patrick gearey reports. sam billings had been busy.t behind the wheel, this morning behind the stumps. he had driven from canterbury to headingley to be a covid replacement. in front of him, new zealand's roadblock. tom blundell and daryl mitchell have spent three testifying england. now they build a lead. and slowly tucked in. england's scribbling for crumbs, both kiwis made 50s, always staying just out of reach, always surviving. such was there escape all that you that even being given out was no guarantee. mitchell wanted this checked, but he was in line this time. relief, belief. now, jack leach assigned opening. this one bold tim southee and bruised sam billings. the next trick she was kinder for billings. the next trick she was kinderfor him. neil wagner caught kinder for him. neil wagner caught by kinderfor him. neil wagner caught by billings, leg behind wicket. it is in here somewhere! there. leach would end up with five the innings, ten in the match, and when would be to 96 to win. when they chase, they chase hard. this englan

patrick gearey, bbc news.en begin their summer tomorrow in a one—off test against south africa. it'll be the first time since 2003 the two have met in a red ball game, and captain heather knight feels the women have a big responsibility in the longest form. it honestly feels like every time we play a test match, we're fighting for the format a little bit. and it's quite hard not to think of that as a player, because, ultimately, you're trying to do the best with the situation in front of you, you're not trying to think too far ahead about the format, but i do think we are always judged on that. and there's a slightly more attritional section of players than there is in men's test cricket. i think we're judged slightly differently sometimes, and then the debate starts to go, "should women be playing test cricket?" so, yeah, we certainly feel that pressure. test match special has live online commentary of that match, which starts tomorrow at 11am. you can also watch in—play video clips via the bbc sport website

patrick gearey, bbc news.nt bridge — play can go on till after 7pm because of the hour long rain delay today. england are 64—1 at the moment. and it's also finals day in the charlotte edwards cup — central sparks taking on southern vipers, who are coached by the namesake of this trophy... charlotte edwards. the vipers scored at a decent rate in reply to the sparks score of 109—8. they eventually finished on 110—11. rugby union, and saracens overcame a nine—point deficit and survived three second—half yellow cards to beat champions harlequins in the day's first premiership semi—final. the victory means saracens reached their sixth final in their last eight campaigns — having won four of those trips to twickenham. jess softley has more. former champions versus reigning champions. saracens against harlequins. the stage was set. harlequins. the stage was set. harlequins have the better start. marcus smith exploiting a gap in the saracens defence to set up danny care. ben earl reduce the deficit before clever play

patrick gearey reports. "back yourself." england's new mantra.that allows jamie 0verton — a bowler on debut — to bat to the brink of a century. 97 — he had come so close, he had come so far. because together with jonny bairstow, he'd changed the game, and bairstow kept going. past 150, past new zealand. an innings that started with england in crisis ended with england in front. the boy from bradford beloved in leeds. having left with love, he returned with gloves as stand—in wicketkeeper. england ahead by 31 and hunting wickets. that was the first — will young. but slowly england moved from chasing to fetching. kiwi confidence inflated. tom latham and kane williamson looked comfortable. england needed new energy. cue 0verton... 0ne ball after tea, he got latham. bairstow�*s catch among the pigeons. the weather kept them from maintaining a grip, but again, first ball after the restart, joe root struck. devon conway magnificently caught by ollie pope. now england were on the charge. new zealand's captain, williamson, edged matthew potts behind. eng

our sports correspondent patrick gearey has been watching the action at headingley.lows jamie overton — a bowler on debut — to bat to the brink of a century. 97 — he had come so close, he had come so far. because together with jonny bairstow, he'd changed the game, and bairstow kept going. past 150, past new zealand. an innings that started with england in crisis ended with england in front. the boy from bradford beloved in leeds. having left with love, he returned with gloves as stand—in wicketkeeper. england ahead by 31 and hunting wickets. that was the first — will young. but slowly england moved from chasing to fetching. kiwi confidence inflated. tom latham and kane williamson looked comfortable. england needed new energy. cue overton... one ball after tea, he got latham. bairstow�*s catch among the pigeons. the weather kept them from maintaining a grip, but again, first ball after the restart, joe root struck. devon conway magnificently caught by ollie pope. now england were on the charge. new zealand's captain, williamson, edged matthew potts behind. england be

