kokkinakis to help great britain beat australia. hello, and thanks for joining us on sportsday. and we're going to start with cricket, where it's been another record—breaking day for ben stokes. the all rounder smashing his way into the history books with the highest score by an england batter in a one—day international, as he hammered a brutal 182 in the third odi against new zealand at the oval in london. stokes had only come out of one—day retirement to play in this series and the world cup in india next month. and what a reminder of what the test captain brings to the shorter form of the game, nine sixes and 15 fours in his 124—ball innings. and that fabulous batting performance laying the foundations for a huge win, england all out for 368 before skittling the kiwis forjust 187 runs. the 181—run winning margin is the eighth highest for england in odi cricket. they lead the series 2—1 and meet in the final one—dayer on friday at lords. to the rugby world cup now, and friday will be a special day for sam whitelock. the 34—year—old new zealand second row willjoin richie mccaw

it's jack draper and thanasi kokkinakis in the opening singles rubber though, kokkinakis has just takenhe first set on a tie break, 7—6. to the oval, where the third men's one—day international between england and new zealand is under way, with the four match series tied at one each. england lost two early wickets as they set out to post a big target in they set out to post a big target in the innings, the ben stokes and dawid malan have got them back on track. stokes in the last few minutes reaching his century injust 76 balls. england have gone past 200, still with 20 overs in hand and the england losing a wicket in the last couple of minutes. the organisers of the rugby world cup have apologised to england fans who were stuck outside the stadium before their opening match with argentina on saturday. the game in marseille got under way with hundreds of empty seats as supporters were left queuing outside. there were further problems in bordeaux as tram problems delayed fans arrival for the ireland v namibia game. france 2023 presidentjacques rivoal said he is confident challenges will

there was a brilliant debut for 21—year—old jack draper — up against thanasi kokkinakis in the opening the world rankings, but the brit backed up his run to the fourth round of the us open with a great performance, coming through 6—7, 6—3, 7—6. british number two dan evans also enjoyed his singles rubber seeing off world number 12 alex di minaur, 6—1, 2—6, 6—4 to earn an unasailable 2—0 lead for great britain. evans was then back in action with wimbledon champion neal skupski in the doubles, but the pair lost to the australian duo of matthew ebden and max purcell. two—time grand slam champion and former world number one simona halep says she is "shocked" after being banned for four years from the sport following breaches of the tennis anti—doping programme. the former wimbledon and french open winner says she intends to appeal against the decision at the court of arbitration for sport. she tested positive for the use of roxadustat at last year's us open and an independent tribunal also found her guilty of using an unspecified prohibited substance or method in 2022 after irregularities

so it's draper making his debut in the opening rubber against thanasi kokkinakis. . ..e on the bbc iplayer and bbc sport website. to the oval, where the third men's one—day international between england and new zealand has not long got under way. the series stands at 1—1 going into this one. new zealand won the toss and put england into bat, which looked like a good decision whenjohnny bairstow was dismissed with the very first ball of the innings, caught well by devon conway. it got worse for england withjoe root also dismissed very cheaply. england have recovered well now. they are 103—2 at the moment. the sides meet in the final match on friday at lord's. the organisers of the rugby world cup have apologised to england fans who were stuck outside the stadium before their opening match with argentina on saturday. the game in marseille got under way with hundreds of empty seats as supporters were left queuing outside. there were further problems in bordeaux as tram problems delayed fans' arrivalfor the ireland v romania game. speaking to media this morning, france 2023

and it's a dream davis cup debut for draper as he downs kokkinakis to help great britain beat australiang to start with cricket, where it's been another record—breaking day for ben stokes. the all rounder smashing his way into the history books with the highest score by an england batter in a one—day international, as he hammered a brutal 182 in the third 0di against new zealand at the oval in london. stokes had only come out of one—day retirement to play in this series and the world cup in india next month. and what a reminder of what the test captain brings to the shorter form of the game, nine sixes and 15 fours in his i24—ball innings. and that fabulous batting performance laying

and it's a dream davis cup debut for draper as he downs kokkinakis to help great britain beat australiaoing to start with cricket, where it's been another record—breaking day for ben stokes. the all—rounder smashing his way into the history books with the highest score by an england batter in a one—day international, as he hammered a brutal 182

