they are the favourites, but captain william porterfield wants to create an upset again. conditions we cannot beat pakistan. it is a test for a reason. it isa pakistan. it is a test for a reason. it is a test of ability and technique and mental attitude towards the game. i think we have a lot of those boxes ticked off and we are confident with the experience in the squad we can beat any nation on any given day. it will not be an easy challenge. they will go in as favourites and they deserve to. it is our first test cricket experience, but we have everything we need. ireland may be inexperienced at test match level but have been playing one—day internationals for 12 years and the captain knows they have a bank of international experience to call upon. they have not played test matches but they play regularly and play county games as well. they know how to play and it is not easy to come and play a match against ireland. it is tough for us. we will play good cricket. the goal of cricket ireland is to make it mainstream across the country. it will be on free to air televisio

i think and william porterfield think that they can win this match and cause an upset.is how they are getting on. they won the toss and ford field chose to field and they are practicable of breakthroughs with pakistan currently 45—2. the football league players are now in full swing, derby cou nty players are now in full swing, derby county beat fulham i—o players are now in full swing, derby county beat fulham 1—0 in the first leg of their semifinal last night and today it is aston villa against middlesbrough. both managers know that previous form counts for little. i'm not nervousjust yet. i think with any big games, you have to realise that is what we are in for. it is better that than finishing 13th last year and packing up finishing 13th last year and packing up to go on holiday! it was always the aim, to be there or there about and we are and we are in the play—offs and indie good position. difficult opposition to play against, obviously, buta big difficult opposition to play against, obviously, but a big couple of semifinals to try to get over. and if we can achi

i think and william porterfield think that they can win this match and cause an upset.

they won the toss, and captain william porterfield chose to field.ms chasing the biggest prize in football, a place in the premier league. and it's advantage derby in the first semifinal, in the championship play—offs. they beat fulham 1—0 in the first leg at pride park thanks to cameron jerome's first—half header. the second leg is at craven cottage on monday. middlesborough play aston villa tonight in the first leg of the second championship semifinal. villa finished the season seven points above boro, but form counts for little now. iam not i am not nervous yet. when any big games come up you i am not nervous yet. when any big games come up you have to realise that's what we are in for. better than finishing 13th last year. it was always name, can we be there or thereabouts? we are and we have got into the play—offs in a good position, difficult opposition obviously, but a couple of semifinals to try to get over and if we can achieve being successful then asi we can achieve being successful then as i have said many times it is a great way to go. w

ed joyce is 39 not out and william porterfield is unbeaten on 23.lia after winning stage nine. the british rider's advantage is now 32 seconds, after he stole a march on his rivals on the final 100 metres of the climb up to the stage finish at gran sasso d'italia to keep the leader's pinkjersey. monday is the first rest day of the race. liverpool will be in next season's champions league after claiming a top four spot in the english premier league on the final day. they hammered brighton 4—1. you can get all the latest sports news at our website: that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. it has been a bit of a mixed weekend, but for many of us, sunday was a beautiful day. it brightened up pretty nicely. and we had some great pictures sent in by our weather watchers, including this one from helensburgh in argyll and bute. blue skies and waters quite calm. as we head through this coming week, similar scenes, with high pressure often in charge of the weather. things are looking largely dry. some spell

ed joyce is 39 not out and william porterfield is unbeaten on 23.o a superb win in italy to extend his lead in the general classification to 32 seconds. gavin, thank you very much. you might not the next story. tommy charlton, the younger brother of england's world cup—winning siblings bobby and jack, has made his internationalfootball debut at the age of 72. he was in the england over—sixties side that beat italy at walking football — a gentler version of the game for older players, played on smaller pitches. it's the first time the sport's been played at international level. a volcano that's been erupting in hawaii for more than a week could be heading for renewed explosive activity. geologists monitoring the kilauea volcano say more fissures are expected as pressure forces the hot magma up through the ground. meanwhile locals are buying respirators to cope with the acrid air. andrew plant reports. it looks like a special effect from a hollywood film. thick streams of lava still flowing. still advancing here. this is the new fissure, seen from a h