patrick gearey, bbc news.�*s headline performance, which you can see after this programme. from worthy farm, our culture editor, katie razzall, has just sent this report and a warning her report does contain some flash photgraphy. # can't buy me love, love. # can't buy me love... 80 years of age and the pyramid stage is his. sir paul mccartney, glastonbury�*s oldest ever solo headliner. # can't buy me love... this morning's sound check took place in front of fans who had already claimed the best spots. some were really dressing for the occasion. i got here nice and early because i thought i'd make the most of it. i beat them all here. brilliant. we've only got nine and a half hours to wait. that's all. i've worked a night shift and i come here, haven't gone back to the tent but i may as welljust sit here and hang in— there. he's the legend, he's just written the soundtrack to our lives. - it's great. we are on the way to the park, you're not following me that far, are you? # don't walk away... noel gallagher w

patrick gearey, bbc news. by six wickets to win the charlotte edwards cup today. they've been unbeaten for the whole tournament and signed off in style. and fittingly, they are coached by the england legend that the trophy is named after. rugby union — and saracens overcame a nine—point deficit and survived three second half yellow cards to beat champions harlequins in the day's first premiership semifinal. the victory means saracens reached their sixth final in their last eight campaigns — having won four of those trips to twickenham. jess softley has more. former champions versus reigning champions, saracens versus harlequins, the stage was set. quins had the better start. marcus smith exploiting a gap in the saracens defence to set up danny care. ben earl reduced the deficit before clever play from 0wen farrell had tomkins crashing over to give saracens the lead. 13—12 at half—time. they held the momentum, all the way to the try line. commentator: it's their fourth! a series of high tackles left them down t

patrick gearey reports.either as full or empty as it might�*ve been as a punishment for racist abuse, this game was ordered to be played behind closed doors. school children were allowed in accompanied by adults, and when england took the knee, some booing. for england on a hot day, this would be a personality test. defender connor cody is good in a crisis. he saves them here. in truth, we learned little else for some time. flickered in flash, but it was a rare spark. the game drifted until suddenly, an alarm, hungary with a penalty. the nation star with his nation's chance, one for the kids. england seemed tired and hungary had an appetite for more. this should have been 2—0. harry kane came close, they had been second—best. patrick geary, bbc news. ireland suffered a shock defeat in the nations league, losing one nil to armenia in yerevan. armenia are ranked 92nd in the world, 45 places below ireland, but eduard spertsyan produced a stunning strike that means ireland haven't won in 11 nations league matche

patrick gearey, bbc news.pefully for you as well at home. that's it from the lunchtime team. the next news on bbc one is at 7pm, bye for now. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. england, scotland and wales are all in nations league actions later. england play italy in a repeat of last years euro 2020 final, which italy won on penalties. england will be without phil foden, who is still recovering from covid. the match will be officially played behind closed doors at wolverhampton wanderers�* molineux stadium, although 3,000 fans, who are mainly schoolchildren, will be inside. it's part of the punishment handed down to the football association for the crowd trouble that marred the final at wembley. i think we've spoken enough about it. we spoke about it after the final, we have spoken about it when the punishment was first given. what i must say is that the vast majority of our fans that travelled to germany behaved themselves brilliantly, and i think enjoy the game, enjoyed the p

