in the other fixtures — salford red devils beat st helens, wakefield trinity thrashed hull fc, and wigant, as it has been a dramatic day with huge ramifications for the sport in pakistan. not long before the first odi was due to start in rawalpindi, new zealand's men abandoned the tour, citing security advice from their government. the ecb have since said they will now decide in the next 24—48 hours, whether the men's and women's matches there will go ahead next month. the pakistan cricket board released a statement, saying, "the security officials with the new zealand team have been "satisfied with security arrangements made by the government "of pakistan throughout their stay here. "we are willing to continue the scheduled matches. "however, cricket lovers in pakistan and around the world will be "disappointed by this last—minute withdrawal." and that's all the sport for now. bye— bye. hello there. we've got quite a mixed picture to take us into this a decent end to the worsening week —— working week. some spots caught up to about 22 degrees. for northern ireland and scotland, it's bee

in the other fixtures, salford red devils beat st hekens 26—14, wakefield trinity thrashed hull fc 44d they will now decide in the next 24 to 48 hours whether the men's and women's matches there will go ahead next month. the pakistan cricket board released a statement saying, "security officials with the new zealand team have been "satisfied with security arrangements made by "the government of pakistan. "we are willing to continue the scheduled matches. "however, cricket lovers in pakistan and around the world will be disappointed by this last minute withdrawal." "disappointed by this last minute withdrawal." and that is all the sport for now. bye— bye. hello there. many of us yesterday had a decent day of weather. temperatures reached 22.3 degrees celsius in the warmest spots, but it wasn't like that everywhere. in argyll and bute, cloudy for much of the day with rain and mist and fog patches over the high ground until this happened. late on, as the weather fronts started to clear through, some of the cloud from the front was lit up by the setting sun, and it was a glorious end to t