heather knight, captain, who made herfirst century in heather knight, captain, who made her first century, exciting hitter who england really believe in for the future. four sixes she hit in her innings, seven england hit in total and their score of 377 was the highest ever total in world cup cricket. how could pakistan respond ? well, world cup cricket. how could pakistan respond? well, isa shiffar made 50 and looked at home in this company. but they were never going to get near that kind of scoring. and when the rain came to end things, it well, it was almost mercifulfor things, it well, it was almost merciful for pakistan. the covers came on and england could celebrate a victory which could give them confidence as the hosts in the knowledge that they will be receiving a sterner test to come. when england played germany at football it is often the outcome is inevitable — a penalty shootout victory for the germans. it has happen at the under 21 championships in poland after extra time in the euros and nathan redmond missed the penalty for england, which means that the germans will play s

that was the captain, heather knight.civer. in this match, both made theirfirst one—day international 100s. pakistan might well be the weakest team in the tournament, and some of their play became ragged, and england's domination came from classic batting. heather knight reaching her century. just over 2000 in to watch. natalie sciver made 137 from 92 balls, four sixes. a good 50 overs of entertainment, with england finishing on 377 — their highest ever score in the world cup. they had lunch without a care in the world, except perhaps the weather. how near could pakistan get? slowly, slowly, delayed agony. but out, no reviews here. pakistan three down. at least ayes ha at least ayesha safar can remember this date for the 50 she made, and she looked composed in this company. when the rain came in the 30th over, england were miles ahead in the adjusted targets. they could watch the covers happy, safe in their victory. novak djokovic's hopes of gaining some much—needed practice will have to wait for 2h hours at least after h

captain heather knight on 46 had to push it. here she comes... ran out.t ten overs england needed 76, but those runouts kept coming. quick work, watch the replay. bat not grounded and wilson gone. england soon all out for 246. englan‘s big day, the opportunity was grabbed by india. still to come on sportsday: another pole for lewis hamilton — we‘ll bring you the thrills and spills from qualifying in azerbaijan. we‘ll be in the pictoresque swedish island of gotland ahead of the start of the island games — it features jersey, anglesey and gibraltar among others. and i‘ve been finding out how this women‘s basketball team from bradford helped bring about an international rule change in the elite game. there have been some strong performances from great britain‘s athletes at the european team championships taking place in lille today. at one point they led the overall standings but they‘ve finished the first day in third place. earlierjessica ennis—hill‘s former coach told us what you thought of the performances. a lot of people have passed on this and not be

heather knight had push it. but run out. fran wilson, in herfirst world cup match, played the best innings of her career. her 50. cup match, played the best innings of her career. her50. in cup match, played the best innings of her career. her 50. in the last over, england needed 76, but those runouts —— wickets kept coming. england soon all out for 2a6. england's big day, the opportunity grabbed by india. lewis hamilton got a 66 pole of his career. sebastian vettel will start in fourth. in tennis, marion cilic and sebastiano lopez wilken met —— contest the final. petra kvitova will contest her first final since injured ina will contest her first final since injured in a knife attack. her opponent had to retire. she will play an australian in the final. that's all the sport. you can see more that's all the sport. you can see more of that's all the sport. you can see more of all of the day's stories on the bbc news channel. good night. you're watching bbc news. hundreds of people in camden in north london are spending a secon

natalie sciver and captain heather knight scored hundreds. in reply, pakistan made it to 107—3.and took the victory on the duckworth—lewis method. with more, here's the bbc‘sjoe wilson. 0ne one of the interesting thing is about the women's world cup in england is that it takes to venues you might not normally associate with international cricket. i approaching grace road, leicester. a first class cricket ground in england are very proud to be an international venue for the women's world cup. pakistan is based here and it is where england came here after the shock defeat. looking for confidence and fall and they founded. pakistan had chosen to bowl first. a decent decision with the grey overcast conditions. but their limitations in bowling and fielding we re limitations in bowling and fielding were expos. the captain made her first century in international cricket and alongside her, a really exciting powerful heater who england really believe in. four sixes in her first innings. the score the highest everin first innings. the score the highest ever in the women's world cup cricke

heather knight isa was won by england.d team, first game against india, the winning nation this year gets $660,000. the money has come a long way. is that an incentive? will be players think about money as you go into it? i don't think so. a nice touch by the icc to show where the women's game is at. a good statement by them in terms of movement towards parity with the men, but the ultimate prize is letting that trophy and that is not changing. globally the keys to unlock the potential of india. it is the market for cricket. england have publicised new kits with women alongside the men. if that is symbolic, the world cricket authorities have talked about equal prize money coming. do you think i could happen in india? will there be a time when the authorities will take equality as a serious issue? it should happen and will happen in the coming years. and it is just a matter of indian team is doing very well in the icc tournaments, because this is a stage where most of the matches are televised and broadcast, and it increase