it's as patrick gearey now reports. that time of year, t temperatures it's that time of year, the temperaturesritish hopes, sizzle or burn. at wimbledon cameron norrie will be in there for match one. he was on song for .i. the top british seed next week here on the bottom of your screen, he dominated brandon nakashima. important in this weather to use your energy and efficiently, cameron norrie took the first set in the first game of the second he broke again. he has never been beyond round three of a grand slam, curiosity he will want to make history. straight sets win here was some stock. the plan is to ensure it is just the start. we've not seen enough of katie boulter in her career so far. finally now, she may be sufficiently free of illness and injury to compete with the best. yesterday she beat, today she defeated by petra kvitova. use it as a springboard. she sees the first set, petra kvitova had a reset. she kept her response shortened to the point. the second soon out of reach, that reach was limited by a sore arm. didn't stop katie boulter slugging it out through a pumping third to i

patrick gearey was watching. this is rafael nadal�*s kingdom.ything about it is another thing entirely. as my kristop the first set. at 36 for rafael nadal, every match is a bargain with his body. hoping it will let him play shots like this. he muscled his way from a breakdown to the second set. it was now a case of casper ruud against the dismissive, rafael nadal swiping aside his young opponent at every opportunity in the third. the spaniard, one of the greatest ever to play the game, has suggested he may not be able to go on for long. so these are moments worth remembering. the clock ticks and the body aches, but once again rafael nadal stands as king. patrick geary, bbc news. it’s nadal stands as king. patrick geary, bbc news. �*, ,., nadal stands as king. patrick geary, bbc news. �* , ,., ., nadal stands as king. patrick geary, bbc news. �*, ., ., bbc news. it's something that i for sure it never _ bbc news. it's something that i for sure it never believed, _ bbc news. it's something that i for sure it never believed, being - bbc news. it's

patrick gearey reports. wimbledon offered him another precious chance for a grand slam title. he started the tournament slowly, but today he had his eye in. he won three of the first four games, kokkinakis was cornered, trying to remember plans and formulate answers against a man already on the next question. kokkinakis had previously described djokovic as a brick wall. wherever you hit it, it keeps bouncing back at you. until eventually the wall wins. the kind of match where you only really needed to watch half the court. when djokovic plays like this, there is very little anyone can do. in the end, kokkinakis thought it best not to look. on centre, there is no soap to hide behind. in a complicated yearfor novak djokovic, this was superbly simple. straight sets, and straight forward, as it gets. —— no so far. it's been a rain affected day in taunton where england's women are playing their one—off test against south africa. in the women's game, tests last four days so there's just one left now to salvage a r

patrick gearey was watching. this is rafael del�*s kingdom, his red carpet.gainst. doing anything about it is another thing entirely. no dow storm is the first set. —— nadal. it was now a case of nadal swiping a his young opponent at every opportunity in the third. the spaniard, one of the greatest ever to play the game, suggested he may not be able to go on for long. so these are moments worth remembering. 0nce on for long. so these are moments worth remembering. once again, raphael nadal stands as king. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today. 0tt tanak claimed his first world rally championship victory of the season at rally italia sardinia. irish driver craig breen earned a second place finish while gus greensmith was the highest placed brit in seventh. in golf, england's richard mansell finished tied for third at the european 0pen. finland's kalle samooja was the winner. and manchester thunder maintained their unbeaten record this season by defeating loughborough lightning by 60 points to 53 at the copper box are

patrick gearey reports. second day of the second test, england so far second best.made a century, number two of the series. they should have gotten again in 104, underneath out matthew potts who became briefly. no one could believe the luck. tom blundell bundled one way to reach his hundred. he was out not long later but new zealand were flying, hurtling towards 450 with mitchell launching them around nottingham. heads up. in fact, sign him up. not enough englishmen have clung on, joe root was a guilty man on day one, at least michael bracewell did not get away. by the time mitchell and new zealand were all out they had made 553. over to england, who were made to watch batty look easy, knowing it is not. just ask zak crawley, hard luck, hard work. england made it to 90-1 at luck, hard work. england made it to 90—1 at the close. 0ne job done, just the three days to go. in the nations league, england and italy played out a repeat of last year�*s euro 2020 final. it finished 0—0, with raheem sterling having one of the best chances for england. gareth southgate�*s side

