half—century from steve smith, wanta another half—century from steve smith, want a batting phenomenon he is. he eventually went for 82, caught by ben 82 is steve smith's lowest score of the entire ashes series. what an incredible statistic. he eventually went for 82 but by then, australia already out of sight. england have a tall order, 383 their target to win. they have already lost two wickets. fairto they have already lost two wickets. fair to say they will need something utterly remarkable. we know what happened at headingley. if england we re happened at headingley. if england were to survive through to the close of play tomorrow and get a draw, surely that would be even more extraordinary. i was going to ask you before we lost the two wickets was there any confidence that england could bat out today? a nice advert for it to africa and england when the world cup and everyone thinks we are wonderful but this shows this is the true test. why it is it so difficult for them to be good at the test match is and not —— be good a test to be good in the one day international? it has been an enthralling ashes series. what happened to he

ryan crotty and ben smith each scored two with george bridge leading the way with four tries.south africa in yokohama on 21st september. australia also ended their world cup preparations with a win. they beat samoa 3a points to 15, scoring six tries in sydney. dane haylett—petty and matt to'omua crossed in the last 10 minutes to see the hosts home comfortably. still to come on sportsday: we look ahead to what could be a career defining us open final for serena williams at flushing meadows. and mike bushell dances down to sussex to take on his fellow strictly contestant and paralympic table tennis champion will bailey. to the us open now. and in just over an hour's time serena williams can put herself in the history books — with a record—equalling 24th grand slam, if she can overcome her opponent in the women's final. the 37 year old will take—on the canadian teenager bianca andreescu — exactly two decades after winning her first title in new york — before andreescu was even born. but in her pre—match interview, williams said the record isn't her only motivation to keep playing

there france was a potential candidate until ceo ben smith shot down the idea on friday. what it would do. to try to incorporate an airline hi like exile into alphonse it's not something we're willing to do because of the- tension and perhaps the art the destruction of the stability that t we've createted on t the social frontd alfofonse. nineteen h has been a difficult year for air travel so far major companies like jet airways thomas cook wow where anand fly bmi have all ceaseded operations. let's takeke a lookk next to some other business news from around the world that we're following for you. general motors will continue to pay for health insurance for its forty eight thousand striking workers. the automaker decided to reverse its initial decision to push those costs on the united auto workers union after widespread outcry at that decision. the strike is in its twelfth day it's the longest in thirty years analysts say it's costing the us company a hundred million dollars every day. plagued by scandals wells fargo made goodod on its promise to appoint an outsider a ce

ryan crotty and ben smith each with two, george bridge leading the way with four tries.rld cup preparations with a win. they beat samoa 3a points to 15, scoring six tries in sydney. dane haylett—petty and matt to'omua crossed in the last ten minutes to see the hosts home comfortably. ferrari's charles leclerc will start tomorrow's italian grand prix in pole position, just ahead of lewis hamilton. but final qualifying in monza was described as "farcical" after most of the drivers failed to record a fastest lap whilst waiting for the best slip stream opportunity. jim lumsden reports. the third round of qualifying got off toa the third round of qualifying got off to a disastrous start. after a few moments, he shunted into the wall and the second time his applet but remain went astray this weekend. leclerc had topped the first qualifying with lewis hamilton quickest in the q2. in bizarre circumstances quickest in the q2. in bizarre ci rcu msta nces after quickest in the q2. in bizarre circumstances after the round three got back under way, many of the drivers failed to make

don't move but some people are now worried about what the kurdish pullback means for their safety ben smith reports from antakya near the turkey syria border . under the supervision of the us military syrian kurdish y p g fighters filling tunnels and defensive positions along the border with turkey. the y.p. g. forms the bulk of the u.s. trained and backed syrian defense force the s t f it will now pull back between 5 and 7000 kilometers although turkey is demanding a 30 kilometer buffer the surface of the people with 30 kilometer a large number and would cut us off from an important broad that leads to aleppo it is impossible the administration would accept this because of the impact on our daily lives. goodish administered northeastern syria has been relatively peaceful after y p g fighters pushed out i saw earlier in the war the u.s. considers the kurds their most important partner in the fight against isis but turkey says the y p g is allied to the kurdistan workers party the p.k. k. so it's a long term presence along the border won't be tolerated. the p.k. k. which was formed in turkey

