patrick geary has more.match of fascinating flux, and is now the weather has shifted. saturday began with edgbaston shrouded in showers, gone was the sunshine for now. the rain cleared but the clouds stayed. ideal for england's bowlers, rain cleared but the clouds stayed. idealfor england's bowlers, and the kind of situation stuart broad is made for, especially against david warner. a roar that has occurred through ashes history. the 15th time he has got in. the next ball was marcus labuschagne, swept away by broad's charge. as the clouds parted, the aussies started to settle, and ben stokes doesn't like that. he took the ball against the great steve smith. wait a moment. what a moment. after lunch, the counterpunch. we usman khawaja and travis smacked 50s, partly at the expense of the returning moeen ali, but he and his partner took a favour and removed head. for him in his home city, in a format he thought he had retired from, you never lose it. cameron green bold, early he might have been stumped. 220 2a5

patrick geary, bbc news at edgbaston.emember at the us open in los angeles for frenchman matthieu pavon. he became the first player from france to card a hole—in—one with a 124—yard effort on the 15th. pavon finished the day at one over. rickie fowler shot an eight under 62. the lowest round in us open history — with ten birdies and two bogeys. but, just moments later, his round was matched by fellow american xander shauffele, who also finished his opening round on eight under. full details of the first round on the bbc sport website. andy murray reached the nottingham 0pen quarterfinals with a 6—3, 7—5 victory over france's hugo grenier to cap a record—breaking day for british tennis. murray claimed his first title on home soil since wimbledon in 2016 with his win at surbiton last week. he is ranked 44th in the world — and trying to secure a top—32 seeding for wimbledon. the victory came after katie boulter, harriet dart and jodie burragejoined heather watson in the women's last eight — the first time four british women

patrick geary reports.nother amazing day of ashes cricket ends with an england fight back in the evening light. here at edgbaston, they took three wickets australia 107 for three momentum. switched sides all day long. really. joe root began incredibly alongside 0llie pope and harry brooke really taking the fight to australia. but root went for one shot too many in the end was stumped off the bowling of nathan lyon. the aussies kept chipping away with wickets. they got bairstow and stokes in the afternoon session and it was over to 0llie robinson really with the tail to take england up to a lead of 280. australia started their second innings really well. warner and khawaja looked in good nick, but robinson got involved again. he got warner caught behind and then it was over to stuart broad, who loves these moments so much. he got marnus labuschagne and then steve smith, two really dangerous batsmen for the aussie. so it's all set up for the final day, but the weather might have a say. how much play is it goi

patrick geary at edgbaston for us there.ngeles country club on thursday — against a back drop of confusion around the future of men's professional golf. world number two and masters championjon rahm is among a number of players who have spoken frankly since the pga tour and the dp world tour announced they were merging with the saudi public investment fund — which backs the liv golf tour. players from both sides of golf�*s year long dispute are preparing to contest the third men's major of the year — and rahm was the most outspoken aboutt the merger: it gets to a point where you want to have faith in management. and i want to have faith that this is the best thing for all of us, but it's clear that that's not the consensus. right. i think the general feeling is that a lot of people feel a bit of betrayal from management. i haven't paid too much attention to it, honestly. i've been trying to prep for this week. i'm just trying to make sure that i come into a major championship. there's four weeks a year that i really, really

patrick geary, bbc news. alexander bublik, meanwhile, defeated andrey rublev in three sets to win the biggest title of his career at the halle open. rublev, who's the world number seven, was looking to become to first player to win atp 500 titles on all three surfaces. but he found bublik, ranked 48th in the world, in fine form ahead of wimbledon, winning only his second tour title. at the women's tournaments, petra kvitova boosted her hopes of a third wimbledon title by winning the german open in berlin — sweeping past donna vekic in straight sets. while at the birmingham classic, jelena ostapenko won her second title on grass with victory over barbora krejcikova. she clinched a very tight first set in a tie—break and then went—on to win the second set 6—4. it was the latvian�*s first staight sets win of the tournament. she'll now move on to eastbourne. i played five great matches. this was the only match in two sets, thankfully, because it was. i mean, every match was really tough one and but it's a great p

