we build up to the second test at lord's with some injury concerns for ben stokes. and the latest sporting venture from the hollywood stars — ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney look to formula one, after success with wrexham. they thought i was canadian. hello, welcome to the programme. we start with cricket and the women's ashes, where australia have taken the first victory and a li—point lead in the multi—format series over england. the series started with a test match at trent bridge, before three odis and three t20s to come. australia won the test by 89 runs, as england were bowled out before lunch on day five. jo currie was watching. having lost five wickets before

close of play on day four, england always had a big task ahead, resuming on 116—5, they need another one 152 for a memorable victory. fans were resting hopes on a partnership of amyjones and danni wyatt, but those hopes did not last long, jones stumped on four. danni wyatt brought up her maiden test 50 to take england with in double figures of their target but the tail end collapsed around her and england were all out for 178 before lunch, a defeat by 89 runs, australia proving again why they are the best team in the world, england now have to win 5 of the six white games to guarantee regaining the ashes. the series continues on saturday with the first of the three t20 fixtures, before three odis. each white—ball match is worth two points, so england now know that if they are to win the ashes, for the first time since 2014 — they will need to win five

of the remaining six fixtures in the series. australia are the reigning world champions in both odis and t20 formats. former england bowler alex hartley looks ahead to that clash this weekend. losing five wickets overnight was crucial for england, they had a target that was chaseable, they would have been comfortable with that but there were three passages of play the five wicket loss and at the end of day three and day for where england did not bowl too well and let australia get away from them. england put pressure on australia but england dealt with the pressure better. how easy is it now to park these days and go again in the white ball part of the series? few days till they meet up as a t20 side until the game on saturday, they have to take those few days off, they have to reflect and look at where they can be get better, the message

from the head coach is about positivity and taking the game on, there are so many positive things to come out of that game, lauren filer was outstanding getting ellyse perry twice, everybody will be happy with that. they have to pick themselves up and win five out of the six white ball games, but take it game by game and moment by moment. the white ball games start with 3t2os what changes will there be to the side? the mentality stays the same i have been impressed by how heather has been speaking there has been brilliant play we need to reflect and move on. a shift in the squad, some players will come in, sarah glenn will come in and maybe tammy beaumont will miss out and things like that there will be a different squad going into the t20 �*s but that is the beauty of it because we are at home we can chop and change the teams have the best team out there at the moment. so, australia have the advantage in the women's ashes and they also do in the men's. the tourists beat england by two wickets at edgbaston last week and on wednesday the second test will begin

at lord's. england have concerns over the fitness of spinning all—rounder moeen ali, so 18—year—old rehan ahmed has been called up as cover. moeen was hampered by a cut on his finger during the first test. that's one of the concerns for captain ben stokes. vice—captain ollie pope says, despite the opening defeat, his side remain confident. we spoke positively about the game and what we did well, what we can improve on this week, there is no fear of losing. that is something this team will never have, we may be 2—0 down, we will see it as a chance to win 3—2, that is the mindset we want to have that will hopefully reward us over the long run, in the series. well, the australia team have been in confident mood ahead of the second test. and they've had a few familiar names drop by to wish them luck. the mclaren f1 driver oscar piastri visited ahead of this weekend's austrian grand prix, while ricky ponting, who led australia to a whitewash win in 2007, also showed his support.

bowler mitchell starc says his side are pretty motivated by the prospect of taking a 2—0 series lead on english soil. it is not lost on us the opportunity that we do have, some of us it is the fourth trip here, coming off the back of 2019 when we retained ashes but missed out on winning it the, the carrot is there. certainly for the wider group of players and staff that had been so close, or have been here and lost a series as well, it is certainly incentive to continue the way we are going, and we are not looking too far past just this week. elsewhere in cricket — zimbabwe recorded the second—biggest margin of victory by runs in a one day international on monday, thrashing usa by 30a runs in harare in a world cup qualifying match. zimbabwe cruised to a total of 408 for the loss ofjust six wickets in their 50 overs, thanks largely to sean williams�* 174 off 101 balls.

usa struggled immediately in their reply — opener steven taylor was out for a duck and they reached 104 all out from just over 25 overs. zimbabwe reached their highest—ever total in odis, beating the 351 they made against kenya 22 years ago. and there was one of the great comebacks as the netherlands beat the west indies with a super over win in harare. logan van beek was their hero. the netherlands chased down west indies 374 runs to level the scores and send it to a super over and van beek hit 30 runs — including three sixes and three fours — and picked up two wickets to claim the victory. they won by 22 runs to go second in their group, while the west indies�* world cup hopes are in serious doubt. wimbledon champion elena rybakina has pulled out of eastbourne, one of the warm up tournaments for the grass—court grand slam, and that had lead to concerns over the defence of her title.

