fresher and to the south, we could get up to 25 degrees. but looks like all of us getting into fresher air for the start of the new working week. however, with high pressure in charge, it will be largely dry.

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