disrupted things play has been stopped, with australia on 238 3 needing 146 more runs to win. as well as being the final day of the ashes series, it s also the final day of england bowler stuart broad s career. his dad chris is also a former england player and has been talking about his son s decision to announce his retirement on saturday, before the conclusion of the series. it s entirely his thinking. i haven t gone into why you decided to do it in the middle of test match but actually, yesterday, it gave the cricketing public of the uk and australia as well to give him a really good sendoff. and it was emotional yesterday morning, him walking out to bat and then him walking out to bat and then him walking out to bat and then him walking out again to bowl. and he went and chased a ball to the boundary during the innings yesterday and the crowd near that boundary got up and started
by a prematurely celebrating captain ben stokes. after the rain delay the wickets began to tumble and the match swayed back to england jonny bairstow with a brilliant catch to dismiss. they re chasing an unlikely 384 for victory. they resumed on 135 without loss and lost three wickets in the first hour of the morning session chris woakes taking two of them. but rain has once again disrupted things play has been stopped with australia on 238 3 needing 146 more runs to win. elsewhere the hundred kicks off tomorrow, and leg spinner rashid khan has announced he has pulled out of playing in the tournament due to injury. the afghanistan captain was due to play in trent rockets first three games before leaving for international duty. the number one ranked t20 bowler in the world will be replaced by pakistan s imad wasim before new zealand s ish sodhi comes in as announced last week.
west indies took another step towards qualifying for the cricket world cup with victory over nepal in harare. they had been 55 for three before captain shai hope and nicholas pooran came together in a partnership of 216. they both made centuries as west indies made 339 for seven off their 50 overs. the nepalese batsmen were always struggling to keep up with the run rate and were all out for 238 giving the windies a 101 run win. but it s a third defeat in a row for the usa. they lost by 5 wickets to the netherlands who recorded their first win. needing 212 to win, the hero was scott edwards who took to the crease at 83 for 4 but navigated his side to victory with an unbeaten half century and a0 balls to spare. to golf now and it s the opening day of the lpg championship in newjersey and a tricky start for defending champion chun in gee of south korea. the world number 16 carded six bogeys during her opening round to end her day on three over par.
good when they, and i got the sense that things are going slower than desired. both he and the prime minister said it is not hollywood, this is a real battle. the russians have real soldiers and defenses and a lot of solders and many trenches to get through if you want to make advances. that is something that i heard on the ground in ukraine from the front line of the soldiers there, and the commanders and even in kyiv, they said it is okay. and we have the support, and we have got this help. but do they realize, the sup pores and the friends, this is real war, and how hard it is tonight. at that time, jens stoltenberg said that we have given them 238 tank, and 98% of what they need, but the language in ukraine makes them feel that outside the perception is that they have got what they need and get on with the job, and if you go back a
they both made centuries as west indies made 339 for seven off their 50 overs. the nepalese batsmen were always struggling to keep up with the run rate and were all out for 238 giving the windies a 101 run win. but it s a third defeat in a row for the usa. they lost by 5 wickets to the netherlands who recorded their first win. needing 212 to win, the hero was scott edwards who took to the crease at 83 for 4 but navigated his side to victory with an unbeaten half century and a0 balls to spare.. to golf now and it s the opening day of the lpg championship in newjersey and a tricky start for defending champion chun in gee of south korea. the world number 16 carded six bogeys during her opening round to end her day on three over par. leona maguire made a promising start though. she s hoping to become the first irish woman to win a major and four birdies in her round have helped her cause, leaving her on two under par.