waging a crushing offensive to recapture its lead it began a cease fire early on saturday morning ben is smithis monitoring developments from had a techie syria border the u.s. led coalition is confirming that it targeted a building to the east of city that it says was connected with a group linked to al qaeda or a training facility in al jazeera sources on the ground we've spoken to sources who confirm that they say that this was a training center for this group connected with al qaida it encourage people from all ages young boys to teenage men to older men to come to training that's why we we have seen video where at least there is clearly one injured child in the video but that it was the issue with the sense of the all age groups the good it was believed to be this training center for this al qaida connected group and it's an indication really of the concern not just that turkey hasn't of the russians have but also that the americans have that in this last rebel held part of syria the northwestern part of syria there are these hard core groups resisting conducting a last stand joshua landi

waging a crushing offensive to recapture it lead they began a cease fire early on saturday morning ben is smith is monitoring developments from had the other take a cherian border the u.s. led coalition is confirming that it targeted a building to the east of city that it says was connected with a group linked to al qaeda or a training facility in al jazeera sources on the ground we've spoken to sources confirm that they say that this was a training center for this group connected with al qaida it encourage people from all ages young boys to teenage men to older men to come to training that's why we we have seen video where at least there is clearly one injured child in the video but that it was the issue with the scent of the all age groups that it was believed to be this training center for this al qaeda connected group and it's an indication really of the concern not just that turkey hasn't of the russians have but also that the americans have that in this last rebel held part of syria the northwestern part of syria there are these hard core groups resisting conducting a last stand. the lead

and now to iconic batsmen, steve smith and ben smokes now —— ben stokes now in the thick of this serieswn to how these two individuals fair. —— fare. former brazil world cup—winning manager luiz felipe scolari has been sacked as head coach of palmeiras. the 70 —year—old was dismissed after a run ofjust three wins in 14 games, which culminated in copa libertadores elimination to gremio last week and a heavy 3—0 defeat to title rivals flamengo on sunday — the club's seventh consecutive brazilian serie a match without victory. scolari has been replaced 57—year—old mano menezes, another former brazil manager, who has signed a contract until the end of 2021. slovenia's primoz roglic holds the red leader'sjersey heading into wednesday's hilly 180 km 11th stage of the vuelta a espana. thejumbo visma rider is now almost two minutes clear of world champion alejandro valverde after claiming victory in the individual time trial over 36.2 km on tuesday. previous leader nairo quintana of colombia dropped to fourth with 11 stages remaining. scotland have named their squad for the upcoming rugby world

ben stokes dropped, and by steve smith.her was helping. ashes test match in mid—september, do you spot a cloud on the south london horizon? just a low—flying stokes. that shot took him to 50. some in the crowd celebrated with the enthusiasm children. some in the crowd were, in fact, children. don't think that's denly‘s. now he was 94. but out. denly‘s best score for england, but still that disappointment. england would have loved to see him get 100. still, it's the match that matters, and withjos buttler batting fluently, england prospect lead stretched past fluently, england prospect lead stretched past 350 into match—winning territory. far enough ahead, coach? just one thing. steve smith is still playing, and he doesn't make many mistakes. wow. this evening, catching, and he will have another go at batting. still to come on sportsday... cycling's tour of britain concludes in manchester... dutchman mathieu van der pol was the rider to catch with a 12 second lead in the standings. and breaking, basketball and bmx — the worl