both winning their first round matches against higher ranked opponents, and as patrick gearey reportsston, the world number 147, has already upset the odds once this summer — at queen's. feels like a dream, i didn't get much sleep last night. i don't think i want to wake up from this anytime soon. . . , i want to wake up from this anytime soon, ., ., , ., i want to wake up from this anytime soon. . .,, ., ,~ , soon. that was how ryan penistin introduced — soon. that was how ryan penistin introduced himself _ soon. that was how ryan penistin introduced himself to _ soon. that was how ryan penistin introduced himself to the - soon. that was how ryan penistin introduced himself to the british i introduced himself to the british public. his green dream sequence to come to the quarterfinals now for the booming wake up call of denmark, the booming wake up call of denmark, the 19—year—old is a whirl of barely contained energy and carefully harnessed touch, he took the first set. penistin hadn't done a lot wrong and force the second set to a tie—break, there he pounced. the authority of queen

our reporter patrick gearey has more.nty to an employment tribunal. a judge at the tribunal has ruled their cases are well—founded. no yorkshire say all 16 of this acting dutch sackings they made in the wake of the azeem rafiq racism scandal were justified. they do acknowledge the judge must make finding that no disciplinary process was followed. they say they are accepting that in order to reduce the amount of time taken up ijy reduce the amount of time taken up by these tribunals. so the next step is to find a remedy — that might come in the form of an agreement between the employees in yorkshire, or it might take a new hearing. either way, the fallout from what happened last winter in yorkshire could last well into the summer. legendary india batter mithali raj has announced her retirement from international cricket. the 39—year—old retires as the all—time leading run—scorer in women's one—day internationals and also captained her side to two world cup finals. dust with 7500 runs over 50. she also remains india's highe

patrick gearey looks back at his life.ham's unfancied northern ireland. what happened next is enshrined in history. bud ireland. what happened next is enshrined in history. and northern ireland enshrined in history. and northern ireiand have _ enshrined in history. and northern ireland have done _ enshrined in history. and northern ireland have done it! _ enshrined in history. and northern ireland have done it! they - enshrined in history. and northern ireland have done it! they have . enshrined in history. and northern. ireland have done it! they have won the group. billy bingham embraces the group. billy bingham embraces the goal—scorer gerry armstrong. everything was in their favour. the goal—scorer gerry armstrong. everything was in theirfavour. home everything was in their favour. home crowd, _ everything was in their favour. home crowd, spanish press, the home press wanted _ crowd, spanish press, the home press wanted spain to go through, fifa wanted _ wanted spain to go through, fifa wanted them to get through. that

patrick gearey reports.d, trying to remember plans and formulate answers against a man already on the next question. kokkinakis had previously described djokovic as a brick wall. wherever you hit it, it keeps bouncing back at you. until eventually the wall wins. the kind of match where you only really needed to watch half the court. when djokovic plays like this, there is very little anyone can do. in the end, kokkinakis thought it best not to look. 0n centre, there is no soap to hide behind. in a complicated year for novak djokovic, this was superbly simple. straight sets, and straight forward, as it gets. —— no so far. it's been a rain affected day in taunton where england's women are playing their one—off test against south africa. in the women's game, tests last four days so there's just one left now to salvage a result. but in the brief time england did get to bowl at their opponents, they took some wickets. two for issy wong in the evening session have left south africa on 55 for 3 in their second inni

patrick gearey reports. stadium neither is full or as empty as it might�*ve been.s as a punishment for racist abuse on the hungarian schoolchildren were allowed in accompanied by adults. and when england took the knee there was some billing. for england on a hot day after a long season this would be a personality test. conor coady clearly good in a crisis. he saved them here. in truth we learned little else for some time, bukayo saka flickered and flashed but it was rare. the game drifted drowsily until suddenly an alarm. hungary had a penalty. the start of the nation with a chance for the nation, one for the kids. england seem tired and hungry had an appetite for more. this could and should have been 2— nil. i miss that england could not make them regret. harry kane came close but they were second best in budapest. it was the final day of the regular season in the rugby union premiership and northampton saints have secured a place in the play—offs. they ran in 10 tries, tommy freeman with a hatrick, beating newcastle 65—26. they'll play table—toppers leicester in

