a re for him so far on the store. we are very keen on making sure that we try and get the best out ofjofra. we keep making, creating an environment where he can learn can develop, not standstill as a player and keep growing in test cricket. root stop short of sake he actually play, the full sub useful to decide how much faith to put in archer‘s recovering elbow. there are other options in the pace of market would come to the craft of chris woakes or the spin of dom bess. important call. so often england and found himself with the wrong tools on foreign soil stop when their third test in a row and they will have an all—important away series victory. a big challenge for this group. and for young group as well. one thing we did very well at the two less venues was we read the conditions and we played them brilliantly. and this will be very different to that. making sure that we tune ourselves into that very quickly and make sure we have plenty of position, which will be every difficult. the got a good record here. very good understanding of how this ground differs from others.

south africa take the field... over the years, south african fast bowlers have ta ken well the years, south african fast bowlers have taken well here but they are without the fear of their pack. they will look one last time to vernon philander. his 64th and final test. this captain hopes goodbye comes with good luck. we would like to see vernon leave this game in the way that vernon deserves it. vernon's last bowling performance, you have to wonder, it's been unbelievable. in my perfect world, i want to see him get the storybook ending that he deserves. a nice sentiment, but victories don't come cheap in the city of gold. they must be earned. england will help there are still greater heights that lie beyond johannesburg. patrick gearey, bbc news. you can follow that one of the crooked social, 7:15am tomorrow ——

the crooked social. next, to more on the saracens salary saga. the english rugby champions, you may recall, will be relegated from the premiership at the end of the season after numerous salary cap breaches. the fulljudgement has been published and sarries' former chairman at the centre of the scandal has responded. we'll get more on this shortly, but first, sports minister nigel adams has had his say and feels the supporters are the biggest losers. it's usually disappointing for by. it's usually disappointing for rugby. it is absolutely right that the premiership has taken the action that it's taken, but i feel sorry for the fans, because the fans, they go and watch these games. like to thank that playing on a level playing field and saracens have taken the decision not to do so. it's disappointing. they have to ta ke it's disappointing. they have to take their medicine. we can speak to our sports news reporter laura scott for more. before report has been published today. what have we learned? the

main thing we learn today is the level and detail of those breaches. we have seen that over hundred three pages of this report, but it was not just co—investment that nigel wray had with his players but also issues to do with image rights, payments, and hospitality bills. due to legal reasons, the players names have been rejected throughout the report, but those have been widely reported elsewhere. the former saracens owner equity has try to explain the salary—cap breaches —— the former saracens owner nigel wray. he has talked about the heartbreak it has caused the club... he is running through, try to explain those arrangements, but i think what he has no knowledge as he should have disclosed those to the salary—cap manager and that perhaps we would not be in this situation if he had those conversations with the

very man who sort of is in charge of this issue. although i think he would still argue that these were investments, i think he's excepted now that the panel thought these were salaries and should have disclosed these arrangements. there were still a few questions lingering over the arrangement between saracens and premiership rugby. are we getting toward the end of this matter or is there still more to come? today has been a huge step in terms of improving the clarity runs this judgement. what is important to note is this is just to do with the novemberjudgement. this is this is just to do with the november judgement. this is is this is just to do with the novemberjudgement. this is how we reached the 35 point deduction and that big fine. he does not say anything about how they got relegated and so although this is a welcome development and comes off the back of immense pressure on firmer ship rugby and saracens to release thejudgement, it firmer ship rugby and saracens to release the judgement, it doesn't actually answer any of those questions about how it came that they had been relegated for next season, they had been relegated for next season, so they had been relegated for next season, so this question very much still remain. that's sports news

reporter laura scott speaking to me earlier. there's been a few interesting stories happening stateside too. tiger woods tease off the micro... woods has one on the a0 pints course. . . woods has one on the a0 pints course... “— woods has one on the a0 pints course... —— on the torrey pines course. you might not know the name zion williamson, but you soon should. he's the hottest prospect in the nba and made his long—awaited debut for new orleans overnight. made quite the impact, too, with 17 points in 3 minutes — but the pelicans still lost to san antonio. and two—time super bowl winner eli manning has retired from american football. the new york giants quarterback — younger brother of peyton — was named most valuable player in the super bowl twice. one player who's been lighting up america for a number of years is sam kerr. the australian international is the all time top scorer in the national women's soccer league in the usa.