ben stokes dropped, and by steve smith.he weather was helping. ashes test match in mid—september, do you spot a cloud on the south london horizon? just a low—flying stokes. that shot took him to 50. some in the crowd celebrated with the enthusiasm children. some in the crowd celebrated with the enthusiasm of children. some in the crowd were, in fact, children. don't think that's denly‘s. his first ashes series at 33. now he was 94. but out. denly‘s best score for england, but still that disappointment. england would have loved to see him get 100. well, it's the match that matters, and with buttler batting fluently, england's lead stretched fluently, —— england's lead stretched past 350 into match—winning territory. far enough ahead, coach? just one thing. steve smith is still playing, and he doesn't make many mistakes. wow. this evening, catching, and he will have another go at batting. there's been more success for frankie dettori this afternoon. he rode the favourite logician to victory in the final classic of the flat ra

hugely influential for england, got rid of australia's openers again, and got rid of steve smith cheaply. when bentook that catch iraq in england thought they had the match. but wade was the batsmen who would defy them and make a century. his battle with jofra would defy them and make a century. his battle withjofra archer in particular was as as anything we have seen. larger times getting up to 95 mph. there were stairs between them, words between them, but archer did not get weighed out. they fell tojoe did not get weighed out. they fell to joe root‘s did not get weighed out. they fell tojoe root‘s spin bowling. he has not had the impact on the series with his batting that he would have liked. but he made an impact with this much with his wickets and the final catch to enter things in the early evening. is it possible that both teams and this series feeling happy? because australia retain the ashes but england have levelled it with this win. this is a somewhere they have also won the world cup. a final thought, if i've just matches have been played in front of huge crowds. the ashes, significant

bowl it somewhere where smith can hit it, but put a fielder there. ben and it felt like the match. just 23 for smith today but there was one nice surprise still waiting. he was applauded off the field. what could england's captain do? well, bowl. mitchell marsh fell tojoe root but matthew wade was defying england. hot afternoon, temperature rising at his contest withjofra archer was suddenly frozen in time. anyone blinking? no. on 117, wade fell, not to pace, but to guile, to root, bairstow‘s stumping. the final moment was also the captain's — root‘s catch for the match. the ashes remain in australia's hands but the series is level and england's long summer ends with another smile. joe wilson, bbc news, the oval. to the premier league, where watford fought back from two goals down at half—time to draw 2—2 at home to arsenal. quite some start for quique sanchez flores in his first match since being reappointed watford manager. pierre—emerick aubameyang scored twice in the first half to put the visitors in front, but they really unravelled after the break.

ramallah in the occupied west bank with abraham shortly but 1st let's cross to bernard smith in west jerusalem ben of the races still too close to call so what's changed compared to april's vote. well daryn this time the crown is slipping off benjamin netanyahu has had his not for not yet though but compared to april he won this time but he was unable to form a coalition this time he hasn't won so it's a very different scenario facing benjamin netanyahu it's not all over for him yet but he's called as you heard in his report their. attempt to scare his boat voters to get out to vote and say the arabs will turn out and i numbers well in fact that backfired in the arab vote did turn out in high numbers and although they don't take part in the israeli coalition governments they could down the line and up recommending maybe benny gantz to help form some sort of unity government although they would never take part and he might help might recommend not to the president so this time around there's much more. play and have a door leave him and he could be the one who ends up being the kingmaker no love lo

ben stokes caught by steve smith. a p pa re ntly stokes caught by steve smith.their sorrows. a match they have to win. it's time to the football. gareth southgate says he thinks his side have everything to prove i say ta ke side have everything to prove i say take ona side have everything to prove i say take on a group two side bulgaria. after bulgaria they then play kosovo at st mary's on tuesday. victories in both games would make qualification a mere formality for next yea r‘s qualification a mere formality for next year's tournament. we have everything to prove in terms of where we are pitched in world rankings. i think we are competitive against any team but equally i think there are a number of teams who on their day, as was proved in the summer, are capable of beating us. so we have to keep striving to improve. qualifying for scotland looks a really tough task. they

