joe wilson reports. high above hampshire, beyond the empty seats, in the team huddle, the sun sort of shone. and the ball flew. gone! that wasjoe denly, gone. shannon gabriel puts everything into bowling at 90 mph. it is worth it. england's up—and—coming batsmen fell away. ollie pope, the fifth man out. but the big wicket was ben, captain stokes. before lunch, he should have been out but wasn't. dropped catches are expensive, a rapid rate of inflation. stokes was dropped againjust after lunch. frustrating for the west indies. and he got to 43, building another essential innings. but here came the west indies captain. jason holder is officially test cricket's best all—round player and both captains sensed the significance of that moment. jos buttler helped to raise a lot of money for the nhs during lockdown. he was out for 35 here, and england were soon 204 all out. six wickets in all for

jason holder, his best ever performance as a bowler. west indies‘ turn to bat. what we have seen at southampton is classic cricket with a few covid safety twists. players don't give their caps to the umpires to hold, for example. that is why mark wood ended up wearing two. while headband and lockdown hair is james anderson's latest look. finally he gotjohn campbell out lbw after several close calls. the anderson in motion. haven't you missed it? joe wilson, bbc news. the rapper stormzy has helped decorate the teenager's bedroom as a reward for his good behaviour at school. he paid a surprise visit to the home in croydon with a decorating company which each month does upper room of a deserving person. it's part of a scheme aimed at giving back to communities and helping young people. that would

definitely surprise you! time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. the weather looks like it will be better for cricket from friday onwards as we start to see more sunshine again because today was another grey, damp sort of day thanks to this weak area of low pressure. we saw outbreaks of rain and drizzle, and showers across eastern scotland, but high pressure is continuing to push into western areas this evening. dry out west with clearer skies, still cloudy further east and damp across the south—east corner, again quite muggy at times. something a bit cooler and fresher with the clear skies moving into the west by the end of the night. for friday, big differences. high pressure moving in, clearer skies, more sunshine around particularly for england and wales but still some showers breaking out in the north and east. some parts will stay dry and sunny all day,

temperatures around 19 degrees, but there will be a keen north—westerly breeze just knocking the temperatures down a bit. showers breaking out across the north and east of england. some of them could be heavy, perhaps thundery. for western scotland a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers, with a brisk north—westerly breeze bringing temperatures down to 14 degrees here. through friday night, high pressure builds so the showers die off away from the north and west of scotland, so a clearer night to come under chilly night as well for saturday morning, single figure values for most. saturday looks bright and sunny, fair weather cloud into the afternoon. sunday a warmer day but we will see wetter weather pushing into the far north—west corner of the uk. for the weekend, much drier and brighter, settled conditions thanks to high pressure. thank you. that's all from the bbc news at six , so it's goodbye from me ,

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. england's batsmen are held back after a masterclass by the west indies captain, in the opening test at southampton. a new era for chris froome — the british cyclist is to leave team ineos and join a new team hoping to challenge for titles. and family matters for trailblazing jockey lizzie kelly, who announces she's halting her career to have her first child. hello and welcome to sportsday — thanks for being with us. england's cricketers were on the end of a real captain's performance from west indies,

on the second day of their opening test in southampton. jason holder led the way with a career best six—wicket haul — as the tourists held england to a score of 204 in theirfirst innings. let's speak to henry moeran now, who's covering the game for us. how disappointed will england be to have started the day so badly, with several wickets falling in the opening session. there will be really frustrated. four wickets in the opening session today but perhaps it could just be a little bit understandable given that the relative lack of practice they've had coming into this series. no county cricket, they haven't played international crickets and slot them began in march. they had to leave that tour. the bigger concern for england will be the loss of wickets towards the back end of the innings whenjason holder took that flurry of england wickets. they fell from 154—5 257—8 and only thanks to don best injimmy anderson

they manage to get that score beyond 200. give themselves what we will have to wait and see what could be a total that is competitive in this game. ben stokes, leading the way for england today. how crucial is he to them and their performance going forward 7 to them and their performance going forward? he spoke to the bbc head of the game is that he plans to captain exactly as he plays. he's a positive cricket they would bat and ball and he did exactly what you would expect when you have the back and hand. 43 england top score. a little bit fortu nate england top score. a little bit fortunate dropping a couple of times with he did of the determination and aggression as a batsman that has helped england out of sticky situations in the past. also encouraging to see that when england we re encouraging to see that when england were bawling he was happy to bring himself on as well when he thought he could make a difference. man talisman that they look to be jason holder in terms of the battle of the all rounders, 6—42 showing why he is the number one ranked all around her in the world. there have real

confidence now, west indies, going for the rest of the test. and the weather is that they pick up. absolutely. in the last few moments, play has been abandoned for the day. west indies were not the face in my back pain and these i'll quit murky conditions. 57—1 at the close of play in only trailed by 147. —— at these murky conditions. that is all they have lost in the day so far. tomorrow and the rest of the test, the forecast is set fair and bad conditions are much better so they can look tomorrow and expect as long as they play the game correctly, they could surpass england first ending score and they will be favoured for this test match. thank you, henry. you are if i have announced that champions league lasix the matches will be played on home ground. —— uefa. that means man city will play

real madrid in the second home. three games that tell you about in the premier league. two have kicked off already and approaching half time. it's between everton and southampton. both sides mid—table. bournemouth need the points — they're four points adrift of safety — 0—0 against spurs. aston villa, level with bournemouth in relegation zone, are in action later — against a resurgent manchester united side. they're having a better run of form now then when we played them at old trafford. but there is a lot of desire within our team at the moment and the players know that we have 19 days, 18 days, i think it is, left and each one is as big as the next. let's take a look at some other headlines today. leeds can return to the top of the championship with a win over they're 4—0 up with

