overton finish with two wickets, chris woakes finish with six.nce of ben stokes he is noa six. in the absence of ben stokes he is no a key player for england. six. in the absence of ben stokes he is no a key playerfor england. —— now a key player. with them being away it means we have all got to step up. hopefully i can do that and score runs and take wickets. that is the plan. i will be trying to do that. i feel like i the plan. i will be trying to do that. ifeel like i am building well heading into that test series. good work—out for england's bowlers but after the latest injury skier england will be hoping they can stay fit as well as focused. well australia is a hotbed of sport at the moment. as well as the men's and women's ashes the men's rugby league world cup is well under way. the women's version will soon start alongside it. england are one of six sides competing for the trophy but, as stuart pollitt reports, the players are in a very different situation to their male counterparts. a wet and windy morning in wigan. final training sessio

the countdown is on until the first ashes test, eight days to go now, chris woakes took six wickets onme. there were a couple as well for craig 0verton who's trying to get a starting place in the test team. play finished with cricket australia on 249 for nine. our sports correspondent andy swiss is in townsville. well with the start of the ashes barely a week away, a decent start for england's bowlers. but, no doubt that the start of the —— start of the show was chris woakes, will with no ben stokes here in australia. a lot of responsibility on his shoulders, and he seems to be relishing that responsibility. two wickets also the craig 0verton, as he continues his push for a test debut in brisbane next week. there was also a latest injury scare for england, just after lunch, johnny about a hat to leave the field for treatment after hurting a finger on the field. he was off the pitch for about 15 minutes. thankfully, it has turned out to be nothing worse than a bruised finger. during his absence, ben stokes made his debut on this tour. he took a catch. also some encouraging signs from th

that's the story, bairstow is on 3a, joined by the england bowler chris woakes, who is on 17.ing england are going to need somewhere around 250 in order to make a bit of around 250 in order to make a bit of a game of it, but at the moment the gabba has a history where those batting fourth quite frequently don't make more than 230, 240 runs. 238 apparently is the record run chase on being cold reliably from the gabba. nicknamed by australians as the gabbatoire because so few foreign teams have one at that particular match in australia. join us particular match in australia. join us for the headlines shortly. plenty more on our website, where you can get the latest from all our correspondence and in—depth analysis of our top stories: 0n the world. this is bbc news. —— our top stories from around the world. hello once again. saturday was pretty much a cold day right across the british isles and for that, you have to thank a supply of cold north—westerly wind coming between an area of low pressure up towards the north—east, high pressure down towards the south—west. and on that ru

coming up in sport: eight days until the first ashes test in brisbane, chris woakes the first ashes testne, chris woa kes takes the first ashes test in brisbane, chris woakes takes six wickets on the opening day of england's final warm up match. good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news at one. the army is now in control in zimbabwe after taking over the state broadcaster overnight. armoured vehicles are on the streets but the military have insisted they have not staged a coup. president mugabe is reported to be under house arrest. the british embassy in zimbabwe has advised uk nationals to stay indoors until the situation becomes clearer. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. snatched video films furtively tells some of the story, troops on the streets of harare, as the generals ta ke streets of harare, as the generals take control after 37 years of president mugabe's increasingly dictatorial rule. heavy gunfire could be heard in parts of the capital early this morning, but the picture overall is of uncertain quiet. it looks as if the bulk of the army has been moving to secu

fell for 56 and then just three runs were added before moeen ali fell to nathan lyon lbw before chris woakesent without scoring having faced just four balls. 270 — seven for england. and don't forget you can keep up to date with all the goings on in brisbane via the live text commentary on the bbc sport website and app. there has just and there hasjust and other there has just and other wicket fallen so 270 — eight. india are set to make some changes as they prepare for the second test against sri lanka in nagpur starting injust over two hours. sri lanka were in a sound position in the first test for almost four days before collapsing in the final session as the match ended ina draw. india have only two days after the conclusion of this tour, before they fly out to south africa for three tests, 6 one—day internationals and 3 t20s. as it usually, we are crammed full time which we need to assess in the future. we assess the team but we do not look at how many days we have to play. everyone is atjudging players after test matches but it should be after test matches but it should be afame game a