patrick geary, bbc news, edgbaston.ll—british final at the nottingham 0pen. in the men's tournament, andy murray continued his fine form to win for the second week in a row. 0ur correspondent andy swiss has more. as father's day presents go, not a bad one for andy murray, as he followed up last week's success in surbiton with another morale—boosting triumph. commentator: superb from murray. world number 181 arthur cazaux could only watch and admire. and while tougher tests await, the pre—wimbledon signs are encouraging. umpire: game, set and match, murray. another title, and then a surprise. murray hadn't realised that in the crowd were his four children. hopefully, i'll get back home tonight and see my kids for father's day, get a rest day tomorrow and, yes, get pumped for queen's. oh, my god! aw, i didn't know they were here! applause i had no idea they were coming. and the home fans soon had even more to cheer. jodie burrage and katie boulter in the first all—british final on the women's tour since 1977. and it was b

patrick geary, bbc news.hird wimbledon title by winning the german open in berlin. she swept past donna vekic in straight sets to win her second title of the year. while at the birmingham classic, jelena ostapenko won her second title on grass with victory over barbora krejcikova. she clinched a very tight first set in a tie—break and then went on to win the second set 6—4. it was the latvian�*s first staight sets win of the tournament. she'll now move on to eastbourne. australia have the upper hand in the womens ashes test at trent bridge. england will start the final day on 116—5 — chasing what would be a record run chase of 268 to win. australia were all out in their second innings for 257, sophie ecclestone once again england's best bowler taking 5 wickets — that's 10 for the match. but their hopes of achieving their highest chase severely dented when they lost 5 late wickets before the close and need 152 runs to win on the final day. the mulit—format series continues with three t20s and 3 odis. it's the

australia beat them byjust two wickets thanks to their captain pat cummins. 0ur sports reporter patrick geary on. but at 2:15pm, this place rose to the challenge ahead. a day to say you were there, maybe. moeen ali never thought he would be. he removed travis head, having been coaxed out of test match retirement. australia five down and under huge pressure, but they play classic cricket. never panicking. the target crept below 100. in this game, though, you're never far from the next twist. cameron green bowled 0llie robinson. england back in it. moeen's spinning finger was proving too painful so the captain took the ball. ben stokes makes things happen. commentator: bowled him! even on a weakened knee. gone was the dangerous usman khawaja. and so, too, alex carey — disappearing in a miraculous moment from joe root. england needed just two wickets. australia 54 runs. time to fight. pat cummins, their captain, aimed skywards, momentum shifted, the mood shifted. the other batter, nathan lyon, felt emboldened. but wait, stokes was out there. had he caught it? agonisingly, no. and a test match of

patrick geary reports. england could not afford an easy sunday morning at edgbaston.t with the game in the balance and time marching onwards. with the pitch unhelpful, they needed a plan, everything in its right place, fielders on the ball. alex kerry is the latest to be entranced byjimmy anderson. all the while, australia were advancing, and this was starting to hurt england. moeen ali's stinging finger needed treatment. their attack weakened. ben stokes improvised and moved his men to unusual places to unsettle usman khawaja. he bowled 0llie robinson for a brilliant 141. breakthrough made, the rest of the aussie batting quickly gave way, ending fittingly in the hands of stokes. an excellent end to that session from england they do have a lead ofjust seven runs. that leaves this match fascinatingly poised, with the added dimension of some storms potentially coming in through the afternoon. and as the dark lord left, darker skies arrived. rain delayed the match, but when it eased, it left perfect hunting conditions for aussie bowlers. ben duckett going to a brilliant

