the black caps will resume on 180—3, a lead of 134 thanks largely to devon conway's 91.tball, and the big news for the last 48 hours has been the appointment of that man, thomas tuchel, as the new manager of the men's national team. should the england manager be english, though? vice captain kyle walker has had his say. i can understand the english public thinking that it should be an english manager obviously taking control of the national team. but for me, just like what you said there, it's about who's going to get the results and it's proven, you know, at big clubs that he can go and manage. you know, big players with big you know, characters. you know, look at the likes of ps6. went to chelsea won the champions league against manchester city. he's gone to bayern. you know obviously didn't probably have the season that bayern technically normally have. but i think they came up against a good leverkusen team. so rightfully they won it, and, you know, that was it. but you know i think it's a it's a great appointment. well, after the international break the premier leag

devon conway top—scored and rachin ravindra also made a half century, but when he went, it sparked ats for 62, all to sundar, and were bowled out for 259. so india will resume batting on 16—1, that's 215 runs behind. tennis, and alex de minaur is into the quarter—finals of the vienna open after his second—round opponent, flavio cobolli, retired with a right shoulder injury in the second set. de minaur will meet the czech playerjakub mensik next. grigor dimitrov was surprisingly beaten by another czech player, thomas machac. it's a significant blow to the bulgarian�*s hopes of qualifying for the end—of—year atp finals. dimitrov won the first set on a tie—break, but then lost the next two, so machac will next face the seventh—seeded jack draper in the quarter—finals, and that's because he beat luciano dardari in straight sets. he raced past the italian world number 42 7—5, 6—1 in 76 minutes. draper is trying to win a second atp title this year. while world number nine daria kasatkina is through to the quarter—finals at the pan pacific open in tokyo. she won the ningbo open last weekend

devon conway top scored and rachin ravindra also made a half century but when he went it sparked a collapsetourists lost seven wickets for 62, all to sundar, and were bowled out for 259. india will resume batting on 16 for one, 215 runs behind. alex de minaur is into the quarter—finals of the vienna open after his second—round opponent, flavio cobolli, retired with a right shoulder injury in the second set. de minaur will meet czech playerjakub mensik next. and grigor dimotrov was surprisingly beaten by another czech player tomas machac. it's a significant blow to the bulgarian�*s hopes of qualifying for the end of year atp finals. dimitorv won the first set on a tie break but then lost the next two. machac will next face the seventh seeded jack draper in the quarter—finals. draper beat luciano darderi in straight sets. he raced past italian world no 42 luciano darderi 7—5 6—1 in 76 minutes. draper is trying to wind a second atp title this year. world number 9 daria kasatkina is through the quarter—finals at the pan pacific open in tokyo. she won the ningbo open last weekend and came from a

in reply devon conway made 91 as new zealand reached 180 for 3 by the close, giving them complete controlof 134. there's been an upset in the first semifinal at the women's t20 world cup in the united arab emirates. the defending champions australia, winners of the last three tournaments are out. beaten by south africa by eight wickets. joe lynskey reports. in women's t20 cricket this is the team to beat. since 2010 australia had reached all seven world cup finals. now south africa's bowlers went to hold down the champions. a big wicket for south africa! so far for south africa the way here had been smooth. four group wins from four but now came the spy photo edge made africa a sense of momentum. this was a batting stifled by wickets. australia force just 134. south africa had never beaten this team at this tournament. last years final at home was lost by a distance. this time they attacked. hopes of eight in a row brought down by bausch. making a half so you should do next century, africa with their with spare for the teams who always make the final, it's the end of the long trend. there