you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. another win. another bonus point. ireland stay on course for a six nations grand slam. after a week when their own captain described wales as the laughing stock of world rugby, can ken owens galvanise his team to their first six nations win of the season against england? arsenal s lead at the top of the premier league is five points. but for how long? manchester city are hoping to match the gunners win at leicester. also coming up in the programme. a0 years old and the number one in the world. james anderson helps england take control of the second test in new zealand. another british record, but gutted not to break the world s best mark. keely hodgkinson wins the 800 metres at the world indoor tour final. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m hugh ferris. welcome along to sportsday. it wasn t as convincing as many expected, but ireland are still
st mirren could only draw 1 1 at ten man stjohnstone, while aberdeen beat livingston to above them into sixth in the table. another impressive day for england in their second test against new zealand in wellington. another intervention from the weather that curtailed their dominance, but not before the home side had been reduced to 138 for seven in their first innings, 297 behind. patrick gearey reports. in round about circles wellington s basin resolve is famous, the ground surrounded by the big nest the southern hemisphere, choices everywhere, having made 186 harry brook took the first exit. grabbed at the second attempt by henry, england picked their lane, no breaking as ben stokes sets the example and takes the consequences, others follow his charge, ben foulkes, stumped. joe root kept looking up, this took him clear of 150, and england felt they had