scotland s women have made it into the world cup play off final, after two of their rivals withdrew. they ll take on kazakhstan or colombia in a one off match in dubai on 25th february, with hong kong and samoa unable to play due to covid 19 travel restrictions. the winners willjoin group a, along with australia, wales and hosts new zealand for of the delayed tournament, now starting on the 8th of october. cricket now and the chief executive of leicestershire says making the county game smaller in an effort to improve the fortunes of the england men s test team is a ridiculous idea. seanjarvis has been speaking to the sports desk podcast this week, with the current 18 team county structure under scrutiny following england s 4 0 ashes defeat. everybody is talking about reducing, i would like to see 20 teams, i would like to see shropshire or devon or lincolnshire actually come into the equation and maybe have two divisions of ten and grow it in that
along with australia, wales and hosts new zealand. it starts on the 8th of october. scotland s scott jamieson is still leading golf s world tour season opener in abu dhabi after two rounds. it s tough going there for all the players, with high winds on the course. but jamieson coped well, only dropping two shots to finish on seven under par. he s one ahead of england s ian poulter and james morrison and viktor hovland of norway. britain s tennis number two dan evans will be aiming to reach the last 16 at the australian open for only the second time in his career tomorrow morning. evans is the last remaining briton in the singles draw. he faces the ninth seed felix auger aliassime in melbourne at around 6am. he should be pretty fresh going into this one, as he received a walkover in the second round after his opponent withdrew due to injury. there s commentary on bbc radio 5 live sports extra.
by head coach eddiejones, despite him not playing since november because of an ankle problem. he d recovered from that and was hoping to return for saracens against london irish in the challenge cup this weekend. england first game is against scotland on february the 5th. scotland s women have made it into the world cup play off final after two of their rivals withdrew. they ll take on kazakhstan or colombia in a one off match in dubai on 25th february, with hong kong and samoa unable to play due to covid 19 travel restrictions. the winners willjoin group a, along with australia, wales and hosts new zealand for the delayed tournament, now starting on the 8th of october. there was a shock at the australian open as the defending women s champion naomi osaka went out in the third round, beaten by the unseeded american amanda anisimova. osaka, who s a two time champion in melbourne, was seeded 13th due to just coming back to the game after 11 months off. but she d eased through the opening
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of their rivals withdrew. they ll take on kazakhstan or colombia in a one off match in dubai on 25th february, with hong kong and samoa unable to play due to covid travel restrictions. if scotland win, they ll be in group a for the delayed tournament along with australia, wales and hosts new zealand. it starts on the 8th of october. next to a shock at the australian open where the defending women s champion naomi osaka has been knocked out by the unseeded american amanda ani simova. was seeded 13th due to just coming back to the game after 4 months off. but she d eased through the opening rounds and started well against ani simona winning the first set, then the american fought back to level it and then after surviving two match points, she took the decider in a tie break. going into this match, and he and had to play sharp if wa nted to give myself a