the lancashire thunder, having had real trouble in this competition, in the last couple of years haveon three matches in good form but crucially, had never won a game here at old trafford. as it was they were set a target of 168 thanks to the efforts in particular of the big hitting south african, with seven 70 from just 37 deliveries over the surrey stars. the run chase staggered and stopped and eventually fell 55 runs short. a couple of wickets for briony smith, laura marsh and nat sciver, the captain for the surrey stars, also bowling well. it throws the competition wide open. those at the bottom end of the table, the yorkshire diamonds and the southern vipers, face—off against each other tomorrow and it means we have competition still with plenty of life left in it. let's just catch up wiuth some of today's other news. there was a heavy defeat for kyle edmund in the first round of the toronto masters in canada. the british number one was beaten 6—1 6—2 by argentina's diego schwartzman. after two seasons on loan at torino and west ham, joe hart has moved to burnley from manchester

against durham jets and earlier in the women's super league, surrey stars came out on top against lancashire thunder by 55 runs. henry moeran is at the ground. this game was the equivalent of a six pointer in the super league. two sides in the middle of the table with aspirations still of reaching

it was between —— it will be between them and lancashire thunder for the finals day at the end of theonds, who are also out of the competition. former world boxing champion tyson fury‘s comeback continues in belfast this weekend with only his second fight back after a two year spell which saw him battle depression and an anti—doping case out of the ring. he faces the francesco pianeta at windsor park where wbc champion deontay wilder will be ringside and should fury win, negotiations for the two to meet in a massive heavyweight clash in december could move a step closer. a warning of some flash photography here. deontay wilder is going to be ringside, are a lot of people are talking about that, what kind of performance to you what to put on for him? i'm not putting any performance on for him, i'm going to put a performance on the fans, that's it. me and francesco pianeta, me the best man win a. and hopefully that best man is me, i'm here to put ona that best man is me, i'm here to put on a show and a good performance. get back to the top. where i belong. pianeta has nothing to lose, d

and earlier in the women's super league, surrey stars beat lancashire thunder by 55 runs. way to 70 off 37 balls as surrey posted 167 for 8. dane van niekerk then took 3 wickets and bryony smith took 2 to help seal their victory. johanna konta battled back from a set down to reach the second round of the rogers cup in montreal with victory overjelena 0stapenko. the british number one lost the first set in a tie—break but then won 6—1, 6—2, beating the 2017 french open champion injust over two hours. she will face either victoria azarenka or kristina mladenovic in the last 32. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are arejim waterson, who's the media editor of the guardian, and jack blanchard the editor of the politico london playbook. welcome to both of you. most of the front pages are in. the daily telegraph leads on borisjohnson's refusal to apologise for comments about muslim women and burkas which the prime minister says are ‘wrong'. the metro says t

she has been on fine form for lancashire thunder. it has been a long process to get to this point.by pressure cheaper on herself to be successful has caused symptoms of depression and she has also learned that anxiety has been heightened by expectation on her from a very young age would be good at sport because she is from a sporting family. her father was an fa cup winner with west ham. when herfamily fa cup winner with west ham. when her family came to watch in a one—day international against pakistan in 2016 that everything started to unravel for her.|j remember being at third man and i bowled and over than it did not go very well. i'd put my sun glasses on andl very well. i'd put my sun glasses on and i had tears in my eyes and i rememberthinking, i and i had tears in my eyes and i rememberthinking, lam and i had tears in my eyes and i remember thinking, i am so out of my depth. my family is here and it should be really nice occasion. it was on telly as well. i am feeling like i should not be there, i was not good enough to be there. that then led me into probably one of the bi