chris woakes was the star bowler with four wickets, after jonny bairstow and mark stoneman both made. at the rec, bath came from behind to beat the defending champions leicester 33—31. bath won it with a late penalty try to go top of their pool. elsewhere, wasps comfortably beat ospreys from the pro 14 and sale fought back to beat saracens. history was made in ireland this evening, as the women‘s barbarians played their first ever match. and it was a successful start for the side as they beat munster women i9—0. the barbarians team included players from seven different nations. britain‘s katie archibald missed out on gold in the omnium at the world track cycling championships in manchester, after being overtaken in the final moments of the endurance event. the scot took silver but could have gone one better. she won the elimination race but could not hold off american jennifer valente in the final points race. american jennifer valente outsprinted her at the end to take the title. there was a disappointing start to the season for britain‘s two man bobsleigh team. competing at the ope

jonny bairstow still to come, chris woakes, the more responsibility on his shoulders in the absence oftokes. both sides know, whatever happens over the course of the morning, the course of today can it could be pivotal to the outcome of the match. we need a good hour in the morning with the guys that can come in, score quickly. getting through the new ball early in the morning. hopefully building up towards 300, dredge and 50, 400 if we play well. pretty evenly poised. all depends on what happens in the next morning. they batted the whole day. did not really get away from us. they batted quite well. four down at the end of the day, pretty even result. i do think we're going to blast them out tomorrow. trying to bowl good balls. there is enough there, a little bit of nip in the new ball. a bit of swing, hopefully a couple of early ones can get into the tail—enders. should be an intriguing second day's play. a lot of the fans already inside the stadium. that is because players starting half an hour early because of yesterday's rain delay. a little extra play today. the session, the morni

just eight days before the first ashes test begins in brisbane, chris woakes takes six wickets againstov at the atp tourfinals in london — he beats david goffin in straight sets at the 02 arena. but it's football that we're turning attentions to now and northern ireland defender corry evans says all the players are hoping that michael o'neill will remain in charge at windsor park. this is after it was confirmed that the scottish football association has made an official approach to the irish fa for permission to speak to o'neill. he's the sfa's preferred candidate to succeed gordon strachan as scotland manager. o'neill has been in charge of northern ireland for six years butjust missed out on world cup qualification after defeat to switzerland at the play—off stage. he's a popular man — as he's understood to also be in the frame for the vacant manager's position at sunderland. ideally we all want michael to stay. the players love him. the fans love him. everything he has done. we are really grateful for what he brought to the team. but michael will have that decision to make. i think h

fell for 56 and then just three runs were added before moeen ali fell to nathan lyon lbw before chris woakes

this is chris woakes taking six wickets against a cricket australia xi. from a positive point of view, chris woakes putting himself in the picture for a starting place in the first test, which is eight days away in brisbane. who's going to win the ashes? i'm not sure if i'm allowed to say this but probably australia! you asked me! i'm glad you put your neck on the line! the army in zimbabwe say they have not illegally seized power, but it certainly looks like that. the military have taken over the state broadcaster, zbc, and made a statement, insisting that they're not leading a coup but instead targeting criminals around president robert mugabe. we wish to assure the nation that his excellency the president of the republic of zimbabwe and commander—in—chief of the zimbabwe defence forces, comrade mugabe and his family are safe and sound and so—so his family are safe and sound and so—so security is guaranteed. we are only targeting the minerals around him who are committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering to the country. as soon as w

chris woakes was the star with four wickets but there was one forjames anderson who's been named as vice—captainwhich starts injust under two weeks time. there were three rugby union games tonight. bath won against leicester with a late penalty try to go top of their pool. elsewhere, wasps co mforta bly their pool. elsewhere, wasps comfortably beat ospreys and sale fought back to beat saracens. history was made in ireland this evening as the women's barbarians played their first ever match. and it was a successful start for the side as they beat munster women 19—0. the barbarians team included players from seven different nations. katie archibald missed out on gold at the 0mni in the world track cycling championships in manchester. she was overtaken in the final moments of the endurance event. she took silver but could have gone one better. she won the elimination race but couldn't hold off the american in the final race. she was outsprinted at the end. there was a disappointing start to the season for britain's two—man bobsleigh team. competing at the opening world cup event in lake placid in t

chris woakes was the star with four wickets but also one the james anderson who has been named as theeeks. a nice thing for joe to ask me to do but it doesn't change my role in the team, and as a senior player i've always felt a lot of us possibility to help out the other guys, myself stuart and alastair who have been here before, we will play an important role on this trip and i don't see that changing my role too much. he has already won the formula 1 world title. but lewis hamilton isn't taking his foot off the gas. dominating practise ahead of this weekend's brazilian grand prix. he has topped both of the practice sessions, and the german sebastian vettel is not happy with his ferrari around this short interlagos circuit and he has work to do overnight if he's going to challenge hamilton in qualifying tomorrow and in the race on sunday. but for hamilton it is so far so good, he has arrived here riding the crest of a wave, confidence high, his car is good and everything we have seen so far this weekend, it will take some beating here in brazil. —— he will. weekend, it will take som