patrick gearey, bbc news. to beat red bull's sergio perez by more than a quarter of a second. championship leader verstappen will start from third in the other red bull. george russell is the best placed briton in fifth, two places ahead of his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton. this one i probably did not expect because i thought red bull was strong, especially in q1 and q2. we were faster but then in the last lap everything came together and managed to do a good lap so extremely happy. in the women's triathlon event in leeds, britain's double olympic medallist georgia taylor—brown finished second. fellow brit sophie coldwell was third. they both narrowly lost out to cassandre beaugrand of france, who won gold despite picking up a 10 second penalty along the way. in the men's race, the hopes of british pair jonathan brownlee and alex yee were ended after a crash on the bike leg that wasn't caught on camera. it was hayden wilde of new zealand who took first place. and what a fightback from saracens — they came

target for victory as england look to put the troubles of a difficult winter behind them, as patrick gearey via a day of constantly flipping fortunes. unbelievable from joe root. at one point, it seemed joe root could hit the ball anywhere. the problem came when he hit it there. out for 176. he wanted more. so did england. they fell into a familiar mid—innings crisis. matthew potts said yes, then wait... too late. ben foakes on 56 had come too far. england lost direction. all out still 16 runs behind, with the ball, they needed to get things moving. commentator: 0h, he's knocked him over. - that's jimmy anderson's genius. his 650th test wicket. but england would need to stay patient, wait for the mistake. this was devon conway's — gone for 52. doubt now crept in under black caps. will young made 56 runs confidently, then dithered on the 57th. he was out. england were in. but they know every new zealand hit adds to the english workload when they come to bat, and that every wicket they take limits that damage. a match that might have drifted may get one final twist. game on. patrick geary, bb

patrick gearey rounds up the action for us.ing you touch, flies. if you can hit them there, you can hit them anywhere. easy to be careless. root out, out of nowhere. he scored 176. that only made him want more. with him went england's momentum. now england... daryl mitchell caught him. too late. ben foakes and 56 had come too far. england had lost direction. all out, still 1a runs behind, with the ball they needed to get things moving. he has knocked him over! that isjimmy anderson's genius. 650th test wicket. this would be about patience for england, waiting for new zealand mistakes. that was devon conway's. henry nicholls followed. doubts crept under black caps. even will young dithered over the 57th. he was out, england were in. now the problems. tom blundell and daryl mitchell made big partnerships both in this test and the last. they threatened another, but england had an idea. both sure and see if they blunder. their plan came together. new zealand are more than 200 runs ahead, but england keep taking wickets. a match tha

patrick gearey reports. brookline in the sunshine, but this is a tournament shrouded in shadow.ickelson in particular has been front and centre for the rebels and now he will play alongside those who stayed behind. i have been disappointed with how he went about what he has done. but i think he has come back and shown some remorse about how he has handled some things, so i think he has learned from that and who am i to sit up here and give phil a lesson on how to do things? of course the clue is in the name. the us open is open to all infants who qualify but some other big tournaments might not be. at the heart of this is big money and big questions. i want to play against the best in the world in a format that's been going on for hundreds of years. money is great, but when this first happened, would my life change if i got 400 million, no. others want to block it out and focus on the greens and fairways ahead. to make talk of a new tour out of bounds. i�*m trying to focus on the us open. i legitimately don�*t get it. i�*m tired of the conversations and tired of there being a bl