captain heather knight took three wickets on her return from injury.ehearsal for the opening game of the women's world cup, which begins a week on saturday. to g ahead to mi ahead what— , 7 papers hr election? just! still from the election? just! still shell—shocked! we are going to start with the telegraph which declares the prime minister will stick to her pre—election plans for a hard brexit, despite calls for a change of approach following the election result. the times says things could go in the opposite direction as it sources claim. the chancellor is preparing to fight to persuade members of the government to support a softer brexit instead. the i points to pressure from michel barnier to begin talks as theresa may is

captain heather knight took three wickets on her return from injury as they defeated india at loughborough of the women's world cup, which begins injust 11 days time. a senior coach with great britain's olympic bobsleigh squad has been accused of racism amid multiple complaints over a "toxic atmosphere" in the sport. confidential documents obtained by the bbc show that athletes contacted the chief executive anonymously to raise concerns over bullying, racism, sexism and other discrimination. no disciplinary action was taken at the time. the british bob and skeleton association say they conducted an internal review but no formal complaints were made against individual staff. the bbsa did recognize that "there is a group of athletes "who have a significant level of discontent and the climate "for them is sub—optimal. "we will look to address this asap." ben mccullough young left the sport last year describing his time there as "an amazingly unpleasant experience". ido i do not have a history of mental health problems, but it got to the point for me when i was expediency but i could only desc

that was the captain, heather knight.r future, natalie player england value so highly for theirfuture, natalie sciver. in this match both made theirfirst one—day international hundreds. pakistan might well be the weakest tea m pakistan might well be the weakest team in the tournament, and some of their play became ragged, and england's domination came from classic batting. heather knight reaching her century. natalie sciver made 137 from 92 balls, four sixes. a good 50 overs of entertainment with england finishing on 377, their highest ever score in the world cup. they had lunch without a care in the world, except perhaps the weather. how near could pakistan get? slowly, slowly, delayed agony. but out, no reviews here. pakistan three down. is farcan reviews here. pakistan three down. is far can remember this day for the 50 she made and she looked composed in this company. when the rain came in the 30th over england were miles ahead in the adjusted targets. they could watch the covers happy, safe in their victory. the brit

whenever england seemed to be getting close in the chase, runouts held them back, that was captain heather knightcareer so far, 81 and england hoping. guess what, she was run out. replays revealing her bat wasn't grounded. in the end england finished 35 runs short, their preparation had seemed strong, i wondered if on this big occasion some of the players might have frozen. we didn't start the way we wanted to which meant we were always struggling uphill, but it's something we will have to look at. i don't think it was anything to do with freezing, we didn't quite bowl the way we wanted to and india really put the pressure back on us. a significant and even historic result in women's cricket but it doesn't mean england are out. remember, initially all the eight teams play each other in a round robin stage and england will expect to win their next match in leicester against pakistan on tuesday. mind you, they expected to win their opening match here against india. lewis hamilton said the pressure was "amazing", after he produced what he called a "beautiful lap" to take pole for this afternoon's az

england cricket captain heather knight says her side will recover from their surprise defeat by india teams play each other. she says that they are determined. we are an emotional team but we will keep our heads up. we look to tuesday and see the positives. we competed today but there are a few areas in which we need to get better. we will look at tuesday. it could be a busy day for marin cilic at queen's. he's in the sinlges final at two o'clock, after beating gilles muller yesterday — and he's also in the doubles with marcin matkowski. they were trailing jamie murray and bruno soares in the semi—finals when rain stopped play. they'll resume after the singles final, with the doubles final straight afterwards. feliciano lopez will be trying to keep cilic from one of those titles. he needed three sets to see off grigor dimitrov, who beat him in the final three years ago. lopez said he'd wanted to win this tournament for his entire career and was pleased to have another chance. the final is live on bbc one. great britain are in third place going into the final day of the european team a

england cricket captain heather knight says her side will recover from their surprise defeat by indiaage, all eight teams play each other — and knight says the shock result has made them determined to put things right. we are in genuine —— in general quite an emotional team, but we will ta ke quite an emotional team, but we will take the positives from today and looked to tuesday. obviously there area looked to tuesday. obviously there are a few areas we need to get better, and we will be looking at tuesday. roger federer looks in great shape for the start of wimbledon next week, after winning a ninth halle open title in germany. the 18—time grand slam champion laid waste to german fourth seed alexander zverev in straight sets in the final. after winning the australian open, federer sat out the entire clay court season, as he targets a record eighth wimbledon title. he didn't drop a set in the halle tournament, and beat sverev 6—1, 6—3 today. it could be a busy day for marin cilic at queen's. he's in the singles final at two o'clock, after beating gilles muller yesterday — and he's al

