it was crispjordan joffra archer with this test.rformed that honour, that duty, as archer had requested. he isjoffra archer's mental and cricket. you can look forward to the prospect ofjoffra aarcher tearing in, trying to get steve smith and this could be the dynamic that settles the series. as for the test match, england i—o dynamic that settles the series. as for the test match, england 1—0 down and will now try to win it in four days instead of five. that is assuming there are no further interruptions for rain. rain also affected the opening day's play in the ist test between sri lanka and new zealand in galle — but not before ross taylor put the tourists in the driving seat. he hit an unbeaten 86 for the black caps who won the toss and chose to bat first. they'll resume on 203 for 5 when day two gets underway in the coming hours — as adam wild reports. under the blue sky of galle, things we re under the blue sky of galle, things were looking up for new zealand. into toss, they strode sure of foot and found their route safely to

england gear up for the third ashes test — as australia's batsman admit they're preparing for the joffrarcher effect. he doesn't seem to be fazed by anything, and he is one of those quys anything, and he is one of those guys that seems to be born for these occasions. 54—year—old club that is nowjust hours from extinction. protesters vent their anger about bury‘s future as it hangs the balance. hannah martin secures england's place with victory over belarus in antwerp. also coming up in the programme... it is the first day of york's ebor festival. and shauna cox gives us the details on her plans to make it big in japan. hello and welcome to sportsday. hello and welcome to the programme on the eve of the third ashes test, with this series very much alive. after an enthralling draw at lord's — austalia lead i—o with three matches to go. but with no steve smith, england might feel confident of levelling this playing field. however, with the focus on concussion in the sport at the moment, willjason roy be fit to play? andy swiss is at headingly. welcome to headingley in what could bea welcome

he's still suffering from concussion after being hit by a joffra archer delivery at lord's.n in leeds they will retain the ashes....australian captain says they are ready for short bowling. you are always preparing for the next game and what you think you are going to face. 0bviously got some short pitched bowling, the guys prepared for it but it is another thing facing it and guys have plans in place, it is now about executing it. we think the lord's wicket was a difficult one to face soviet interested to see how this wicket plays but it is about adapting the situation and what their bowlers are trying to do. we have a plan to counter that and i know our boys will. ashley williams has been left out of their squad for the euro 2020 qualifier against azerbaijan in cardiff next month. the wales captain's been capped 86 times and led wales to the euro 2016 semi finals. manager ryan giggs says he has been left out as he has not had a pre season — he is currently without a club after being released by everton but is now set to join bristol city. borussia dortmund's jadon sancho h

he's still suffering from concussion after being hit by a joffra archer delivery at lord's.hockey championships with a narrow win over belarus. lily owsley opened the scoring in antwerp after ten minutes before isabelle petter got her first england goal. belarus struck back in the final quarter to level the score at 3—3, they failed to score in their opening two matches and were beating 11—0 by ireland last time out. england were shocked back into the game, hannah martin restoring the lead to seal the victory we just were not good enough across the board. we need to look at today, we cannot just ignore the board. we need to look at today, we cannotjust ignore it and all our focus is on the semifinal, we do not know who it will be against that whichever of the three teams are fighting for it, everyone of them is going to be tough. we need to look and see even need to develop and get better and went back to the first—half performance in the germany game and try and get back some of that which was really good and be opened up and created chances so good that got the point and t

smith says that now he's been cleared to play, and he's relishing the prospect of facing joffra archerengland in leeds. and archer reckons england got the upper hand. i've got to be optimistic. i think we planted a few seeds of doubt in the australians and they'll probably think twice about declaring, if one over is enough. jimmy coming back, hopefully he'll want to do something special, so i think the ball is in our court. sally conway has picked up britain's first medal at the world judo championships in tokyo. she's won bronze in the under 70—kilo category. the 32—year—old has now won medals at all major championhips, having already made olympic, european and commonwealth podiums. a record 22 races will be held in formula one next season, but the german grand prix will not be one of them. despite providing one of the most entertaining races in recent memory last month, financial issues have plagued the event in recent years. f1 will return to the netherlands to start the european season in early may, whilst vietnam's debut will take place in april. in driver news, renault will repla

i want to talk about joffra archer, of course he was the world cup cricket hero, for england, but in press conference, they're saying that after archer has warned england not to expect miracles on his test debut when he plays for england in the ashes due to start tomorrow —— joffra archer has. they've said i can't promise a miracle, i'll do my best, i don't wa nt miracle, i'll do my best, i don't want to much pressure. interestingly the guardian said archer confident he can handle the pressure in the test. we need to level things up, don't we? exactly, which i think is hisjob. don't we? exactly, which i think is his job. we mentioned this in the papers, beefburgers, and goldsmiths university in london says it will remove all beef products from shops and cafe ‘s and students will say 10p levy on wattles of water and single use rustic cups when the term sta rts single use rustic cups when the term starts as pa rt single use rustic cups when the term starts as part of a drive by the university to become carbon neutral by 2025. they're not the only university to do this, cambridge univer

england strike against australia in the third ashes test — joffra archer and stuart broad with the wicketshas brought back cian healy, captain rory best and tadhg furlong. i'll be back with more on those stories later. back to brexit and those talks between boris johnson and emmanuel macron. the french president has said the northern ireland backstop which would mean the uk remaining in a customs union in the event of no deal is ‘indispensable'. one person who would agree with him is stephen farry — deputy leader of the alliance party of northern ireland and a member of the northern ireland assembly. i'm pleased that borisjohnson has been carrying out these trips? they seem been carrying out these trips? they seem pointless. we have recognised the importance of the backstop and getting a deal done but overall will we see a good and substantial brexit, particularly when it comes to northern ireland. if a deal has to northern ireland. if a deal has to be done we would rather it would be done on their withdrawal agreement. we see this back backstop as being indispensable. this is not imposed