stuart broad and sam curran shattered south africa's resistance.gs knocked sideways. four wickets forjust one run. so much fun, joe root asked them to bat again but england soon ran into a more stubborn opponent. the rain hung around longer than most of the south african batsmen could. when it cleared after lunch, they had to face mark wood at nearly 90 mph. fast enough to blow dean elgar away. but when progress slowed slightly, england's captain grabbed the ball himself. ajoe root masterstroke. part—time spinner, doing overtime and he was helped by brilliance from 0llie pope. here, almost bending over backwards for his boss. six wickets left and more than a day to survive, south africa needed to drop anchor — but quinton de kock couldn't be their rock. root, again. his fourth victim would be opposing captain, faf du plessis. caught once more by pope. now victory tomorrow may only be a dry hour away. patrick gearey, bbc news. let's have quick look at some of the days other sports stories: lee westwood survived a nervy finish at golf‘s abu dhabi cha

sam curran. he has a golden arm as well. —— you have archer. people will go he is not fast enough.is too short but he makes things happen. it ta kes short but he makes things happen. it takes wickets very important time for front of it is a great group of bowlers and probably archer will come in to replacejimmy. bowlers and probably archer will come in to replace jimmy. thank you for joining come in to replace jimmy. thank you forjoining us. let's take you through some of the other stories making the headlines this wednesday... with the cricket's bosses considering a proposal to reduce test cricket to four days, england's director of men's cricket ashley giles says five day test matches are precious to him and the players. british number onejohanna konta has withdrawn from next week's adelaide international as she manages an ongoing knee injury. it means she'll not play against before the australian open — tennis' first grand slam of the year. former world number one maria sharapova has said the brisbane international feels like a "second tier event". her comments came after the me

sam curran lasted one ball. three wickets for 11 runs with things starting to swing.rder, he's england's worst batsman. partner mark wood, second worst. and yet watch them go, enjoy the show. england ended up on a00. surely the series now beyond south africa. after all, the local batting's not inspired too much confidence of late and england often bowl quicker than that. around 90mph in mark wood's case. pieter malan was the first domino down. the others toppled behind him. these the shots of beaten men and tired minds. six south africans came and went. three of them to wood. on a ground 6,000 feet above sea level, england's tour must surely finish on a high. patrick gearey, bbc news. a few surprise results in the fourth round of the fa cup, but if you want to wait for match of the day, then it's time to leave the room. a poor performance from west ham saw them put out by championship side west bromwich albion. the single goal coming from the baggies' conor townsend. and no fairy tale for championship side brentford who lost 1—0 to leicester city — kelechi iheanacho s

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sam curran lasted one ball. three wickets for 11 runs. were things starting to swing?g. by the order, he's england's worst batsman. partner mark wood, second worst. and yet, watch them go, enjoy the show! england ended up on 400. surely the series now beyond south africa. after all, the local batting's not inspired too much confidence of late and england often bowl quicker. around 90 miles an hour in mark wood's case. pieter malan was the first domino down. the others toppled behind him. these the shots of beaten men and tired minds. six south africans came and went, three to wood. on a ground 6,000 feet above sea level, england's tour must surely finish on a high. patrick gearey, bbc news. that's all for now. we're back with the late news at 10:10. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news, with lu kwesa burak. football is too dependent on money from gambling sponsorships, according to the sports minister, nigel adams. his warning comes amid mounting scrutiny of the industry after a deal was struck for some fa cup games to

sam curran lasted one ball. three wickets for 11 runs with things starting to swing. the attack all around johannesburg. by the order, he's england's worst batsman. partner mark wood, second worst. and yet watch them go, enjoy the show. england ended up on a00. surely the series now beyond south africa. after all, the local batting's not inspired too much confidence of late and england often bowl quicker than that. around 90mph in mark wood's case. pieter malan was the first domino down. the others toppled behind him. these the shots of beaten men and tired minds. six south africans came and went. three of them to wood. on a ground 6,000 feet above sea level, england's tour must surely finish on a high. patrick gearey, bbc news. england's mark would hit 35 not out and took two wickets. here is what he had to say at the close of play. i felt today, as a unit, collectively, we bowled really well. obviously it was hard to get that first wicket, but i felt we kept the pressure on them, even though maybe we didn't get them out, we didn't let them get away from us, we kept