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captain heather knight and 46 had to push it. here she comes... ran out. comes... ran out. fran wilson in her first world push it. here she comes... ran out. fran wilson in herfirst world cup match played the best innings of her career. in her last ten overs england needed 76, but those runouts kept coming. quick work, watch the replay. but not grounded and wilson gone. england soon all out for 246. input‘s big day, the opportunity was grabbed by india. still to come on sportsday: another pole for lewis hamilton — we'll bring you the thrills and spills from qualifying in azerbaijan. we'll be live in the pictoresque swedish island of gotland ahead of the start of the island games — it features jersey, anglesey and gibraltar among others. and i've been finding out how this women's basketball team from bradford helped bring about an international rule change in the elite game. wood is having a discussion about who goes first! there have been some strong performances from great britain's athletes at the european team championships taking place in lille today.

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whenever england seemed to be getting close in the chase, runouts held them back, that was captain heather knightlson played the innings of her career so far, 81 and england hoping. guess what, she was run out. replays revealing her bat wasn't grounded. in the end england finished 35 runs short, their preparation had seemed strong, i wondered if on this big occasion some of the players might have frozen. we didn't start the way we wanted to which meant we were always struggling uphill, but it's something we will have to look at. i don't think it was anything to do with freezing, we didn't quite bowl the way we wanted to and india really put the pressure back on us. a significant and even historic result in women's cricket but it doesn't mean england are out. remember initially all the eight teams play each other in a round robin stage and england will expect to win their next match in leicester against pakistan on tuesday. mind you, they expected to win their opening match here against india. lewis hamilton said the pressure was "amazing", after he produced what he called a "beautiful lap" to tak

natalie sivver and captain heather knight both hit their first one—day international centuries as england i'll have the sports headlines at 10.30am. back to you victoria. thank you very much. it's10.05am. this is where people come for drinks at night, but for the past two weeks it has been an unofficial rescue centre. joe walsh the guy that runs it, opened at 2am and was providing tea and coffee, and since then it became a hub where people just brought loads and loads of stuff to help people from the tower. at one point they had 100 to 120 volunteers each day trying to work through the boxes. they asked for help from the council to distribute stuch. that wasn't forthcoming, so they did it themselves. joe, is not opening the social club at night because he is social club at night because he is so busy during the day. he is not complaining about that, but he hasn't taken complaining about that, but he hasn't ta ken any complaining about that, but he hasn't taken any takings for two weeks because he is helping, like so many other people are helping in this community. this morning, we're here

whenever england seemed to be getting close in the chase, runouts held them back, that was captain heather knights what, she was run out. replays revealing her bat wasn't grounded. in the end england finished 35 runs short, their preparation had seemed strong, i wondered if on this big occasion some of the players might have frozen. we didn't start the way we wanted to which meant we were always struggling uphill, but something we will have to look at. i don't think it was anything to do with freezing, we didn't quite bowl the way we wanted to and india really put the pressure back on us. a significant and even historic result in women's cricket but it doesn't meaning and are out. remember initially all the eight teams play each other in a round robin stage and england will expect to win their next match in leicester against pakistan on tuesday. mind you, they expected to win their opening match here against india. joe wilson, bbc news, derby. lewis hamilton said the pressure was amazing after he produced what he called a beautiful lap to take pole for this afternoon's azerbaijan grand prix. when

heather knight is a year into her captaincy.a long way. is it an incentive? something the players will think about? i don't think so. it is a nice touch by the icc to show where the women's game is at the moment. i think it is a good statement by them, but in terms of practicalities it doesn't change it. globally, the key is to unlock the potential of india. that is the market for cricket. signs of progress — well, there was a kit launch featuring women's players alongside the men. india's women have never won the world cup and are outsiders again this year. but victory would speed up equality. this is a stage where most of the matches are televised and broadcast and it increases the viewership and, you know, india is a country where cricket is a religion. boys in state schools in england and wales still get more opportunity to play cricket than girls. inspiration often comes from the top. at the world cup, the opening batter will miss this match through injury. the captain is fit, calm and ready. british men's tennis number thr

