bester will be happy to com plete 290—8.happy to complete a century after saving an otherwise disappointing opening in christchurch where the top order was once again quite poor. ——jonny ba i rstow. a picture perfect place to rediscover the game's more beautiful sight. a dismal performance in the first test, england, like the sport, need to recover. this, though, not the way to go about it. alastair cook gone. in the's top batsmen for the quick succession. a painfully familiar collapse. only given a temporary halt when jonny familiar collapse. only given a temporary halt whenjonny bairstow sprung to the wicket, offering england a way to repair the damage. —— england's batsmen. the others intent on cruising through. jonny ba i rstow intent on cruising through. jonny bairstow was there to pick up the pieces after another wicket fell. he passed 50 in fine fashion. mark wood also reached a half—century. jonny ba i rstow also reached a half—century. jonny bairstow finished the day three short of three figures. but after a difficu

political bester and that image and off he flamboyant leader of the liberal democratic party ran for president for a sixth time this time around more than any other contender but this year's campaigning was a far cry from his heyday and hawkins was at his election h.q. all quiets in the campaign hates queue tonight as the media drift out and equipment is packed away the man himself didn't make it here tonight he made his post-election speech at a different location making his views on this election abundantly clear yeah that's a new word is that i estimate the result of the elections negatively the conditions are not equal and there were no debates the scandals were fake aim to attract attention the elections are under way they see third place firmly sealed for a position he is of course one before he's been on russia's political stage for nuthin.

england face new zealand in the third match of their one—day series overnight and bester says he wants quarterfinal stage at the welsh open in cardiff. barry hawkins playing yao printout from china. thailand's competitor for— three up against ian burns. he needs one more frame to riches first semifinal at a ranking event. that is all the sport for now. i'm off. lizzie greenwood—hughes is with you in the next hour. it's been lovely to see you. goodbye. i'm joined by chris morris for more on theresa may's speech. she said there were no historic precedent to watch is trying to achieve. she did cover a lot of ground. there has been a lot of criticism over the last year that the government is wanting to have its cake and eat it, it's not being honest with people. we've been told it would be the easiest negotiation of all time. this felt a bit more sober. there we re this felt a bit more sober. there were things she said, look, there are things that will be difficult and different. she mentioned the european court of justice and different. she mentioned the european court ofjustice and said