oldies, james anderson, stuart broad taking the first three wickets, tom did a terrificjob, and then sam currano knows what lead they will start of? but they have got to nail down that third innings still and you have seen many a third innings still and you have seen many a test team lose it today. world number one rafael nadal has got his year off to the perfect start. he won spain's opening match of the atp cup, beating nikoloz straight sets as they eased past georgia in perth. nadal winning in straight sets 6—3 7—5. in brisbane, novak djokovic beat kevin anderson in two tie—break sets to give serbia their first victory at the event. they also won their tie 3—0. that's all the sport for now. hello there. some fairly lively conditions heading our way for next week but even tomorrow we'll see a bit more in the way of a breeze blowing across the country, still feeding in lots of cloud, the odd break here and there, so some of you will see the sunshine but from the thick cloud south and west, one or two showers. through tonight, there will still be a few spots of rain in the west. the wettest wea

did a terrificjob bowling his off—spin, containing, getting the crucial wicket of elga and then sam curranatting under pressure, who knows what sort of lead they will start off with, but may be a0 to 50. but they have still got to nail down that third innings and you see many a test team losing it from there. next, the tennis world number one, rafa nadal, has got his year off to the perfect start. even spain's opening match of the atp cup beating basilashvili in straight sets, as they eased past georgia in perth. nadal, winning his match in straight sets 6—3, 7—5. and in brisbane, novak djokovic beat kevin anderson in two tie—break sets to give serbia their first victory at the event. it was close all the way in this one. eventually for djokovic, seeing it out, but serbia winning their tie 3—0. and that is all your sport for now. the president of uganda has begun a six day march through the jungle — a journey of nearly 200km. yoweri museveni is retracing the route he and his supporters took when they seized power in a military coup — beginning near the capital — kampala. critics have dismi

sam curran gone for a duck and south african tails up. shot when jos buttler‘s shot took flight, south africa had another, and england look to be in trouble. their tailand england look to be in trouble. their tail and had their england look to be in trouble. their tailand had theirfun, england look to be in trouble. their tail and had theirfun, mark wood and stuart broad adding plenty of runs, but they went for one big shock to many. that's gone up in the air, and dawid malan takes the catch. enigmatic australian nick kyrgios has setup a fourth round meeting with rafa nadal at the australian open after an epic five—setter this morning in melbourne. with news on their matches and a host of seeds falling in the women's draw — here'sjohn watson. it is never straightforward with nick kyrgios. always one to put on a show, and he certainly did that to the crowds who stayed behind to see him reach the last 16 at this year's australian open. he took the first two sets against karen khachanov of russia but dropped the next two, as the match went t

with sam curran even clearing the pavilion windows, england's hopes are also heading rapidly upwards.en sold for a million pounds. the sovereign was made when edward viii became king but never went into mass production because he abdicated in 1936. the coin has been bought by a private collector, in a deal brokered by the royal mint. here's kevin peachey. revealed, a £1 million treasure. 22 millimetres across weighing nearly eight grams and with a face value ofjust £1. this coin is worth so much more because only six such sovereigns were ever made as part of a trial set. this is why. i have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as i would wish to do. edward viii abdicated in december 1936, a month before the sovereigns were due to go into mass production. what fascinates collectors and historians isn'tjust its rarity but how the king broke the rules. for centuries, convention dictated that each new monarch faced the opposite direction to its predecessor, but not edward. so, edward viii is quite a vain character and the way t

sam curran lasted one ball. three wickets for 11 runs. were things starting to swing?broad certainly was. he batted the attack all around johannesburg. by the order, he's england's worst batsman. partner mark wood, second worst. and yet, watch them go, enjoy the show! england ended up on 400. surely the series now beyond south africa. after all, the local batting's not inspired too much confidence of late and england often bowl quicker. around 90 miles an hour in mark wood's case. pieter malan was the first domino down. the others toppled behind him. these the shots of beaten men and tired minds. six south africans came and went, three to wood. on a ground 6,000 feet above sea level, england's tour must surely finish on a high. patrick gearey, bbc news. former england cricketer, vikram solanki, who's spent the day on the bbc‘s cricket social, joined me in the studio after stumps to give his take on day two. almost a perfect day for england really. it was a slightly tricky situation for them to start with and pope and route needed to put together a partnership to post a