chris woakes was utterly bamboozled. jake ball, brilliantly caught by david warner.rning. all out for 302. well, lunch will be tasting pretty good for these australian fans after that horrible collapse by england. six wickets in barely an hour that transformed the mood of this match. but that mood was about to swing once again, as the gabba's glee was silenced. stuart broad with the breakthrough before a bit of moeen magic, trapping usman khawaja. suddenly it was australia's turn to tumble. warner inexplicably serving up catching practice. but they recovered thanks to an unbeaten half—century from captain steve smith to cap a day of fluctuating, fascinating fortunes. an enthralling start to this ashes series. andy swiss, bbc news, brisbane. time for a look at the weather. we are in the middle of a modest cold snap, some frost around in the next few days in the morning and it already feels chilly out there in many areas. in the last couple of days we have had snow showers across scottish ales that will continue across the course of the evening. temperatures dipping to

chris woakes was utterly bamboozled. jake ball, brilliantly caught by david warner.for 302. well, lunch will be tasting pretty good for these australian fans after that horrible collapse by england. six wickets in barely an hour that transformed the mood of this match. but that mood was about to swing once again, as the gabba's glee was silenced. stuart broad with the breakthrough before a bit of moeen magic, trapping usman khawaja. suddenly it was australia's turn to tumble. warner inexplicably serving up catching practice. but they recovered thanks to an unbeaten half—century from captain steve smith to cap a day of fluctuating, fascinating fortunes. an enthralling start to this ashes series. andy swiss, bbc news, brisbane. that's it. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. have a very good night. good evening. i'm asad ahmad. there was panic on the streets of the west end this afternoon, hello and welcome to sportsday. a captain's innings from steve smith, that can england striker lee heading into the third day in brisbane. from one captain to anothe

and in sport, just eight days before the first ashes test in brisbane, chris woakes took six wicketsworld cup in russia after a 3—1win over honduras in the second leg of their play—off. and the republic of ireland manager martin o‘neill will speak to the country‘s football association about his future after failing to reach the world cup. they we re failing to reach the world cup. they were thrashed 5—1 by denmark in last night‘s play—off. i will be back with more on those stories at 11:30am. the husband of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british woman being held in iran after visiting her family there, has met with the foreign secretary borisjohnson this morning to discuss her continued imprisonment. the meeting was held at the foreign office with richard ratcliffe and the couple‘s local mp tulip siddiq, focusing on the uk government‘s efforts to secure her release on humanitarian grounds. it comes after borisjohnson apologised for mistakenly claiming she had been training journalists when she was arrested in tehran in april last year. borisjohnson said the government would leave no

jonny bairstow and chris woakes are keeping england in the game in brisbane after the australian bowlerss, getting close to leading australia by 160 but tea is to shortly and at the moment the australians are using a couple of their part—time bowlers, the captain steve smith bowling a couple of overs. plenty more, of course, owned our website. there you can get the latest a nalysis website. there you can get the latest analysis of our top stories around the world. —— on our website. this is bbc news. hello once again. saturday was pretty much a cold day right across the british isles and for that, you have to thank a supply of cold north—westerly wind coming between an area of low pressure up towards the north—east, high pressure down towards the south—west. and on that run of north—westerlies, there were quite a few showers across northern and western parts. if you had some overnight, then ice could be a problem first thing on sunday, especially on untreated surfaces. here we are first thing on sunday morning. still that wind across the north—east of scotland, showers there. showers too

chris woakes took 4 wickets, and the uncapped craig overton took a couple — he's staking a claim for23rd. the invitational team finished on 70—7, trailing england by 197 runs, with 3 wickets remaining. you're up to date on all things football and cricket. still lots to bring you on tonight's programme. after a life—threatening crash almost paralysed her, british cyclist vicky barnes shares her incredible story on the road to recovery. i'm more driven than i was before andi i'm more driven than i was before and i making sure write it all the boxes on the way. i will come back asa boxes on the way. i will come back as a better athlete because i have had a chance to strip myself down and work from the ground up. and we'll hear from gregor townsend ahead of his first test at murrayfield, as head coach of scotland. some rugby league news for you first, and england take on france on sunday, in theirfinal world cup group game. manager wayne bennett has rotated the team, making four changes, to ensure all 2a members of the squad get some game time. and as dave woods reports from perth, a pla