she's just starting a spell with chelsea women and grabbed herfirst goal against arsenal at the weekend. she's been telling jo currie. she opens up her ws l account! you are set here in a chelsea shirt. you have been her for are set here in a chelsea shirt. you have been herfor a few are set here in a chelsea shirt. you have been her for a few weeks. are set here in a chelsea shirt. you have been herfor a few weeks. there was so much speculation about where you're going to go. i was at chelsea in the end? isaac it was really simple in the end. to me the most important is the people i work with, the people i work with the team. i did a bit of research on the leak. i honestly just thought the team just that fit me. football is really important and it's the most important and it's the most important thing to me, but at the end of the day, i want to be working with good people and i connected with good people and i connected with an overly wealth of she assured me the girls were a great bunch and i felt that they were on the brink of thing special. i thought i could help be a part of that and help take

them back to where they had been previously. why is england coming a big destination for australian players right now? i thinkjust it appeals to all of us really is at the moment. the league is growing. with the backing of the men's clubs, the biggest clubs in the world, being from australia, you grow up watching the premier league so it appeals to us. it some people... some people it supported these teams for their whole life. at the moment, just time for change for a lot of us. we've been in the usa while. the closest thing to home, i guess. like isaid, a closest thing to home, i guess. like i said, a lot of things had to fall in place for me to come. and i was nervous about coming just because they big move. cold weather! being further away from home, longer season, all the types of things. i just felt like it was not right for me at the time but now i feel like i've been welcomed in by the team and the club and i feel really co mforta ble and the club and i feel really

comfortable here, so i can see myself enjoying the winter months, or the summer months that are probably still winter? i can see myself loving and enjoying being in london. and charlton athletic up next in the fa cup for and charlton athletic up next in the fa cupfor sam and charlton athletic up next in the fa cup for sam kerr. great britain's men's table tennis team begin their quest in portugal today to qualify for this summer's olympics in tokyo. liam pitchford is the british number one and is going for a third olympic games, but he competed at the last one in rio whilst battling depression. he's been speaking to our olympic sports reporter, david mcdaid. well played, liam pitchford!‘ well played, liam pitchford! a vital win on the way to the real olympics quarterfinals. stronger in fact that most people realised at the time. if humans prior than that, i had been diagnosed with depression. humans prior than that, i had been diagnosed with depressionlj

humans prior than that, i had been diagnosed with depression. i got out there and i performed as best i could. yeah, it was a hard time. something that took me a while to get over. the british number one's mental health had begun to suffer if the death of his coach and mentor. when you lose someone that was helping you become the player that you are, it's kind of tough. i was waking up, i didn't want to go to practice. i didn't have any enjoyment in that hall and ijust did not know where i was going. pitchford feels his situation could have been used had he been afforded more understanding. there was a lot of coaches, they were quite hard and tough and the things that i was going through, it was, yeah, kind of just breast to scheid and said, "get on with it." ifirst just breast to scheid and said, "get on with it." i first spoke to some about it i kind of broke down and felt like i could not live with what i was going through any more ijust had to get it out. after that, i kind of felt the weight was lifted.

and then i can start to rebuild. and rebuild, he has, reaching a career—high 12 in the world. it is now image a qualified first third olympics in tokyo. i am probably the best place i have been mentally, physically and in my game, because i go out on the table now and i don't really fear anything i'm kind of quite proud that i managed to get through that and get to where i am now. so fearless and fighting fit, a different experience in tokyo surely awaits. best of luck to him. that gets under way at 7pm tonight. just before we go, a reminder of our top story — heather watson and harriet dart out from the australian open, ending british interest in the singles. left to the guys in the doubles now.

starting now on bbc radio 5 live, build—up to wolves/liverpool in the premier league followed by full commentary. lots more in sportsday with katie at 10.30pm. hope you can join us then. see you later. hello there. the winter has been so mild. even if you daffodils poking out. recent nights have not been ethical because we have much, much more clout around. that is the story at the moment underneath an area of high pressure. this weatherfrontier wandered its way southwards across scotland. some rain mainly for the western side of the country but ahead of that, a few places did actually get to see the sunshine today. but for many of us, it was pretty grey and gloomy and mist and fog critically on the hills. we will see that the net continues to lower.

western scotland, a bit of rain and drizzle, perhaps up towards northern ireland as well. temperatures typically for 5 degrees. tomorrow, a great day for many parts of the country stubby mist and fog tending to lift a little bit. there may be some brighter skies, perhaps brightening for northern ireland for a while. temperatures will be quite as high as today in scotland and that rain band is moving its way northwards over the western side again, eight or9 northwards over the western side again, eight or 9 degrees. but what if it moves away during the evening. high pressure starts to away on saturday and we start to see another weather front approaching from the atla ntic weather front approaching from the atlantic for signs of change on a really, but although we will pick up more of the south to south—westerly breeze on saturday, it's going to be generally dry. we may break up the cloud little bit more. one or two showers coming to western parts of wales, southwest england, and that weather front looking in the far west of the end of the day. more

significant change for the second half of the weekend. that weather front bringing rain eastwards. behind it, we are going to find some colder air coming to western part of the uk and the winds will be stronger on sunday as well. mild ahead of that rain, shower he outbreaks of rain on and off and moving very slowly eastwards, lingering in eastern england during the afternoon. elsewhere further west, it does brighten up with sunshine. showers in the west, turning wintry over the hills of western scotland. as the air gets colder here. so mild in the southeast but with some rain. and as we head into next week, there is more rain and showers to compulsively weather looks much more u nsettled, compulsively weather looks much more unsettled, and that means stronger winds as well —— more rain and showers. the weather looks more u nsettled.

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