patrick gearey, bbc news.y morning, tidying up, we have had confident predictions there may be the odd shower earlier in the morning it was raining but now it is getting downgraded to the odd shower. lam hoping i am hoping to downgraded to that, yes. i am hoping to downgraded to that, yes dry— i am hoping to downgraded to that, yes. dry weather, that would be nice, _ yes. dry weather, that would be nice, winded? we won't need the poncho— nice, winded? we won't need the poncho then, would we? ponchos away, then. i poncho then, would we? ponchos away, then- i would — poncho then, would we? ponchos away, then. i would commit _ poncho then, would we? ponchos away, then. i would commit to _ poncho then, would we? ponchos away, then. i would commit to that _ poncho then, would we? ponchos away, then. i would commit to that yet. i then. i would commit to that yet. still time- — then. i would commit to that yet. still time. hello _ then. i would commit to that yet. still time. hello everyone. i then. i would commit to

patrick gearey reports. brookline in the sunshine, but this is a tournament shrouded in shadow.rse, the clue is in the name. the us open is open to all entrants who qualify, but some other big tournaments might not be. at the heart of this is big money and big questions. i want to play against the best in the world in a format that's been going on for hundreds of years. yeah, money is great, but when this first happened, would my life change if i got a00 million? no. others want to block it out and focus on the greens and fairways ahead, to make talk of a new tour out of bounds. i'm trying to focus on the us open. i legitimately don't get it. i'm tired of the conversations and tired of there being a black cloud on the us open. i think that sucks. the scenes are rather silly. brookline is a place of strong emotions. in 1999, perhaps the most boisterous and rancorous of all ryder cups was played here. 23 years on, this week, you will struggle to find much peace next season's premier league fixtures have been published this morning. it's an earlier start to the season because of th

a5 patrick gearey reports.gs crisis. matthew potts said yes, then wait... too late. ben foakes on 56 had come too far. england lost direction. all out still 1a runs behind with the ball they needed to get things moving. commentator: 0h, he's knocked him over. - that's jimmy anderson's genius. his 650th test wicket. but england would need to stay patient, wait for the mistake. this was devon conway's — gone for 52. doubt now crept in under black caps. will young made 56 runs confidently, then dithered on the 57th. he was out. england were in. but they know every new zealand hit adds to the english workload when they come to bat, and that every wicket they take limits that damage. a match that might have drifted may get one final twist. game on. patrick geary, bbc news. england, wales scotland all play later. while australia became the latest team to qualify for the world cup. no doubt who the star was — goalkeeper andrew redmayne, who was substituted on just for the spot kicks against peru. so a bit of pressure,

patrick gearey looks back at his life. in history. bud ireland. what happened next is enshrined in history. and northern ireland enshrined in history. and northern ireland have _ enshrined in history. and northern ireland have done _ enshrined in history. and northern ireland have done it! _ enshrined in history. and northern ireland have done it! they - enshrined in history. and northern ireland have done it! they have . enshrined in history. and northern. ireland have done it! they have won the group! billy bingham embraces the group! billy bingham embraces the goalscorer gerry armstrong. everything was in their favour. the home _ everything was in their favour. the home ground, the spanish press, the world _ home ground, the spanish press, the world press— home ground, the spanish press, the world press wanting spain to get through. — world press wanting spain to get through, fever wanting them to get through _ through, fever wanting them to get throu~h. . through, fever wanting them to get throuth. ., , ., ., . , ., ,

patrick gearey reports. brookline in the sunshine, but this is a tournament shrouded in shadow.-— big questions. i want to play auainst big questions. i want to play against the _ big questions. i want to play against the best _ big questions. i want to play against the best in - big questions. i want to play against the best in the - big questions. i want to play| against the best in the world big questions. i want to play i against the best in the world in big questions. i want to play - against the best in the world in a format _ against the best in the world in a format that's been going on for hundreds— format that's been going on for hundreds of years. money is great, but when _ hundreds of years. money is great, but when this first happened, would my life _ but when this first happened, would my life change if i got 400 million, no. , . my life change if i got 400 million, no, , ., ., my life change if i got 400 million, no. , . ., , ., . no. others want to block it out and focus on the _ no. others want to block it out and focus on the greens _ no. others want to block i