stuart broad again hugely influential, getting rid of australia's openers and steve smith cheaply. when ben thought they had the match, but matthew wade was the batsmen here who defied them and made a century and his battle with jofra archer in particular was as fierce as anything we have seen in the summer. archer getting up to 95 mph at times and there were stairs between them and was between them but archie did not get matthew wade out, that fell to joe root. but archie did not get matthew wade out, that fell tojoe root. he has not had the impact on the series with his batting that he would lie but he made an impact in this match with his wickets and with his final catch to end things in the early evening. now, is it possible that both teams end the series feeling happy? australia retain the ashes but england levelled the series and this was the summer when they also w011 this was the summer when they also won the world cup. a final thought, these five test matches have been played in front of huge crowds and the ashes significant to the whole concept of test match critic seems as import

ben stokes dropped, and by steve smith.k that's denly‘s. now he was 94. but out. denly‘s best score for england, but still that disappointment. england would have loved to see him get 100. still, it's the match that matters, and with jos buttler it's the match that matters, and withjos buttler batting fluently, england prospect lead stretched past 350 into match—winning territory. far enough ahead, coach? just one thing. steve smith is still playing, and he doesn't make many mistakes. wow. this evening, catching, and he will have another go at batting. australia still have an innings to come, still tonight there is left in this test match. england have just tonight there is left in this test match. england havejust finished play on 313 for eight. a lead of 332 runs. from where i am standing right now, i can barely see a cloud on the horizon. thanks, joe. and, before we go, the theft of a solid gold toilet worth £1 million is being investigated by police. the 18—carat, fully functioning, plumbed—in toilet opened to the publi

stand by for another surprise — ben stokes dropped and by steve smith.tter than smith, normally... england's batsmen were on top and even the weather was helping, ashes test match in mid—september? yes, you spot any clouds on the horizon? just a low—flyi ng clouds on the horizon? just a low—flying ben stokes. that shock to come to 50, some of the crowd celebrated with the enthusiasm of children, some in the crowd were, in fa ct, children, some in the crowd were, in fact, children. i don't think that isjoe fact, children. i don't think that is joe denly‘s! fact, children. i don't think that isjoe denly‘s! his first fact, children. i don't think that is joe denly‘s! his first ashes series at 33 and now he was 94 but out. his best score for england but still a disappointment — england would have loved to see him get 100. it isa would have loved to see him get 100. it is a match that matters and with buttler batting fluidly, the english lead stretched into match—winning territory, 382 ahead by the close, far enough? just one thing — steve smith is still play

bowl it somewhere where smith can hit it but put a fielder there. bentoday, but there was one nice surprise still waiting. applause he was applauded off the field. what could england's captain do? well, bowl. mitchell marsh fell tojoe root but matthew wade was defying england. hot afternoon, temperature rising. his contest with jofra archer was suddenly frozen in time. anyone blinking? no. on 117, wade fell, not to pace, but to guile, to root. bairstow‘s stumping. the final moment was also the captain's — root‘s catch for the match. the ashes remain in australia's hands but this series ends level and england's long summer ends with another smile. joe wilson, bbc news, the oval. to the premier league then, where watford fought back from two goals down at half—time to draw 2—2 at home to arsenal. quite some start for quique sanchez flores in his first match since being reappointed watford manager. pierre—emerick aubameyang scored twice in the first half to put the visitors in front, but they really unravelled after the break. tom cleverly taking advantage

standby for another surprise — ben stokes dropped, and by steve smith.h in mid—september? yes, do you spot a cloud on the london horizon? ben stokes 250 with this shot. some in the crowd celebrated like children, others in the crowd were actual children. i don't think that isjoe actual children. i don't think that is joe denly‘s. he actual children. i don't think that isjoe denly‘s. he was 94, but out. his best score, but still the disappointment. england would love to have seen him get 100. it is the match that matters. england's lead stretched into the 300s. steve smith is still playing, and he doesn't make many mistakes. saturday evening catching? he will have one last go at batting. it's been frustrating at times the series to get started and not be able to capitalise. it felt pretty good today. a very good bowling attack we're coming against each game, would you expect a test level, but i think this australian attack is certainly up there, and they make you work hard for every single run. it's all set up for an exciting final day at the solheim cup