sam curran lasted one ball.ll be punished today for his outbreak at a fan yesterday. he reacted angrily to a verbal attack in the crowd. security staff have been told to be more proactive in monitoring abusive comments. this happens far too often. it happened at this ground the last time england we re at this ground the last time england were there. there is a fine line between banter from the crowd and personal abuse, and personal abuse has to stop. people think they have paid their money, they can go along and say what they want. you would not say that to someone on the street. you would not pass someone in the street and come out with that sort of thing. as much as ben knows he should not have reacted in that way, something has to be done to stop it. it is day six of the australian open tennis in melbourne, where rafael nadal wasted little energy in reaching the fourth round. john watson has been watching it. we have a mouthwatering match for the number one next. yes, because at the moment all eyes are on the

dropping jimmy anderson because he didn't take any wickets in the first match, then you see again sam currant before the new ball came on. for me, it goes to show that experience counts for a lot in test cricket, and the likes ofjames anderson and stuart broad, they've taken so many wickets between them that it is fascinating to think you could talk about dropping one of them. i think england will have to start preparing for when one of them maybe retires, because we talk a lot aboutjimmy anderson getting towards the later end of his career. but i think they all bulled absolutely brilliant democrat today, you would never know the anderson was 37 with the spells he was bowling out there. kate cross speaking to sportsday earlier. kate is part of 5live's cricket social which starts again on 5live sports extra and via the bbc website at 8.20am tomorrow morning for what should be a fascinating thir day of the second test. still to come on sportsday: we meet the man known as the king of ink. i've inked a lot of people. lebron james, lewis hamilton. i must be pretty good. i tattoo everybody. glouce

well, what settled it was a throw, from sam curran. very satisfied captain. brilliant, clinical performance, and i couldn't be more proud of the group, five days, orfour and a bit days, we've been excellent, right from the start. england are 2—1 up with one match to come, and one of these sides can't wait forjohannesburg. joe wilson, bbc news. that's all from me. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. welcome to sportsday. i'm holly hamilton for some coming up i'm holly hamilton for some coming up on tonight's programme as the reigning champions of europe are relegated, what does this mean for the players as they turn their attention from club to country? england claim their biggest away win in nine years as they take the lead in south africa. and new season, different grand slam, same result. coco gauff knocks venus williams out of the australian open. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us. it's been described as the biggest scandal in domestic rugby union. saracens the most dominant t

sam curran gone for a duck and the south african head was up.another two wickets, and are now 321 for nine. meanwhile, ben stokes should discover today if he'll be punished for swearing at a spectator yesterday. the all—rounder reacted angrily after he says a fan verbally abused him just after getting out. 0fficials injohannesburg have asked staff to be more proactive at spotting any incidents but are not increasing the number of stewards in place. three of the women's top six seeds have fallen today at the australian open tennis but no such problems for men's world number one rafa nadal. john watson's been watching at melbourne park. john? yes, where huge numbers are currently watching to see if the australian nick kyrgios can take his place in the next round. he is up against a russian who took the first two sets, but his opponent took the next two to a0 match into a faith in deciding set. they have been out in court for well over four hours now. the winner of this earns the right to go on and face rafa nadal comedy beaten finalist last year i

sam curran the last to fall — out first ball as anrich nortje claimed all three batsmen. defeat in johannesburg. ben stokes should expect to find out today if he'll be punished after swearing at a fan on day one. the all—rounder was reacting after he said he was verbally abused. england asked for added security at the wanderers, but officials have said throwing more people at the problem is not the solution. staff have been told to be more proactive in spotting abusive comments. this happens far too often. it happened at this ground the last time england were there, players took a lot of abuse. there is a fine line between banter from the crowd and personal abuse, and personal abuse has to stop. people think, they pay their money and they can say what they want. you wouldn't say that in the street, you wouldn't pass somebody and come up with that, andi pass somebody and come up with that, and i think, as much as ben knows he shouldn't have reacted like that, something has to be done to stop it. approaching the end of day six at the australian open tennis. shocks in the wo

