in the earlier match, new zealand recovered from a sticky start against namibia to post 163 for 4 and remain in the hunt for a semi—final place. namibia were always struggling and in the end could only muster 111 for 7. they go out of the competition. mercedes lead the way in first practice for this weekend's mexican grand prix. valtteri bottas topped the timesheets at the aut —dromo hermanos rodr guez track ahead of team mate lewis hamilton. despite the expectation, the altitude of the mexican capital will favour red bull, championship leader max verstappen was a tenth of a second behind in third. british number one cameron norrie can no longer qualify for the end of season atp tour finals. that's after polands hubert hurkacz went through to the semi finals of the paris masters, beating james duckworth, to secure the eighth and final qualifying sport. norrie says he'll still travel to turin for the event as one of 2 alternates. some rugby union news now and on the eve of england's autumn international opener at twickenham,