on bbc news with me, ben croucher. the headlines: stoking up the fire ahead of the ashes. bucket hat and all. england s captain is in bullish mood and says he s fit to bowl. champions manchester city will kick off the new premier league season against newly promoted burnley. and the proudest day of his life. we ll be in the spanish capital asjude bellingham is presented as a real madrid player. hello, and thanks forjoining us, here s your latest sports news. the countdown is almost over. less than a day to go now before the start of the men s ashes. in one corner, england and this new swashbuckling style nicknamed bazball. in the other, australia world test champions, with a talented batting line up, a formidible pace attack, looking to defend the famous urn. still no word from the australia camp on who ll make up their 11 at edgbaston. england named their side yesterday with stuart broad preferred
match 2 1 this afternoon. city s england internationals put them two up in the first half. the first from lauren hemp, then chloe kellyjust before half time. rafaelle souza got one back in the second half from a free kick. but city s win takes them above arsenal into third in the table. england are chasing 136 to win their opening match of the women s t20 world cup against west indies. sophie ecclestone took three wickets in west indies total of 135 for 7. west indies won the toss and decided to bat first. england now batting and it s 58 2 with chinelle henry taking both. india have thrashed australia by an innings and 132 runs inside three days in the first test in nagpur. india extended their first innings to 400 all out and then tore through australia s batting line up.
novak will be watching this in two days also. tomorrow will be a crucial day for england women in their must win test match against australia. captain heather knight kept her side in it with an unbeaten century on day two in canberra. it started well for england with katherine brunt getting them off to a good start, taking her tally to five wickets, before australia declared on 337 9. however, england s openers put onjust nine runs between them. and, as the batting line up crumbled around her, knight came to the rescue for england, hitting an unbeaten century. they closed on 235 8 that s 102 runs behind. tyrrell hatton has stormed up the leaderboard in the second round of the dubai desert classic. he opened with a bogey, but then produced four birdies in a row and added three more to move to 9 under par
with katherine brunt getting them off to a good start, taking her tally to five wickets, before australia declared on 337 9. however, england s openers put onjust nine runs between them. and, as the batting line up crumbled around her, knight came to the rescue for england, hitting an unbeaten century. they closed on 235 8 that s 102 runs behind. tyrrell hatton has stormed up the leaderboard in the second round of the dubai desert classic. he opened with a bogey, but then produced four birdies in a row and added three more to move to nine under par he s just two shots behind the leader, south africa sjustin harding. the players union has said that personal relationships between footballers and coaches in women s football still exist at many elite level clubs and are inappropriate , because they create a power imbalance which can lead to a potential abuse of players .
with good chances, against novak in 2012, roger in 2017. i feel lucky i won once in my career in 2009 but i never thought about another chance in 2022. it means a lot to be in the final again here. well, nadal will face either stefanos tsitsipas or daniil medvedev, who re on court right now. white neck it has been a tight match so far. ., , , ., ., so far. the opening set went to a tie-break which so far. the opening set went to a tie-break which medvedev - so far. the opening set went to a tie-break which medvedev has i so far. the opening set went to a i tie-break which medvedev hasjust tie break which medvedev has just taken 7 6. captain heather knight came to the rescue for england on day 2 of the women s ashes test in canberra. katherine brunt got the day off to a good start by taking her tally to five wickets, before australia declared on 337 9. however, england s openers put onjust nine runs between them. and, as the batting line up crumbled around her, knight hit an unbeaten