overnight score, losing four wickets this morning, including quinton de kock to the bowling of sam curranby almost 300 runs when they were put back in, and the england wickets havejust kept coming. ollie pope took this brilliant catch at short range to remove rassie van der dussen. that was off the bowling of captainjoe root — he took four wickets in this south africa innings to leave england needing four more tomorrow to take a series lead. there are two matches in the premier league. today, leicester could have drawn level with second placed manchester city, but lost 2—1 at burnley. the foxes took the lead in the first half through harvey barnes, who picked up the ball from halfway and had only one thing on his mind. burnley got themselves back into the game after kaspar schmeichel could only palm ben mee's header into the path of chris wood. mee then conceded a penalty, giving jamie vardy the chance to put leicester back in front, but nick pope saved his effort and it was burnley that took the points. ashley westwood with an unstoppable finish that moves them up to 14th, 5 points above

sam curran the bowler, and who else to grab the catch than ben stokes?ckets, quick, the sun would set soon enough. in the stand, feel the rays. in the middle, cover up. south africa still dedicated to defend. joe wilson, bbc news. it's award season and they are coming thick and fast — yesterday the golden globes and today the bafta nominationss. the film joker leads the way being recognised in 11 categories. it's competing against sam mendes' war epic, 1917, for both best film and best director. but all the nominees in the acting categories are white, and the best director shortlist is all male. the head of bafta says she is very disappointed by the lack of diversity. lizo mzimba reports. when you bring me out, can you introduce me asjoker? when you bring me out, can you introduce me as joker? some things are changing at the baftas, a few yea rs are changing at the baftas, a few years ago it would perhaps have been unheard of forjoker, a comic book movie, to even get a best film nomination, let alone to be leading the way with 11 nominations, including b

well, what settled it was a throw from sam curran.tain. brilliant, clinical performance. i couldn't be more proud of the group, four and a bit days we've been excellent. right from the start. england are 2—1 up with one match to come and one of these sides can't wait forjohannesburg. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. what a wonderful weekend. finally, finally we got some sunshine across the country but pretty cold with it. this was the story this morning in stafford, take a look at this, where do you think this is? i can tell you it's probably not where you think, it's probably not where you think, it's in spain. quite a stormy weekend across parts of the balearics in south—east spain, snow falling to high ground, strong and gale force winds and heavy rain so if you've got friends and family

joss buttler and dom bess made i, sam curran an entertaining 1m. england 426—8 at tea.ican will miss the celebration... they gave him a demerit point, his fourth in eight 2a month period which has triggered a one match ban. saracens could face automatic relegation in a matter of days u nless relegation in a matter of days unless they can prove that they are now complying with salary cap rules. they've already been docked 35 points and fined £5 million for breaking the cap for the past 3 seasons. here's our sports news reporter laura scott. premiership rugby clubs all met in london on tuesday, they decided that they wanted to take some pretty tough action on the saracens to ensure that they could prove the compliance this season, it is very important to them that they have this crystal clear,they‘re not willing to take any chances at this time. this morning, saracens convened all their players and staff to update them on discussions. what seems to be the case is that they are really struggling to get within the cap this season. they're struggling to off—load players, we

sam curran lasted one ball. three wickets for 11 runs. were things starting to swing?d certainly was. he batted the attack all around johannesburg. by the order, he's england's worst batsman.

sam curran lasted a single ball. three wickets for 11 runs with things starting to swing.ngland's worst matter. paired with the second worst. but watch them go. enjoy the show. england ended up in 400 and the series are surely now beyond south africa. after a ll surely now beyond south africa. after all local batting has not inspired confidence lately and england bowl quicker than that, 90 miles an hour in the case of mark. peter milan was the first domino down and the others toppled behind him. these are the shots that have eaten men. six south africans came and went, three of them to wood. 6000 feet above sea level on the ground and england's tour must surely finish on a high. meanwhile, ben stokes has been fined 1596 meanwhile, ben stokes has been fined 15% of his match owner and has a demerit point after swearing at someone demerit point after swearing at someone in the crowd on friday. onto football and there is the possibility of some shocks in the fa cup this afternoon. manchester united the manchester city play lower league teams on saturday. west ham of the bigges