ben croucher has the sport. how do you get steve smith out?‘s stepping down as a conservative mp. he says he‘s been torn between "family loyalty "and the national interest". his resignation comes as borisjohnson prepares to make a direct appeal to the public, arguing for an early general election in a speech in west yorkshire shortly. mps are to have another vote on whether there should be an early election on monday after the prime minister failed in his attempt to get parliament to agree to a snap poll yesterday. meanwhile, peers have begun debating a bill to stop a no—deal brexit, which is due to pass through the house of lords tomorrow. our political correspondent chris mason reports. point at the man who‘s prime minister and you completely disagree with on brexit. this is jo johnson with his brother, boris. he is also an mp — but not for much longer. take a look at this tweet. he‘s packing it in, and why, because he says he‘s torn between family loyalty and the national interest. ouch. reporter: can you tell us when you‘re planning to res

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broad then struck the crucial blow — australia's star batsman and england's nemesis steve smith, well caught by bene hasjust got and in the last few minutes, matthew wade has just got his century. australia, 200 and 30 to—6. —— 232-6. as you can see, a very busy day of sport. let's get to the premier league action, then — two games today. we'll have news of arsenal against watford in just a moment. but first, bournemouth got their first home win of the league season with a 3—1 victory over everton. two goals from england striker callum wilson doing the damage, on what turned out to be a pretty comfortable afternoon for eddie howe's side. that victory lifts them up to eighth in the table. ryan fraser with the other goal after dominic calvert—lewin had equalised for everton. everton now slip to 11th in the table. psychologically, hugely important that we win that first home game as quickly as possible. that's why today was a huge moment in our season. we are indebted to our goalkeeper who made a couple of really good saves as well, that should not go without mention, and we took our chances at the ti

bowl it somewhere where smith can hit it but but i feel there. benuded off the field. what could england's captain do? well, a bowl. mitchell marsh fell to joe root but matthew wade was defying england. hot afternoon, temperature rising at his contest with jofra archer was suddenly frozen in time. anyone blinking? no. on 117, matthew wade fell, not to pace, but to guile, to joe root, bairstow‘s stumping. the final moment was also the captain's joe root‘s catch for the match. the ashes remain in australia's hands but the series is level and england's long summer ends with another smile. joe wilson, bbc news, the oval. there has been a thrilling finish at golf‘s solheim cup. europe have beaten the united states to regain the trophy. suzann pettersen, currently ranked 665th in the world after onlyjust returning to the sport after having a baby, winning one of the final two matches. sarah mulkerrins is at gleneagles, and it was a dramatic ending wasn't it sarah? it was a sensational sunday here under the scottish sunshine. remember, it's six years since

and could this be the breakthrough england need 7 australian steve smith is out for 82 — caught by england hero bengood evening. pressure is growing on borisjohnson to make clear he'd abide by legislation requiring him to seek a further brexit extension if there's no deal with the eu. a group of conservative mps are preparing legal action if the prime minister refuses to carry out the instruction, which is expected to become law on monday. the former attorney general, dominic grieve, has warned that mrjohnson could end up in prison if he defies the law. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. another stand—off in westminster. protest and counterprotest today. over the prime minister's plans to suspend parliament and mps's attempt to force a delay to brexit. borisjohnson has spent the week in campaign mode. preparing for an election he wants by opposition parties won't allow, before an extension to brexit is a secure, something he is adamant he won't ask for. i'd rather be dead in a ditch. as many of that opinion is content. to the contrary, not content. the contents have it. but parli

