hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. a dark day for the sport — an independent report finds discrimination is widespread in english and welsh cricket. josh tongue gets the chance to become the talk of lords — the fast bowler�*s in the side, ahead of the second ashes test. and fighting talk from andy murray — the two—time wimbledon winner tells us he fancies his chances for next week's championships. hello and welcome along to sportsday. and we start with a damning

verdict on the state of cricket in england and wales. an independent report concluded racism, sexism and misogyny are widespread within the game. the report also found a prevalence of "elitism and class—based discrimination" in cricket. the sport's governing body say they'll use this moment to reset. our sports editor dan roan reports. from perceptions of exclusion and troubling stories of sexism and racism to fears of an elitist culture — just some of the testimony revealed in a damning report into discrimination in cricket. our findings are unequivocal. racism, sexism, class—based discrimination, and elitism are widespread and deep rooted throughout the game. the stories were absolutely horrific and it goes to show that the culture in cricket is rotten. the report called holding up a mirror to cricket heard from more than 4000 people with 50% saying they had experienced discrimination

in the game. 75% of those who suffered it did not reported to the authorities. the ecb has issued an unreserved apology for its failings and today, england captain ben stokes, who contributed to the report, made comment. to those who have been made to feel unwelcome in the past, i'm sorry to hear of your experiences. it is a game that needs to celebrate diversity on all fronts because without diversity the game wouldn't be where it is today. the report found women were treated as second—class citizens in the game, there was little to no focus on addressing class barriers, that many people felt excluded because of a heavy drinking culture, and that the ecb had failed to support black cricket. maurice chambers came to essex from jamaica as a teenager and says he experienced racism at the club. an investigation is ongoing. how many people of my background do you see playing

professional cricket, now, like these days? there aren't many of them, are there? this is the stuff that i'm going to face with whatever club i'll be playing for. nobody wants that. with both england's men and women hosting ashes series, this was meant to be a summer to savour. but as lord's prepares for a full house of the second test against australia, tomorrow, as well as well as excitement, there will be grave concern about one of the most chastening reports to rock english sport in recent years. the report's 44 recommendations include equal pay for the professional women's game, the removal of the annual eton v harrow is game, add a new regulatory body independent from the ecb. —— and a new. the report said that private schools dominated the talent pathway, it highlighted this programme at warwickshire,

part of the chance to shine initiative, designed to expand cricket's reach. i like fielding and when i catch the ball because that is self—esteem because everybody is supporting you. english cricket was already under scrutiny over the yorkshire racism scandal, exposed by former spinner azeem rafiq. not the ecb has three months to come up with an action plan. well, attention turns to matters on the field at lord's on wednesday — with england's men's side in action for the second ashes test against australia. the reports findings perhaps overshadowing what's set up to be an eagerly awaited clash as england seek to level the series. joe wilson reports. well, lord's is a fascinating place to be on a day there has been so much fresh scrutiny about cricket's openness and inclusivity. a lot of work has been done to try to change the elitist image of lords, and you can see that advertised. you can also see taking up space on the practice ground a new ashes lounge. a ticket there?

put your mind to £1500. under ben stokes england will continue their attacking approach with some bold selections. mark woods is still not fit so josh tongue will take the fast bowling option here. he did well against ireland. but this is australia. the only thing is different is it is a bigger occasion for him. you know, he's — he has had his first test match, his debut game, which he has had huge success from. so yeah, i think coming in and be able to use him in a full seamer role is something i'm looking forward to him being able to do what i think he is looking the challenges well. with australia 1—0 up, the classic ashes script is ruthless single—mindedness from them. maybe, but their captain speaks of a broader approach. he has a mind manager and a man manager. you talk about technique and working the nets. if you have 11 players comfortable in their skin and going about their own way, you take away a lot

of the inhibitions. that is where the biggest gains i think can be had in a cricket team. everyone says became a little differently. so it has been a strength of ours. i think it makes it easier when you have people in their 30s who, you know, they have been doing this for a fair while and know who they are a bit more than maybe when we were all18, 19, 20. we know we can't talk about what ifs, but what if jack leach had been fit for england in this series? he was here today in the t—shirt, maybe showing rehen ahmed where he might have set a field. but here we are on the eve of the second test of the series and england have already decided no specialist spinner. some football news to bring you now — and transfer—related as you'd expect — west ham have rejected a bid of £90 million for their captain declan rice from the premier league champions manchester city. arsenal are still expected to make a third offer for the 24—year—old england midfielder. it's thought west ham want a £100 million for their player.

