unmista kably, alex hales wicket, but he survived. unmistakably, alex hales was the matchwinner.gland have named their squad for the first test against south africa at lord's next week. gary ballance has been recalled. the yorkshire captain was dropped after a poor performance against bangladesh in october but he's the second—highest run—scorer in this season's county championship averaging over 100. uncapped middlesex bowler toby roland—jones is also in the 12—man squad. the women's cricket world cup continues tomorrow with four more games. england's women play sri lanka at taunton in what will be their third match of the competition. they've had one win and one defeat so far. it's going to be a memorable day for anya shrubsole, playing in front of friends and family at her home ground. it is always nice to play at home. you have got familiarity of the surroundings. different from a normal tour or world cup. there is more people around and mac —— and more people around and mac —— and more going on. it is different from regulation home tour, but the opportunity to play a world cu

a record—breaking innings from england batsman alex hales helped nottinghamshire win the first silverware wickets at lord's in the royal london one day cup final. notts restricted surrey to 297 in their innings, taking the wicket of kumar sangakkara, who's had an extraordinary season with the bat, forjust 30. hales opening the batting in reply wasted no time getting his team towards that target. he made a century injust 83 balls and his score of 187 not out is the highest ever in a lord's final. it means his side won with two overs to spare. the final spots in the british team for next month's world athletics championships are being decided at the team trials in birmingham this weekend. world champions, like mo farah, or diamond league series winners, such as laura muir, don't have to qualify but the selectors have a headache for the men's 100 metres. favourite cj ujah withdrew from the final, and in his absence, reece prescod came home in first. so the 21—year—old will definitely go to the world champs, along with james dasaoulu who finished second. it could come down to a choice between

alex hales kept up his impressive form in county one day, smashing his way to 30, a lot to chase downhe day of play. 12 ahead of that score. batting for five overs. but nottingham took the win. let's turn our attention to the women's european championship that's taking place in the netherlands. england and scotland are both in group d and play their second matches of the tournament tomorrow. this is how the table looks at the moment. remember england thrashed scotland in the group opener so they're at the top with the scots down at the bottom. spain beat portugal 2—0 and sit in second place. and these are the group d fixtures tomorrow, with scotland taking on portugal in the day's early kick off, they really need a good result to keep their hopes alive. england play spain at 7.45 knowing a win would all but guarantee them a place in the quarterfinals. so let's get the latest from the england camp. our correspondent katie gornall is out with the team in the netherlands, as they prepare for tomorrow's game. england havejust finished quite an intense training session here in the sunshine

a record—breaking innings from england's alex hales helped nottinghamshire win the first trophy of theseason. they beat surrey in the one day cup final. notts were chasing 297 to win but hales wasted no time helping his team reach that target. he got his century in just 83 balls and went on to make the highest ever one day score at lord's. he finished 187 not out, helping his side win by four wickets. australia's cricketers' association has said this morning that their players will refuse to go on their a team tour of south africa later this week, unless progress is made in talks over a new pay deal. players want to continue to get a percentage of revenue while cricket australia want to fix salaries. novak djokovic has had the ideal warm—up for wimbledon by winning his first title since january. he beat gael monfils in straight sets at eastbourne. djokovic doesn't usually do much to acclimatise to grass courts, but accepted a wild card to play on the south coast after his early exit from the french open. 6—3, 6—4 the score. it's the first time he's played in the week before wimbledon f

a record—breaking innings from england's alex hales helped nottinghamshire win the first trophy of theeam reach that target. he got his century in just 83 balls and went on to make the highest ever one day score at lord's. he finished 187 not out, helping his side win by four wickets. australia's cricketers' association has said this morning that their players will refuse to go on their a team tour of south africa later this week, unless progress is made in talks over a new pay deal. players want to continue to get a percentage of revenue while cricket australia want to fix salaries. in the last hour, manny pacquiao has lost his wbo world welterweight title to australia'sjeff horn. the aussie beat the filipino on a unanimous decision after twelve rounds in brisbane. 38—year—old pacquiao, who has won world titles in eight divisions, had talked about trying to arrange a rematch with floyd mayweather, but may now consider another retirement instead. england won their final warm—up match before the women's european championship — captain ellen white scored both their goals as they beat den

alex hale's brilliant century looks like it could win the match for nottinghamshire in the royal london innings, with jason roy dropped in the slips. several missed fielding opportunities proved costly for notts. it allowed surrey‘s mark stoneman to move to a century and help his team reach a total of 297 off their fifty overs. but notts, led by hales, have made a very fast start to their reply. the england batsman moved to his century in just 83 balls. he has now passed the highest ever score made in a lord's final, on 151 . score made in a lord's final, on 151. his side are 213—5, 85 runs away from victory. gary ballance has been recalled by england for next week's first test against south africa at lord's. the yorkshire captain was dropped after a poor performance against bangladesh in october but he's the second—highest run—scorer in this season's county championship, averaging over 100. uncapped middlesex bowler toby roland—jones is also in the 12—man squad. back to the tennis. novak djokovic has completed the ideal warm—up for wimbledon by winning his first title since january. he

a record—breaking innings from england‘s alex hales helped nottinghamshire win the first trophy of theing his side win by four wickets. australia‘s cricketers‘ association has said this morning that their players will refuse to go on their a team tour of south africa later this week, unless progress is made in talks over a new pay deal. players want to continue to get a percentage of revenue while cricket australia want to fix salaries. australia‘s women are under contract to the end of the world cup. all eight teams are in action in the third round of group games today. england are up against sri lanka at taunton and pace bowler anya shrubsole is looking forward to playing on her home ground. i think it‘s always nice to play at home, because you get a bit of, kind of familiarity of the surroundings. it‘s a bit different, a world cup, from a normal tour, kind of as you‘d expect. there‘s a lot more people around, a lot more going on and things like that, so it‘s a little bit different from a kind of regulation home tour, but i think the opportunity to play a world cup in your home count