but for the first bowling, hard—working captain ben cummins, he has had a week off and he was seen heret. i love playing cricket. still the main reason i do it. still remember me as a kid going out and wanting to play games and win for australia. so the bowling can drain energy, but really i love it, i don't find it a chore or something hard to do. yeah, i feel really good. those little windows like the last week make sure i completely decompress, get away from it so when i come back i reach us and ready to go. were those imaginary games this sort of scenario, an ashes winning opportunity? for sure. it was was against england in the backyard. england need james anderson to deliver a classic bowling performance. they could do withjonny bairstow holding onto all his opportunities. such things they can to some extent control. the weather they can't. elsewhere, the commonwealth games federation insists the event doesn't face an existential threat after the state of victoria in australia pulled out of hosting 2026 games. the state claims the costs have tripled to about 4 billion us dollars,

for the first bowling, hard—working captain ben cummins, he has had a week off and is seen here todayoday reenergised.— and is seen here today reenergised. and is seen here today reener: ised. ., ., reenergised. i love it. i love -la in: reenergised. i love it. i love playing cricket. _ reenergised. i love it. i love playing cricket. still - reenergised. i love it. i love playing cricket. still the - reenergised. i love it. i love. playing cricket. still the main reason i do it. still remember me as a kid going out and wanting to play games and win for australia, so the bowling can drain energy, but really i love it, i don't find it a chore or something hard to do. ifeel really good. chore or something hard to do. i feel really good. those little windows like the last week make sure i completely decompressing getaway from it so when i come back i reach us and ready to go. so when i come backi reach us and ready to go.— and ready to go. what about this sort of _ and ready to go. what about this sort of scenario, - and ready to go. what about this sort of scenario, and - this sort of sc

ben stokes. they combined to dismiss pat cummins.king the ninth wicket, and like hundreds of others in his career. when you begin a date thinking, i'm not sure what will happen next, and you still have the emotion at about 6:26pm you know it has been a proper date of test match cricket until i tell you what has just happened? stuart broad has just taken the final australian wicket for england to win this test match. right now behind me at the 0val, he is walking off to the applause of the crowd and his family and every team—mate patting him on the back because we will never see that again. what will happen in the next few minutes is that australia will lift the ashes urn because we know the series has finished at 2—2 and they will retain the ashes but if england have done something over the last six weeks to when your heart, they've done the job they set out to do. because the broader point of all this is to promote this version of the sport and of test match cricket because a lot of people think it is kind of still the ultimate. you

england's captain ben stokes said he wouldn't have done it — the australian skipper pat cummins said lved. a spokesman for rishi sunak said: "the prime minister agrees with ben stokes. "he said he simply wouldn't want to win a game in "the manner australia did." in response, anthony albanese, australia's prime minister, said: "same old aussies — always winning." live now to perth where we can speak to anthony de ceglie — the editor in chief of the west australian who have been covering this story. you have been covering the story, a warm welcome to the programme. let us start by showing your front programme. let us start by showing yourfront page programme. let us start by showing your front page for today's paper? is this today's paper? we will show our view is that the viewers can get to see that? they cannot really see that? they cannot really see that image but if we scroll down you can see a very strong headline, cry babies. ben stokes who appears in the has tweeted and says that is definitely not me, since when did i bowl with a new. you are stoking the fire on this one? pardon

pat cummins last to fall. the catch from bent, 12 behind. joe wilson, bbc news at the oval. just take a look at these images, captured off the east coast of america. three humpback whales breached in almost perfect synchronisation,

ben stokes�* side got off to the best possible start to the morning, withjimmy anderson taking the wicket of pat cummins session. chris woakes wrapped up the innings with his fifth wicket, josh hazelwood caught by ben duckett. he was back in the action almost immediately but he didn't last long — duckett out forjust one. england at that point were 9—1, but they recovered before lunch. moeen ali and zak crawley steadied the ship. so this is where things stand at lunch on the second day. england 61-1, in lunch on the second day. england 61—1, in reply to australia's 317 all out. they will resume in the next few minutes at old trafford. as well as the world cup and the ashes, today is also the first day of the open at hoylake. australian cam smith looking to defend his title from last year. let's go live to our reporter, ben croucher, who has been watching the opening rounds. there are 156 golfers in the field for the 151st open championship. there are seasoned pros, major winners, but i'm not sure anybody quite predicted the south african amateur holding the clubhouse lead at the halfway mark of the first

pat cummins last to fall. the catch from ben stokes was a boundary classic — hold, step back, release and complete. england will bat, 12 behind. joe wilson, bbc news at the oval. just take a look at these images, captured off the east coast of america. three humpback whales breached in almost perfect synchronisation, as london's mayor presses ahead with expanding the low emissions zone, even though the labour leadership appears opposed to that, critics say it's just one more example of where the party could afford to be more radical. we'll hear views for and against the idea that keir starmer should be defining a bolder agenda for the next election. also tonight... we report from tunisia, the country where the arab spring began and was once a beacon of hope. but now galloping inflation and the strains of migration have set protestors once again against a hardline repressive regime. in their minds, democracy rhymes with anarchy. i think what's going on actually is going to lead us to become a failed state. and as the european spa