australia won an ashes on english soil, their captain pat cummins said "winning overseas is hard. " patrick gearyashes is captain. yes, absolutely. bad news for. first ashes is captain. yes, - absolutely. bad news for england first ashes is captain. re: absolutely. bad news for england and ben stokes —— good news. really end dissipated ashes season for the most anticipated since 2005. the reason being is both sides like in 2005 are really strong teams who are both on form for the england might feel they could been a lot stronger although they do have stokes available, he has strapping on his knee and will be keeping an eye on that. he says he feels fine, really the proof is in the pudding when he starts they lost jack leach, in the pudding when he starts they lostjack leach, he in the pudding when he starts they lost jack leach, he was replaced in the pudding when he starts they lostjack leach, he was replaced by moe and allie who stokes had to coach out of retirement for this match. there will be kinse sermons about the workload, both class performance but are advancing in age without wanting th

this is number 3a patrick geary reports. this is number 34joe root. ids, patrick geary reports. root injured wonderfully. these are all the skills of the modern cricketer with classical timing. skills of the modern cricketer with classicaltiming. he skills of the modern cricketer with classical timing. he reached his century under a golden edgbaston evening saluted by an ecstatic crowd. well, england controversially declared their innings a little after that have a bowl of australia. they did not take any wickets so day two will be about that battle between england's bowler and australia's batters. patrick geary, bbc news at edgbaston. well, i'm delighted to say i'm joined by the captain of england when they won the famous 2005 ashes, michael vaughan. hi, michael. where were you and what did you make that declaration? i was did you make that declaration? i was about to go — did you make that declaration? i was about to go on _ did you make that declaration? i was about to go on television _ did you make that declaration? inn—3 about to go on television and it gave me ten minutes

the one man following all of this is patrick geary at edgbaston, and this is fascinatingly placed..— nails at the moment. yeah, absolutely. _ nails at the moment. yeah, absolutely. i— nails at the moment. yeah, absolutely. iwill_ nails at the moment. yeah, absolutely. i will try - nails at the moment. yeah, absolutely. i will try to - nails at the moment. yeah, | absolutely. i will try to keep nails at the moment. yeah, - absolutely. i will try to keep you up—to—date, because so much is happening. it's very difficult to keep track of it. we had that wonderful ball, from alex, the ozzie's last senior better, so when joe root gets him, i australia just need more than 50 runs to win the match. england right in it they are just needing two wickets for a victory. after that, pat cummins come to the crease, the australian captain. he decides to go on the counter attack. captain. he decides to go on the counterattack. he captain. he decides to go on the counter attack. he has two big sixes to get back to target down. he is joined by nathan, the ozzie spinner, a man who loves a fight, love

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patrick geary is at head of that first test. to the pitch at around the pitch for the ahead of what is going to be the first ashes test which starts on friday foot of it seems england are pretty well prepared. so much so that they have already announced their team. in it is mowing an alley, the spinner replaces jack ricci was injured pace while james anderson and stuart broad and ali robinson, anderson of the old guard reunited once again put up the batting is pretty settled for the number five will be harry brock. this will be his ashes debut he personifies the new attacking approach that england have had over this past year or so an approach he says that will not change even in a ashes series with stokes have tried to make it as relaxed as we have beenin to make it as relaxed as we have been in last few test series for that it doesn't feel like a different series.— that it doesn't feel like a different series. ~ �* , different series. we're definitely can no different series. we're definitely can go out _ different series. we'

patrick geary, bbc at edgbaston.ur in group c. marcus rashford, harry kane and kalvin phillips were also on the scoresheet on a very comfortable night. it was a bad night for wales, who were beaten in turkey. they had joe morrell sent offjust before half—time before this superb effort from arda guler wrapped a 2—0 victory. welsh hopes of reaching euro 202a taking another huge blow. northern ireland were beaten 1—0 at home by kazakhstan — abat aimbetov broke through the defence to put the visitors ahead with just two minutes of normal time remaining. they have three points from theirfour games in group h. scotland have never won four in a row at the start of a campaign but can do so if they beat georgia tonight. steve clarke's side maintained their 100 per cent start to euro 202a qualifying with a 2—1 away win against norway on saturday. it isa it is a busy summer of sport, we see andy murray queens, as he tries to boost his ranking is to avoid some of the bigger names when wimbledon gets under way soon. it has been a