. —— heather knight is a year into her captaincy. practicalities it doesn‘t change it. globally, the key is to unlock the potential of india. that is the market for cricket. signs of progress — well, there was a kit launch featuring women‘s players alongside the men. india‘s women have never won the world cup and are outsiders again this year. but victory would speed up the quality. but victory would speed up equality. this is a stage where most of the matches are televised and broadcast and it increases the viewership and, you know, india is a country where cricket is a religion. boys in state schools in england and wales still get more opportunity to play cricket than girls. inspiration often comes from the top. the world cup, the opening batter will miss this match through injury. the captain is fit, calm and ready. british men‘s tennis number three dan evans said he‘d let a lot of people down, after being provisionally suspended for testing positive for cocaine. he‘ll miss wimbledon, of course, but he could be banned for up to fo

history of the competition — 377—7 in their 50 overs with hundreds from natalie sciver and captain heather knighthe final midweek match of their tour of new zealand against super rugby champions the hurricanes. the match turned on a yellow card for ian henderson which left the lions down to 1a men for most of the final period of the match and gave the hurricanes the chance to mount a fight back. those players were caught out as cover. i know a lot has been made about that in terms of we made the decision to bring players in there for cover and protect as many as the test 23 as we could. if we didn't have those players there tonight then we probably would have had players on the bench for saturday. they may have had to have been exposed. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. some breaking news. continuing the fall—out from the grenfell tower tragedy. a panel has been appointed to advice on the safety action following the grenfell tower fire. this announcement coming from the communities secretary, sajid javid. the most interesting perhaps to appear on the list, the make up of

heather knight scores a century as england produce their highest group total against pakistan.ay has pulled out of today's exhibition match citing a sore hip. the world number one is set to play there on friday. more on those stories around half past ( theresa may has said there must be a major national investigation into the use of cladding on high—rise buildings across the country stretching back decades. it's thought it could form part of a second phase of the public inquiry, already announced into the grenfell tower disaster. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, has been following the latest developments. he said the announcement has prompted a range of fire safety actions. the problem is if you're a council housing manager or perhaps the private managerfor housing manager or perhaps the private manager for the council you need to know what you've done wrong in terms of fitting this stuff and also, the government's guidance to these housing managers is that if you find you have a problem, there are various steps you have to take, for example, bringing in fire safety

of the competition — 377 for 7 in their 50 overs with hundreds from natalie sciver and captain heather knightquandered a 14 point lead as they were held to a 31 all draw with super rugby side hurricanes, in their last midweek match in new zealand. they got off to a great start with greig laidlaw‘s superb offload paving the way for tommy seymour scoring the first try of the game. hurricanes responded through callum gibbins but george north made sure the lions ended the first half with a 23—7 lead. but the hurricanes scored three second half tries, vaea fifita's converted try made it 31 all with 10 minutes left and despite a dan biggar drop goal attempt to win at the end, that's how the scores remained. and if that european under 21 game england have just gone one goal down to germany. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in sportsday at half past six. a sikh couple say they were told they couldn't adopt a white child, because of their cultural heritage. sandeep and reena mander were both born in britain, and told an adoption agency they were happy to take a child from any ethnic background

heather knight scores a century in the women's world cup in pakistan.ctory, following defeat to india in the opening match. andy murray has pulled out of today's exhibition match, citing a sore hip. it's said to bea match, citing a sore hip. it's said to be a precaution year measure with the world number one set to play on friday before beginning the defence of his wimbledon title on monday. i'm back with more on those stories at half past. we're expecting shortly, scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, will set out her position this afternoon on what she refers to as "the way forward for scotland". nicola sturgeon had called for a second independence referendum, to be held in the autumn of next year or the spring of 2019. we'll bring you that statement live as soon as it begins. the prime minister has been visiting a school in bristol today and speaking about scottish independence. let'sjust listen to what she's had to say. when i first became prime minister, i was clear that one of the injustices we needed to deal with was this whole issue of how

natalie sciver and captain heather knight both hit their first one—day international centuries as theatch, watching her at the other end of striking it like that and it's the type of cricket we want to play, exciting to show what we can do. that can do that and to see her do that is obviously brilliant from our perspective but it's a great performance obviously but there's a lot more cricket to be played in this tournament. novak djokovic had entered the aegon international in eastbourne with hopes of gaining some much—needed grass court practice ahead of wimbledon but spent a lot of yesterday twiddling his thumbs. the former world number one had taken the first game against canada's vasek pospisil when the rains came and never went away. they'll try again today. i bet he's listening to our carol! while, the current world number one andy murray pulled out of an exhibition match at the hurlingham club in london, saying he had a sore hip. he is still expected to play at the club on friday before beginning the defence of his wimbledon title on centre court on monday afternoon. i know he