and what a davis cup debut for 21—year—old jack draper — up against thanasi kokkinakis in the openinges above him in the world rankings. he won 6—7 6—3 7—6. dan evans is now taking on alex di minaur in the second singles match. evans eva ns ha d evans had come out of the box the fastest, having saved two break points in his opening service game, and broke the world number 12 immediately. taking the first set 6-1, immediately. taking the first set 6—1, and it's currently 2—1 down in the second. two—time grand slam champion simona halep has been banned for four years following breaches of the tennis anti—doping programme. the former wimbledon and french open winner says she intends to appeal against the decision at the court of arbitration for sport. she tested positive for the use of roxadustat at last year's us open and an independent tribunal also found the former world number one guilty of using an unspecified prohibited substance or method in 2022 after irregularities were found in her biological passport. translation: i'm shocked. i could say what's happening is in great... i have

jack draper's facing thanasi kokkinakis in the opening singles rubber, and it's going to the wire withtied at 1—1. dan evans takes on alex di minaur later on. it is for — three in that final step to great britain. two time grand slam champion and former world number one, simona halep, says she is "shocked" after being banned for four years from the sport following breaches of the tennis anti—doping programme. the former wimbledon and french open winner says she intends to appeal against the decision at the court of arbitration for sport. she tested positive for the use of roxadustat at last year's us open and an independent tribunal also found her guilty of using an unspecified prohibited substance or method in 2022 after irregularities were found in her biological passport. translation: i'm shocked. i could say it is a great injustice, what's happening. i have absolutely never doped. my blood tests were negative and there were no banned substances found. only on the 29th, when a tiny amount of roxadustat came out in the urine out in the urine test, and that was it. now i have to go to

>> kokkinakis. >> i beg your pardon? >> well kokkinakis. >> i beg your pardon?he's. he's. he plays well he represents plays for. well he represents australia, greek. australia, but he's of greek. greek australia greek extraction. no. australia in there. the in the group there. in the group. have they won in the group there. in the grou night have they won in the group there. in the grou night against have they won in the group there. in the grou night against switzerland'on last night against switzerland if they had lost last night. britain would through britain would have gone through and match would and this afternoon's match would have dead rubber. have been a dead rubber. but yeah, there's yeah, i mean there's some good opfions yeah, i mean there's some good options jack draper's options there. jack draper's playing, second playing, he got into the second the second week last week at the us a name the second week last week at the us known a name the second week last week at the us known us, a name the second week last week at the us known us, and a name the s

there was a brilliant debut for 21—year—old jack draper — up against thanasi kokkinakis in the openingith wimbledon champion neal skupski in the doubles — but the pair lost to the australian duo of matthew ebden and max purcell. evans though, delighted with victory in their first round—robin match. i was incredibly nervous walking out, practising here this week, it was a lot bigger than i first expected and very much closer to the court then we played before. it was amazing basically, and yet, thanks for all your support.— and that's all the sport for now. from me and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello there. the weather was a lot drier today across england and wales with more in the way of sunshine. it's felt quite fresh in the sunshine, not particularly humid there, and this was flamborough head with those sunny spells overhead. but further north and west, we had much thicker cloud in western scotland with rain arriving in argyll and bute through the afternoon. things starting to turn a little bit misty as well, and that rain is all associated with this developing low pressure. it'

coming from a set down to beat thanasi kokkinakis — and wasn't he pleased about it, fresh from his besthe tie. evans was then back in action shortly after — as part of the doubles team alongside neal skupski — but were beaten by australian pair max purcell and matthew ebden. but at that point the i was safe. —— the tie. england women's head coach sarina wiegman says it's time to move on from that kiss by the former president of the spanish fa at the end of spain's win in the wold cup final. just 25 days have passed since her side were beaten in the world cup final, it seems longer doesn't it, after everything that has happened surrounding luis rubiales, after he kissed jenni hermoso. rubiales resigned earlier this week — and wiegman says it's time to celebrate the football. we should celebrate the players, the spanish players who have — who won the world cup. and we hadn't been talking about that at all. and of course, yes, we all have seen and followed the news that things are still going on. i would like to leave that now with the people that are working on that, and celebrate those p