ben stokes to grab the ball just above the effort by ben stokes to grab the balljust above the grass. the whole game looks different when steve smith miss, these were the moments that really mattered and everyone knew it —— sam curran. marnus labuschagne had... frustrating, or inspiring. try to stay positive. captainjoe inspiring. try to stay positive. captain joe root inspiring. try to stay positive. captainjoe root needs to keep a cool head because shortly australia will resume on 55—2, 239 runs behind. if england could get rid of steve smith early, they would find themselves in a strong position but of course that is that if we have been repeating for months. indeed! while on the air, the prime minister has been tackled on his decision to suspend parliament. he was told he should be with mps in westminster. someone with the power to sort out what matters most to local people. like our mps, boris. maybe go back to parliament. indeed. yes, iam maybe go back to parliament. indeed. yes, i am all in favour of our mps. why are you not with them in parliament sorting out the mess you have created? i am very happy to get back to parliam

ben roethlisberger hurt and looks good here and that is because he's got juju smith- schuster who isown, taking the lead 13-10. that was the only big play. mid fourth, down three. but threatening, uh-oh, watch the replay. the ball goes off of richie ganz's face mask. the fifth turnover of the day for kyle shanahan. seven place later jimmy garoppolo to pettis. he catches the game winning touchdown with 1:15 to go. 49ers win it 24-20 and heading into the bye week, bring it on. >> two have two games like that where things don't go perfect says a lot about the guys in there. it also says our guys are pretty relentless. they did not waver at all. they were excited at half time in the 3rd and obviously they were real excited when we got back in. >>> other members of that raiders will fall to 1-2. left most of the game, just perfect and they are one heck of a running football team. this guy is great. >> today was the oakland a's regular season home finale. now 3-0 with calhoun and a good story out of the high school. his second homer of the game, talking about the opponents, but hey this is

and heartless and immoral — ben stokes hits out at a newspaper article revealing his family tragedy from over 30 years ago. also coming up in the programme: we hear from zoe smith hearfrom zoe smith on her journey back from the brink of despair. this hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm gavin ramjaun. more on the evening's champions league games, but first, backs coach for wilds rod howley has been sent home over an alleged breach of laws governing betting and anti—corruption six governing betting and anti—corru ption six days governing betting and anti—corruption six days before their opening game against georgia. our reporter is at the principality stadium. bring us up to date with what has happened today. a statement from the welsh rugby union has confirmed the news that started to break out of japan that rob howley, the wales assistant coach for the last 11 years, has been sent home and is returning back to wales. the reason is that he is being investigated for a potential breach of betting rules. we know nothing more about the allegations, the amounts involved, or who he bet on, whether it is in previous games of forthcoming games in the world cup, but it h

smith. that's coming up just after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for a look at the weather with bencent hours. this heavy rain piling quite quickly northwards, this particular stripe of rain as it has moved across the south of england and has given huge amounts of rain. we have seen ten millimetres injust amounts of rain. we have seen ten millimetres in just an amounts of rain. we have seen ten millimetres injust an hour in cardiff before 11pm, millimetres injust an hour in cardiff before "pm, that will give some big puddles, surface water and spray. that heavy water will move eastwards. and then is moving northwards by the end of the night. the northern half of scotland, apart from the odd shower, seeing some dry weather. this low pressure system slides its way eastwards through tomorrow morning, very strong winds on its southern flank in these bits and pieces of showery rain working is with good contains a really squally gusty winds —— working its way eastward, northern england seeing this rain continuing, and when the rain does persist for any length of time, there could be some

smith. some catches are unmissable, rory burns battled hard to 47 when he looped the ball to a sad conclusion. for him anyway. wherever benas furious with himself, and in the dressing room to applaud his captain. joe route 250 and a hint of satisfaction. perhaps sensed this was looming. flattened by cummings, no catches required. australia took control, they picked marsh for this match, and he got ben stokes out like this. just another day in the ashes office. let's remember, the australians must be tired too and in the last few minutes jos buttler be tired too and in the last few minutesjos buttler has played some big shots. england 271—8, sophie, just maybe there is some life in the ashes yet. joe, thank you. and some good weather for the ashes, darren? yes, and this picture was taken earlier on today at the oval. blue skies at times, not all the i mind you. further west in wales it has been much cloudier and cooler, and we have rain and drizzle for wales and northern england. that will slip southwards overnight, clinging on to southern counties by the end of the night. apart from a few showers in northern scotland it w