patrick geary is a former nato analyst and a defense and security expert at the university of bath. he is with us from dublin tonight. patrick, from the ukrainian standpoint, what is a successful counter offensive? a good evening. what a centrally via credit is a read site is much territory is a convent the least amount of losses. so that's what it looks like. and then of course, if they're able to do that, they gave a manager breakthrough. i think it will take a while. i'm still cautiously optimistic that they can somewhere. but if they, if they can do that and there's one break. ready of course that sets the tone politically for continuing western sup. ready or maybe set up another operation in . ready you know or them where they could and they could do the same again essentially. so. ready there's a lot riding on it for ukraine but also. ready ready judge by whether they can break. ready how much territory they can capture and it won't cost as we get the drip, drip drip of information from the front line. what specifically will be you be looking out for it. essentially it's, this

patrick geary, bbc news, edgbaston.en park last night tops that. look at these conditions as scotland took on georgia in euros qualifying. after getting under way, the pitch was soon rendered unplayable. and you can see why with the amount of water— and you can see why with the amount of water on _ and you can see why with the amount of water on the surface. not before scotland took the lead through calum mcgregor. an hour— and a half the fans waited before the game resumed, scott mctominay, added another in the second half, georgia also missed a penalty. it's now four wins in a row for scotland, they're sitting pretty at the top of their qualifying group. i'm thinking we want to keep the run going. the next game is cyprus. we want to keep winning. we want to keep putting points on the board. like i say, nobody knows what the points tally will be. so, we'lljust keep picking up points as often as we can. and at the end of the group we'll tally up and see if we've made it. before i praise my players, which i'm going to do

patrick geary, bbc news, at edgbaston.and face norway and erling haaland tomorrow, but before that — three matches for the home nations tonight — northern ireland face their biggest test in qualifying, away to denmark and england have their manchester city treble—winners in the squad for the trip to malta. meanwhile, wales manager rob page insists his team can be a match for anybody as they prepare for a qualifier against armenia in cardiff later. wales have taken four points from the two qualifiers they�*ve played since their dissapointing showing at the world cup. we've got the disappointment of the world cup out of us now, out of the system. to start with that point against croatia felt like a win. and eventually the results will take care of themselves. it's like friday's game. we can't worry about the opposition too much. we have to respect what they are all about but it's about us. and if we give the level of performance that i know we're capable of we'll be a match for anybody. tributes have been paid to the former

reinvigorated english cricket over the past 1a months, but they face the ultimate test in australia as patrick gearylly the best test team in the world, they have the top three batters, too. and they never ease off whatever they are doing. but though they will tell you they focus only on themselves, they have noticed how england have changed. they know they may have a fight on their hands. the cricket england have played the last 12 months has been really exciting. i've enjoyed watching from afar. you know, i said initially it perhaps might be different coming up against our attack, but we will wait and see, i suppose. but i think we've been playing good cricket, they have been playing good cricket so it makes for an exciting series. the australian attack has just to help them beat india to claim the world test championship. and now england will have josh hazlewood hurtling out of the shadows towards them. he is fit and raring to go tojoin the fearsome aussie bowling. no wonder he's excited. i always think our best tour is here in england for the ashes and, you know, getting to the airport a couple

patrick geary, bbc news at edgbaston.ay from things here at edgbaston, we wondered over night whether we might see rory mcilroy get his hands on a fifth major title. his hopes came to an end. such a close finish at the us open, finishing one shot behind american windom clark. wyndham clark at the us open in los angeles. he made a birdie on the first hole but that was the only one of his final round. clark's closing 70 took him to ten—under par. his best finish at a major before this was a tie for 75th place, so this is by far the biggest win of his career. as the build—up to wimbledon continues, it was a great day for british players at the nottingham 0pen, with katie boulter winning a her first title on the wta tour and andy murray making it two trophies in a row. andy swiss has more. as father's day presents go, not a bad one for andy murray, as he followed up last week's success in surbiton with another morale—boosting triumph. commentator: superb from murray. world number 181 arthur cazaux could only watch and admire.