a few minutes to go. goals from matuesz klick and helder costa here. england midfielder lucy staniforth has joined manchester united women on a two—year deal. she's spent the last two seasons at birmingham city, where her contract has expired. she's been capped 16 times for her country and says she's made the move to "win trophies and make history" with united. and tiger woods will make his first pga tour tournament start since february at next week's at next week's memorial tournament. the 15—time major winner pulled out of the players championship in march with a back injury before the coronavirus shutdown. big news from the world of cycling today. chris froome is set to leave team ineos. the four time tour de france winner was the star of the side, previously known as team sky — and say‘s he'll treasure the memories, after a decade of success there. he's set to join a new team called israel start up nation from next season, as the sole team leader. we can get some more reaction to this now, with the bbc‘s tom fordyce. what's the main reason behind this departure for froome? this is a move i think works for all

three of the interested parties. it works for a debris also is the principle of team ineos because he has the embarrassment of riches. he has the embarrassment of riches. he has gary thomas, who won the tour de france in 2018 from he has egan been 110w france in 2018 from he has egan been now the young colombian who was a time difference last year. trying to fit those three into the same team for another tour would be fraught with danger. it works as froom is 35 yea rs old with danger. it works as froom is 35 years old now and he needs to be the tea m years old now and he needs to be the team leader. he has one for tors and he wants to become only the fifth man in history to win fire. he wants to win six if he can he needs to be out on his own and it worked for this new team, because they have a bona fide star in their ranks now. they have the man who is dominated the grand tours at the bigger stage races in cycling. he is dominated those through across the past six yea rs. those through across the past six years. it is a move that makes a lot of sense. what more do we know about this new team? it is run by an israeli canadian

billionaire name sylvain adams, who isa billionaire name sylvain adams, who is a very good cyclist himself. when froome one and 2018, it began in israel. the reason for that was silva adams. he is looking to build a cycling culture in israel and the success a cycling culture in israel and the success team. he has very deep pockets and whether he can build a tea m pockets and whether he can build a team quick enough to take froom tomorrow more grantor victories is one thing, the other question is whether over the next four or five yea rs whether over the next four or five years he may actually become as big a player in the sport asjim radcliffe, who is the man who bankrolls team ineos. if he is serious it could be that israel start up nation maybe be non—short term but in for five years emerge as a very serious player in men's road cycling. an ambitious team. froome clearly ambitious. does he have much left in the tank considering the serious injury he had over a year

ago? this is the great question. he has not won a race for two years. the main reason for that is as she said his horrific crash he had in june last year. he hit a wall and i think close to 50 km an hour and broke his hip and broke several ribs and his elbow. he fractured a in his neck. there were vertebrae in his neck. there were fears wa nt vertebrae in his neck. there were fears want to happen he would never write again. he has made a phenomenal comeback. but because of that injury and partly because of the shutdown to major sports, because of the coronavirus, he hasn't had to test himself. it will be interesting to see if he is not picton the team ineos team for the tour de france was to be going on at this point but at is been pushed back until the end of august. the question for the team will be gary thomas, and egon. froome may be one of his writers but will he want to risk having a man who is leaving the tea m risk having a man who is leaving the team and that team compete against the guys who will be staying with them? a questions ahead. thank you.

that government will open swimming the government is to re—open outdoor swimming pools from saturday in england . with gyms and leisure centres fol0utdoor swimming pools will be allowed to re—open from saturday in england, with gyms and indoor leisure centres to follow on july 25, from the saturday it means.” from the saturday it means. (the 20 for thejuly, indoor from the saturday it means. (the 20 for the july, indoor swimming from the saturday it means. (the 20 for thejuly, indoor swimming pulls and gems and leisure centres will be allowed to open. this is significant because it brings an end to the uncertainty that a lot of facilities and leisure providers have been filling. a frustration by many that pubs and restaurants were allowed to go first. it is a significant step forward and of course and a lot of people have been dying to get back into the gems will be really pleased by this. but of course this doesn't mean the industry is out of the woods. the chief executive of uk act

of one government last week that a lot of public leisure facilities we re lot of public leisure facilities were serious risk. they still need some help to shore up for the future and clearly there is still a lot of strict guidelines he facilities like the follow. it will not mean that all gems can open from the very start when want to and clearly some customers of the shims might not feel safe to go backjust yet and they might have adapted to fitness regime software which would of course effective of the facilities. for recreational sport, sports have to have an action plan approved. tell us more about that. yes. what they have said is that they have officially given the green light for recreational team sport to resume again. that is training and competition. and we know that cricket will be the first to do so. that will start up again this weekend. and clearly each sport is

going to have to comply with the strict government guidelines. to enable them to start. but the government has said they expect more to follow and believe from cricket. they have suggested that actually support this will be allowed to attend community sports pictures but within social distancing guidelines and in groups of either to households or a maximum of six people. they have also said that whether a sport which involves handling of a single ball escorts will have to work out ways can minimise the risk imposed by that so that might mean cleaning the ball when it is out of play but as i'm sure you will remember borisjohnson said that one of their issues with the cricket ball was it was a natural vector for disease. the good news for cricket today that it has had the go—ahead to start recreationally from this weekend. she's regarded as one of the trailblazers in horse racing. but today, lizzie kelly annonced she's halting her career