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ben stokes century which saw england win by one wicket at headingley. one of the many sub—plots in manchester will be england fast bowlerjofra archer and australia's steve smith at lord's, causing him to miss the last match. another one of england's pace bowlers, stuart broad believes archer won't change his style when he faces australia's leading run—scorer again. the first thing is it's great that steve's ok and coming back into test cricket, but test cricket's a brutal sport and it's a sport countries are going hell for leather against each other. i'm sure when steve comes in, d raft jofra other. i'm sure when steve comes in, draftjofra will other. i'm sure when steve comes in, draft jofra will be other. i'm sure when steve comes in, draftjofra will be in rooty‘s ear wanting the ball, and that's the intensity test cricket brings. it was also revealed today that there will be a change to the england batting order. joe denly will open at old trafford, swaping places with jason roy, who drops down to number four. ireland head coachjoe schmidt has named his world cup squad with a shock omission. devin toner has been left out. the leinster lock has featured 60

ben stokes pull off another miracle? it isa miracle? it is a lot to ask him. yes, very difficult with steve smithhe ashes, was undone by a late flurry of wickets, that meant they closed the third day of the fourth test on 200 for five — so still 297 runs behind australia's first innings total. andy swiss reports from old trafford. oh, the joys of cricket in september! a morning wash—out at old trafford, but it wasn'tjust the skies that looked a little gloomy — england's ashes chances were fading fast. they had to bat well and, for a decent while, they did, as rory burns and joe root combined to impressive effect. together, they shared a stubborn century stand and it was australia fluffing their chances, much to their very obvious frustration. but once burns was snaffled for 81, suddenly, the pendulum swung. moments later, root was following him, trapped leg before for 71. that brought in the hero of headingley, ben stokes, to a predictably raucous reception. cheering and applause. but at the other end, there was rather less to cheer... commentator: bowled him! ..jason roy emphatically dismissed b

ben stokes century that saw england win by one point at headingley. one of the subplots will be england fast bowlerjofra archer and australia's steve smith facing each otherad believes archer will not change his style as he faces the leading run scorer from australia again. it is great that steve is ok, that is the first thing. he is coming back into test cricket. but test cricket is a brutal sport, and a sport when countries are going hell for leather against each other, i am sure when steve co m es against each other, i am sure when steve comes in, jofra archer will be wanting the ball. there is no doubt about that. that is the intensity that test cricket brings. it was also revealed today that there will bea also revealed today that there will be a change to the england batting order, joe denley will open, swapping places with jason roy who drops down to number four. in rugby the ireland head coach has named his world cup squad with a shock omission, devin toner has been left out. that leinster lock has featured 60 times, more than any other player. john kline only qualify to play for ireland three weeks ago and has taken the place of toner. ireland be

smith was out with concussion. he is back. and we make that happen ain? he is back. and we make that happen again? everyone is thinking we need rain from england fans, and ben. but if anyone can rescue england, he can. all that happened at headingley has gone out the window again. steve smith has once again proved what a fantastic regular he is. —— cricketer he is. steve smith hit a double century as australia dominated the second day of the fourth test against england. smith made 211 as the tourists eventually declared on a97—8 at old trafford. england will resume on 23—1. serena williams cruised through to the final of the us open, beating elina svitolina in striaght sets. —— straight sets. she will have a chance to win a record—equaliing 2ath grand slam singles title when she faces 19—year—old bianca andreescu in tomorrow's final. and a calamitous own goal from luxembourg's kevin malget gave northern ireland a 1—0 win in a friendly in belfast. they host germany in a euro 2020 qualifier on monday. we will have more in the papers in a moment. matt has the weather this morning from st katharine docks in london. it looks lovely where you are. good morning. g