sam curran is good at that. archer is the man that has been left out of the side.cher needs to be rested and he is perhaps not the perfect conditions for him. he is quick and he will benefit from hotter conditions perhaps where the ball is not swinging so much and that is really where sam curran comes into the england team and he will excel. perhaps if england thinking to bring current and because of the conditions and he has bold pretty well so far. thank you very much. still to come on sportsday... we'll be in monaco, for the first of the diamond league meets, as athletics returns to the sporting calendar. and get set for a thrilling deciding session, between ronnie o'sullivan and mark selby... who will make the final of the world championship? man city will face lyon and the champions league tomorrow. there will be out without the star player in sergio aguero. if city do when there will face either bayern munich or barcelona in the semifinals. pep guardiola says pressure is always there and they can only do their best. we saw how they were the last two games. so

jofra archer, sam curran and mark wood, who were rested after the test series against pakistan, are backll no ben stokes who has been given time off to be with his family in new zealand. his father has been diagnosed with cancer. we've had the draw for the second qualifying round of the europa league. tottenham have a trip to bulgaria next month. the tie against lokomotiv plovdiv on september 17th is a straight knockout. rangers travel to gibraltar to face lincoln red imps. aberdeen are also away against norwegian‘s viking. motherwell have a short hop to face coleraine in northern ireland. linfield are at home to malta's floriana. welsh sides, the new saints, bala town and connah's quay are also involved. there's the spurs tie and what a game for ireland's shamrock rovers, ac milan at home. the england women's first match in over seven months will be away against germany on october 27th. it will be a friendly against the two—time world champions behind closed doors in wiesbaden. the lionesses haven't played since the shebelieves cup in the united states in march. head coach phil neville

jofra archer, sam curran and mark wood, who were rested after the test series against pakistan, are backom the t20s. at the moment, we are setting up in a particular way as an 11 in t20 cricket. joe is not in that and then the decision moves towards, well, if he snapped in that starting 11 at the moment, although no doors are closed to him in the future and that could change, where is the right place forjoe? he play so much cricket, give so much to england every time he plays and the decision is that it is not right for him that we have him in the squad if he is not likely to be starting. the us open starts inside the next hour with britain's cameron norrie one of the first up. the grand slam has been hit with high profile withdrawals because of concerns over the pandemic and 17th seed benoit paire pulled out yesterday after testing positive for covid—19. the frenchman had two negative tests when he first arrived in new york two weeks ago. rafael nadal and ash barty among those not taking part because of fears over travelling to the us which has had nearly 6 million cases of the virus. w

james anderson claimed two wickets with stuart broad, chris woakes and sam curran taking one each asossible. 0bviously, they won the toss and battered and it was a responsibility as a bowling gi’oup responsibility as a bowling group to get the wickets and i thought we did really well. it was really humid throughout the day and i saw the forecast and it looks like thunderstorm throughout the week so who knows, definitely something in the wicket and hopefully we can ta ke the wicket and hopefully we can take their wickets as quick as we can and hopefully, yeah, that really well. —— bat really well. to tennis, where serena and venus williams met for the 31st time in a rivalry going back 22 years in the second round of the lexington open on thursday and it proved to a tough encounter in kentucky, lasting two hours and 19 minutes. the older sibling took the first set 6—3 but then her younger sister found her groove, levelling 6—3 in the second. she then won the final set 6—4 to extend her head—to—head to 19 wins to 12. serena will now face another american, shelby rogers, in the quarterfi

that was until sam curran finally got the breakthrough, abid eventually dismissed for 60, caught at slipa wicket before the rain started again, pakistan currently 126 for five. the world number one novak djokovic has confirmed that he will play at the us open, which starts in new york at the end of this month. it's a boost for the organisers after some high profile pull outs — including rafael nadal and women's world number one ash barty, with concerns among a number of players about travelling to america because of the coronavirus pandemic. there will be no fa cup replays next season, in an attempt to ease pressure on the football calendar. the competition will start with the extra preliminary round on 1 september, and the final is due to be played on 15 may next year. meanwhile, the efl cup semi—finals will be reduced to one leg. mark selby has turned round his semifinal against ronnie o'sullivan at the world snooker championships. resuming the match at 5—3 down, selby put in a gritty performance at the crucible. he won six out of eight frames in the afternoon session, crucially taking

england's sam curran says he gets goosebumps playing alongside teamate jimmy anderson, and the pair willorts. who did shan masood see approaching? that is james ‘eternal‘ anderson, a classic start. but watch now for a dropped catch. for a ball that struck the stumps but refused to dislodge the bails. and for another dropped catch. dropped again. worse than the one before. allowed the opportunity to thrive, pakistan did just that. even before lunch it seemed england were chasing after missed chances. and so anderson. age is just an abbreviation for experience. burns held on, azhar ali gone. abid ali fell for 60 as england really caught up with their catches. next, dom sibley clutching a chance to dismiss shafiq. fawad alam's approach to batting didn't get him a run. wa, the computer proved. five down and then the decisive weather interruption. thursday's worst, but sadly for the test, unlikely to be the last. joe wilson, bbc news. and it's been confirmed this morning that england will play three twenty20s and three one—day internationals against australia next month. these are matches tha