cummins accounting for the wickets. crawley, pope and brook with just three. captain ben — with australia looking to go 2—0 up in the series. so england with it all to do, and there's a lot at stake for the women's side in the ashes as well. they now enter the shorter form part of the multi—format series with australia, having lost the one—off test this week at trent bridge. our reporterjo currie, is at edgbaston for us, with the first of the t20's under way in a few moments. a huge one for england, this. they really can't afford to slip up here, given the defeat in the test. nice to see. how much do you think they'll be thinking about the rest of the shortforms i was going into this? ~ , ,., , ., ., ., this? absolutely. england women have a hue 'ob this? absolutely. england women have a huge job ahead _ this? absolutely. england women have a huge job ahead of _ this? absolutely. england women have a huge job ahead of them _ this? absolutely. england women have a huge job ahead of them following - a huge job ahead of them following that defeat in the test match they are n

cummins. with the next wicket mitchell starc is certainly thought he had got ben duckett but when the tv empoli, body, ground, he decided he wasn't in control of the catch so it stays 114-4. bull, control of the catch so it stays 114—4. bull, joe wilson, bbc news, lord's. this is how is stands at the end of day four at lord's. england now 114 for four. mitchell starc and pat cummins accounting for the wickets. zak crawley, ollie pope and harry brook falling for just 3: . .. a huge day ahead of england tomorrow, needing 257 to win. australia needing six wickets. much to do then, for the men's side — and there's plenty at stake for england in the women's ashes too. they're into the shorter form part of the multi—format series with australia, having lost the one—off test this week at trent bridge. our reporterjo currie, is at edgbaston for us, with the first of the t20's under way.. what is the latest so far? opening danny whiteman early on and was followed by alice cassie was run out. she thought she had got her bat over the line in time which he did do but that wasn't grounded. a run shortly aft

cummins won the toss and chose to bowl. a short time ago england were 52—0 in the tenth over. ben duckett scoring quickly so far.women's evian championship. their fourth major of the year got underway in france this morning — with canada's brooke henderson the defending champion. world number 2 nelly korda, had time out injured earlier this season, has been struggling in the majors since her return. world number onejin young ko and charley hull, storming finish at the last major the us open to end up second. and that's all the sport for now. welcome back. let's get some news that's broken in the past hour — the high court in london has ruled that the uk home office's "routine" housing of unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels is unlawful. the charity — every child protected against trafficking brought legal action, claiming the current arrangements are "not fit for purpose". justice chamberlain said the practice of accommodating children in hotels, outside local authority care, had become an established part of the procedure for dealing with unaccompanied asylum—seeking children which is unlawful. he told

ben stokes will be can't bow. australia's point of view in divesting him from pat cummins, captain and a fast bowler so interestingdear old david warner? dismissed for the 17th time in his career by stuart broad here today. england wouldn't mind seeing him again at old trafford. wouldn't mind seeing him again at old trafford-_ old trafford. joe, thank you very much indeed _ old trafford. joe, thank you very much indeed for _ old trafford. joe, thank you very much indeed for persevering - old trafford. joe, thank you very much indeed for persevering in l old trafford. joe, thank you very l much indeed for persevering in the weather. it has rather closed in on you. joe wilson, our correspondent at headingley. but we don't talk about them in tennis that much. therefore novak djokovic playing his 100th match at wimbledon today is pretty remarkable. his is one of the fourth—round matches on the order of play, so let's head there now and join chethan pathak. the women's number one seed iga swiatek is also playing. fourth day here at wimbledon although there were a couple of third—round matches to be finished off because

ben stokes passing his half century. england were bowled out for 237, joe root went for 19 on only the second ball of the day. caught by david warner off the bowling of pat cumminsg to second slip. a good catch from steve smith — mitchell starc the bowler. moeen ali then had a moment of madness, top edging and it carried deep to steve smith. and chris woakes was caught behind by alex carey. they were bowled out for 237. captain ben stokes can take much of the credit for that — he stuck in for 80. australia are 56 fori — they lead by 82. david warner the wicket to go early on — gone for one. heartbreak for mark cavendish who came within a hair's—breadth of winning stage seven of the tour de france, and with it a record record—breaking 35th stage win. with about 800m to go, cavendish came out to surge into the lead, butjasper philipsen got in his slipstream and accelerated past him for his third win of the race. so near and yet so far for cavendish, who was hoping to make history today on the seventh stage of the tour. still plenty of stages to go. that is the sport for now. thank you, jane. let's return to the war in ukraine. on the battlefiled is enormously chal

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cummins. we ran a good positive campaign in selby— ran a good positive campaign in selby ben— ran a good positived about them and their families— bothered about them and their families and their families' futures~ _ families and their families' futures. . ~ families and their families' futures. ., ,, ., . ., ., futures. talk about change in a fresh start. _ futures. talk about change in a fresh start, something - futures. talk about change in a fresh start, something keir - futures. talk about change in a - fresh start, something keir starmer has faced criticism about is a lot of what he has a doesn't sound must change. this week was the jury over the two child benefit gatwa he said that a labour government would be keeping that. is that something coming up on the doorstep, is that not something labour should be pledging to change was blue what people are bringing up with us on the doorstep was the housing in terms of their mortgages and the interest rates and the fact that the economy has been tense, they are not happy, they are suffering from it, they really are finding it very hard, the cost o