rybakina withdrew from the french open before her third—round match at the tournament last month, because of a viral illness, and last week she lost to donna vekic in the last 16 in berlin — saying she still wasn't100% physically, as a result of that illness. meanwhile, on the court at eastbourne, there was success for britain's harriet dart, who beat china's zhang shuai in three sets — an opponent 105 places above her in the world rankings. dart won in three sets in blustery conditions to reach the last 16. she's a wildcard for the tournament and for wimbledon, which begins next week. hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney are turning their sporting attention to formula one. after huge success with wrexham, the welsh football club they bought in 2020 and got promoted back into the football league,

the duo are now part of a group investing in the british based alpine fi racing team. renault, who are alpine�*s parent company announced the sale of a 24% stake earlier on monday. our sports reporter jane dougall explains the details behind the investment. the two actors are part of a group that paid more than $200 million forjust a 24% stake in alpine, it is led by red bird capital partners, they have cash, they bought ac milan for 1.2 million euros last year they are investor �*s in fenway sports group. that is where the money is coming from. a big part of the actor's contribution will be their profile and raising the profile of alpine, don't forget their contribution and impact on wrexham was phenomenal, the documentary welcome with wrexham credited with doubling the crowds

and sales of merchandise, social media exploded as well. formula i does have the platform netflix series drive to survive but the us is its biggest growth area so alpine will be looking to capitalise on having two hollywood stars at the helm. tributes have been paid to the former scotland manager craig brown who has died at the age of 82. brown was the national team's longest serving manager, and was the last man to take scotland to a world cup finals. sir alex ferguson described brown as a "thoroughly wonderful man" in a statement released by the league managers association. a statement from brown's former club motherwell said he was an icon and influential figure of scottish football. roy hodgson has agreed to stay on as crystal palace manager next season. the 75—year—old is currently on holiday but is expected to sign his contract for the coming campaign when he returns. hodgson initially returned to palace in march on a deal which took him up to the end of the season, but he helped steer the club away from the relegation zone,

to finish 11th in the premier league. manchester city have confirmed their treble—winning captain ilkay gundogan hasjoined barcelona on a free transfer. the germany midfielder made more than 300 appearances for city, since becoming pep guardiola's first signing back in 2016. he won 12 major trophies at the club — and said it was a total privilege and pleasure to play for city, experiencing "hundreds of unforgettable moments". that's all from sportsday. we will see you again soon. goodbye. hello there. with a more active jet stream now it looks like we're going to see a more unsettled theme to our weather for this upcoming week.

there will be some rain at times, followed by sunshine and showers and generally it's going to feel a lot fresher than what we've seen of late with temperatures close orjust above the seasonal norm. now, this low pressure system will be the first of many. that's going to bring a rather breezy, cloudy, wet day to the north and the west of the uk. initially, northern ireland seeing the rain this morning and that rain will move across much of scotland, northern england, north wales and the north midlands. probably the best chance of staying dry with some hazy sunshine, although even here it'll be quite cloudy, will be across the south and the southeast. temperatures reaching highs of around 22 degrees — that is above the seasonal norm. a little bit fresh in the north and the west, but the humidity will start to increase as well. as we move through tuesday night, the rain begins to push away into the north sea. it'll leave a dry night with variable cloud, a bit of mist and murk, one or two showers. and it will feel a lot warmer and muggy as the humidity levels build, certainly across england and wales. so this is the picture for wednesday. we will have this weather front pushing into western areas

gradually on wednesday. it's a cold front introducing some rain, cooler air. but ahead of it, we're in a wedge of warm and more humid air across england and wales. so variable cloud, a bit of sunshine depending on how much sunshine we get will depend on the temperatures. but it's going to be warm generally across england and wales, one or two showers ahead of the rain band, which will be pushing into western areas. some of this could be heavy and thundery, but you'll see the temperatures coming down behind it. high teens here up to 25 degrees, though, central, southern and eastern england. then for thursday, it looks like that weather front may get stuck across the south—east of england. it could bring quite a bit of rainfall here, we think throughout the day. this other weather front will bring some enhanced showers to the north and the west of scotland, elsewhere, it's largely dry. so plenty of sunshine around on thursday, a bit of uncertainty to the position of this rain. it could be a bit further east across the near continent or a little bit further westwards. but at the moment, it looks like east anglia and the southeast could see some very much needed rainfall here. temperatures will be coming down, though.

it will feel cooler and fresher across the board — high teens, low 20s. similar story for friday and the weekend, it stays u nsettled. most of the rain in the north and the west. a better chance of staying dry with some sunshine in the south.

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