and arsenal women have made theirfirst signing of the summer — swedish centre back amanda ilested, who joins the club from paris saint—germain. ilestedt has more than 60 caps for her country, and has been selected in the sweden squad for next month's world cup. staying with the women's world cup, brazilforward marta is set to play at her sixth tournament after being named in pia sundhage�*s squad. the 37—year—old has battled back from a knee injury that sidelined her for nearly a year. sundhage had this to say about the inclusion of the six—time fifa world player of the year. marta is the queen, marta is the icon. and just to be around her is contagious. she is generous and she has a lot of energy and i have said in a couple of interviews that add one part in the game, the final pass, she is one of the best. so just being around her

and you have a chance to play with her, i think that is very important. finally, it's been 10 years since andy murray won the first of his wimbledon titles, and the former british number one is ready to mix it with the best in tennis again as gears he up for the championships next week. murray opted to miss tournaments during the clay court season, in order to focus on grass. he won back—to—back titles at surbiton and nottingham this month and now inside the world's top 40, murray's been telling our reporter lee mckenzie that he feels confident against any opponent, at his famous stomping ground. it was an unbelievably important day for me and my career. you know, my feeling and it still would be the same today is that if i didn't win wimbledon, you know, probably my career would have been viewed as — that i would have failed, had i not done it. and obviously, winning wimbledon for the first time, it was an incredibly special

day for me but the over—sort—of—whelming feeling for me was relief. it wasn't happiness, it wasn't excitement, i was just relieved that i had managed to do it. i felt there was a lot of pressure on me to win that match. i put a lot of that i myself as well. and built up into my head to be something that, look, there is no question it is amazing to win the tournament here, i would love to have done it ten times, but, you know, it was built up to be this huge, huge thing and, you know, after i won, it was just, yes, relief, and i wasn't sure for a little while after i'd won, like where do i go next? but you are still here. you are still competing. i imagine you are not somebody who likes to make up the numbers. does that mean that you are sitting here believing that you have a good chance that this wimbledon? yes, i think i do, yes. i don't think there is many,

many players in the drawer that have the experience that i have on grass courts. —— draw. there aren't many guys in the drawer that i could — i could play on monday where i would think, you know what, i can't win this. granted, it will be extremely difficult to get to the latter stages again, but i do believe that i can do it, if, you know, i'm in the right place, physically and mentally, which, right now, i feel that i am. yes, it is definitely possible. confident talk from andy murray, there. you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc. co. uk/sport. from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, thank you for watching. we will see you again very soon

indeed. hello there. it looks like today will be the warmest day of the week, feeling quite humid, especially across england and wales, and it's across england and wales where we should tend to stay dry for much of the day. but there will be a band of rain pushing in across scotland and northern ireland that will continue its journey eastwards during tonight. so, we're in this wedge of warm and humid air, especially for england and wales. this cold front, though, will be pushing rain initially into northern ireland and then into scotland as we run through the day and behind it, it'll turn brighter, but there'll be some cooler, fresher air here and the rain will tend to ease down as it pushes its way eastwards. but much of england and wales will stay rather cloudy, generally dry, bar the odd heavy shower and some glimmers of brightness here in there. but it will be warm and muggy, 22 to 25 degrees here. but the mid to high teens,

further north and west where it brightens up behind the rain band. but through wednesday night, it looks like that rain band then starts to pepper up as it reaches the midlands, southern and eastern england. so send the rain may turn out to be heavy by the end of the night. and again, it'll be quite a warm, muggy night in the southeast corner, much cooler and fresher further north and west. this is the pressure chart for thursday. there's that weather front, very slow to clear from the southeast. so, it could be quite a wet day here. but elsewhere, it's brighter start to have sunshine around. one or two showers will develop as the cloud bubbles up mainly across the north and west of scotland. it'll be breezier, but it'll be wet across east anglia in the southeast, i think, for much of the day. in fact, some very welcome rain here. of course, temperatures are lower across the board, away from the very far southeast. we're looking at 15 to 18 in the north and the west, 20 to 22 for much of england and wales. for friday, though, another set of weather fronts start to spread down across the country thanks to low pressure. so it'll tend to stay quite cloudy and damp, but more isobars on the charts, too. so a breezier day to come on friday, especially around irish sea coast across scotland and northern ireland. it's here where we'll see most of the rain,

the heaviest of the rain. but we also some patchy rain pushing into western england and wales. further east that you are tending to stay dry with variable cloud, maybe some glimmers of brightness which could push temperatures up to 22 degrees. otherwise for most, it's the mid to high teens, so feeling fairly fresh for the time of year. into the weekend, low pressure continues to bring sunshine and showers mainly to the north and the west of the country. better chance of staying drier and a little bit warmer further south and east.

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