with the help of georgia elwiss and a lifeless pitch, knight edged her team closer.s enough and the captains shook hands. not the win england would have wanted, but a battling draw to keep their hopes alive. this was a gritty performance from england, but to regain the ashes, they will now have to win all three remaining matches. not impossible, but it will be some challenge. the first men's ashes test starts a week on thursday in brisbane. england's confidence will have been boosted by a convincing win in their latest tour match against a cricket australia xi and the news that fast bowler jake ball is likely to be fit, despite suffering ankle ligament damage in the match. coach trevor bayliss says he's been pleased with the newer batsmen in the side. the more inexperienced batters have spent time in the middle before the start of the series. they're the ones under pressure the most. they've not had a lot of experience of australian conditions, but they've spent some time in the middle. but scoring 60s is not enough. we need 1605. sebastian vettel has won the brazili

georgia elwiss and heather knight steered their team home, with captain knight making a crucial halfthe three twenty20 matches still to come. from sydney, our correspondent andy swiss reports. a day which began with australia with a real chance of winning both the match and the ashes ended with england securing a draw ultimately fairly comfortably, although they did have a few scares in the first session, when they lost two wickets, both openers out. tammy beaumont was bamboozled by wellington for 37. a few moments later, lauren winfield was trapped lbw. at that stage, australia must have felt as if they were in with a chance of securing the ashes. but from there, england managed to come back thanks to a captain's innings from heather knight. she knuckled down and she and georgia elwiss guided england to safety, heather knight finishing unbeaten on 79. for a draw with an hour of scheduled play still remaining. so england secure the draw, but that means they have to win all three of the remaining twenty20 matches if they are to regain the ashes. that is some tall order. even so, they

she knuckled down and she and georgia elwiss guided england to safety, heather knight finishing unbeateng. so england secure the draw, but that means they have to win all three of the remaining twenty20 matches if they are to regain the ashes. that is some tall order. even so, they will be delighted to have kept this ashes series alive. the way we played today was phenomenal. the girls showed real character and strength mentally to hang in there. we are hopeful that that would give us a bit of momentum. we are a fighting team and we know we have a tough job and we will have to fight for every t20, but we will want to win it. the first men's ashes test starts a week on thursday in brisbane. england's confidence will have been boosted by a convincing win in their latest tour match against a cricket australia xi and the news that fast bowler jake ball is likely to be fit, despite suffering ankle ligament damage in the match. coach trevor bayliss says he's been pleased with the newer batsmen in the side. the more inexperienced batters have spent time in the middle before the start of the ser

after losing two wickets, georgia elwiss and heather knight came to the crease and steered their team. she's went on to make a crucial half century. the series will now be decided by the three twenty20 matches. northern ireland play their world cup play—off second leg against switzerland this afternoon. michael o'neill‘s men are 1—0 down from a controversial penalty. they're aiming to qualify for a first world cup since 1986, and only the fourth in their history. we didn't press the ball as well as we could have done. as i say, we watched the game last night. the players certainly saw that and agreed with that and we know we can play better. sometimes we have to give credit to switzerland. i thought they played very well on the night. but we know we can play a lot better than that and the fact that the scoreline is 1—0 and we've still a lot to play for. we're ina we're in a position where the pressure is on switzerland, we have got nothing to lose, so we've got to try to use to our advantage. possibly looking back on the game there were times when we were possibly a little bit cautiou

after losing two wickets, georgia elwiss and heather knight came to the crease and are steering theirrticularly impressive. she's gone on to make a crucial half century. and with time rapidly running out for the aussies to force a win, it looks as though the series will now be decided by the three twenty20 matches to come. in rugby union there were mixed fortunes for the home nations in the autumn internationals. england, ireland and scotland all won, but wales' torrid run against australia continues. alex gulrajani rounds up all the action. the autumn sets north against south. a chance to suss out enemies from further afield and, for warren gatland, time to get settled back into the welsh hot seat. a nice and easy welcome back. 12 games with australia, i2 defeats for wales. an early home try spread hope around cardiff. it didn't last long. a lapse in defence pounced upon and punished. gap found there and more from kurtley beale. the full—back taking full advantage of a welsh defence slow to react, as he pinched in and raced away. a late rally closed the gap for wales as they take pos

with the help of georgia elwiss and lifeless pitch, she edged her team closer to safety.ed enough was enough and the captains shook hands. not being when england would have wa nted not being when england would have wanted but are battling draw to keep their hopes alive. this was a gritty performance from england but to regain the ashes they will have to win all three of the remaining mashes. not impossible but some challenge. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, we are back with the late news at ten — now on bbc1 its time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. let's get more now on the criticism facing the government in the past few moments the husband of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british woman imprisoned in llanelli on charges of spying says she has seen a on charges of spying says she has seen a medical specialist after seeing lumps on her breasts and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. the government is facing further criticism over its handling of the case. earlier i spoke to her mp, tulip siddiq, who said the go

england began 128 runs behind, but after losing their openers, knight added a stubborn 117 with georgia elwisslead the series 6—4 on points which means england need to win all three twenty20 internationals in order to regain the ashes trophy. england have progressed to the quarter finals of the rugby league world cup after beating france by 36 points to 6 in perth. england ran in three tries, in the first eight minutes and had five by the break, the fifth try courtesy ofjohn bateman. it wasn't quite as easy in the second half but two more scores came from jermaine mcgillvary to complete a comfortble victory. england will play papa new guinea in the last eight of the world cup next sunday. marc marquez has claimed his fourth motogp title in five years afterfinishing third at the season—ending valencia race. the 24—year—old honda rider, who needed to finish in the top 11 to beat andrea dovizioso to the crown, is the youngest driver to win four titles in the class. dovizioso crashed out of the race while honda's dani pedrosa finished first, with yamaha rookie johann zarco in second. f1 world cham

georgia elwiss and heather knight steered their team home, with captain knight making a crucial halfnd need to win all three twenty20 matches to read gain the ashes. the way we played today was phenomenal, the girls showed character and mental strength to hang in there, and we are hopeful that that will give us a bit of momentum, we are still hanging on and we are fighting team with a toughjob, and we are fighting team with a tough job, and we and we are fighting team with a toughjob, and we will and we are fighting team with a tough job, and we will have to fight for every t20, but the focus will be that first game and trying to win it. sebastian vettel has won the brazilian grand prix. britain's lewis hamilton was the driver of the day at the brazilian grand prix, despite not winning the race. the newly crowned world champion started from the pitlane after a crash in qualifying. but carved his way through the field to finish fourth. sebastian vettel gave ferrari their first victory in brazil since 2008, boosting his chances of finishing second in the drivers‘ championship. marc mar

but with heather knight and georgia elwiss at the crease they've regrouped.remaining. crucially with time running out for the australians to force a victory. republic of ireland managed a goaless draw in the first leg of their world cup play—off against denmark in copenhagen. the best chances on the night fell to the home side. darren randolph parried christian erriksen's shot and pione sisto fired wide with the rebound. and randolph was called into action again late on tipping over yussuf poulsen's header in stoppage time. so the match evenly poised ahead of tuesday's return match in dublin. it is what it is. we came out here and we know that we needed to do a job, which we've done. we've got 90 minutes now to try and get to the world cup. we're close, but it's going to be a real tough game. it was difficult tonight and we will expect more of that on tuesday. northern ireland face an uphill struggle to qualify for their first world cup since 1986 when they take on switzerland in the second leg of their play—off in basel this evening. the green and white army