chris woakes was utterly bamboozled, jake ball brilliantly caught by david warner.h will be tasting pretty good for these australian fans after that horrible collapse by england. six wickets in barely an hour have transformed the mood of this match. but that mood was about to swing once again. a chance and gone! as the gabba‘s glee was silenced. stuart broad with the breakthrough before a bit of moeen magic, trapping usman khawaja and suddenly it was australia‘s turn to tumble. warner inexplicably serving up catching practice. and although peter handscomb thought he had survived, the video umpire decided otherwise. australia four down and in deep trouble. but they recovered thanks to an unbeaten half—century from captain steve smith to cap a day of fluctuating, fascinating fortunes. we feel we‘re in a decent position. i think if we can come out in the morning, get a good night‘s sleep and a bit of rest and come at them hard in the morning, if we nick couple out and you‘re into the likes of starc and cummins, i think that‘s a good position for us to be in. the match

chris woakes was the star with four wickets but there was one forjames anderson who's been named as vice—captainorjota asked me to do this, it doesn't change my role in the team —— forjoe to ask. asa role in the team —— forjoe to ask. as a senior player other were sold i have a responsibility to help other guys, myself, stuartand have a responsibility to help other guys, myself, stuart and alastair who have had success or before, we play an important role on this trip, andi play an important role on this trip, and i don't see that changing my role —— success here before. and i don't see that changing my role -- success here before. there has been a goal in paris, antoine griezmann scoring after 80 minutes for france. it is just a friendly but wales are keen to make up for the disappointment of losing their place in the world cup play—off stash 18 minutes. 0nto rugby union and there are three games in the anglo welsh cup tonight. about half an hour has gone between 0spreys and wasps. and bath against leicester. sale sharks and saracens are about 15 minutes into their tie. history was made in irel

chris woakes was utterly bamboozled. jake ball, brilliantly caught by david warner.will be tasting pretty good for these australian fans after that horrible collapse by england. six wickets in barely an hour that transformed the mood of this match. but that mood was about to swing once again, as the gabba's glee was silenced. stuart broad with the breakthrough before a bit of moeen magic, trapping usman khawaja. suddenly it was australia's turn to tumble. warner inexplicably serving up catching practice. but they recovered thanks to an unbeaten half—century from captain steve smith to cap a day of fluctuating, fascinating fortunes. an enthralling start to this ashes series. andy swiss, bbc news, brisbane. there's just a week to go until the world cup draw in moscow, when we'll find out the places where our national teams will play next year. the frontrunner for the england team is a small village on the baltic coast near st petersburg. our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford went there to find out what awaits some of the highest—paid players in football. they are ge

chris woakes has taken six wickets and a couple for craig overton, who is trying to get a starting placeach the finals for the first time in 36 years, while at the same time trying to curse their opponents, new zealand, who are trying to make the finals for a third time. the two meet in the early hours of thursday morning. peru will need all the help they can muster, because they have already travelled to new zealand and back, so they have some mightyjetlag to deal with. he so they have some mightyjetlag to dealwith. he seems so they have some mightyjetlag to deal with. he seems to be waving the snake at both pictures. i am not sure the detail of the ritual. sorry, we are at surmising too much into the retail of the ritual. mac sorry, we inferring too much into the detail of the ritual. there is lots of stuff going on this morning, all different shapes and sizes. these little tanks helping people understand how processors work. all morning we will be talking about productivity processes, improving them. because productivity, what is it? it is effectively how much bang we get for our buck

the first ashes test is in eight days, chris woakes is in good form, taking six wickets on the firstished with cricket australia on 249—9. andy swiss is there. a decent work—out for the england bowlers on day one of their final warm up match at the start of the show was chris woakes with six wickets. including four wickets in 22 balls either side of lunch. with no ben stokes in australia a lot of responsibility is on his shoulders and he seems to be relishing that responsibility. two wickets also for craig overton as he pushes for a test debut in brisbane next week. but an test debut in brisbane next week. butan injury test debut in brisbane next week. but an injury scare for england, just after lunch jonny bairstow had to leave the field for treatment after hurting a finger on the field. he was off the pitch for 15 minutes but thankfully it‘s nothing worse than a bruised finger. during his absence ben foakes made his debut on the tour. he is the reserve wicketkeeper. he took a catch. and some encouraging signs from the nights where james anderson has been bowling, he missed training