Says the flooding there is the worst Natural Disaster in the countrys history. Now on bbc news sportsday with paul scott. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im paul scott At The Bbc Sport centre, heres what weve got for you. History beckons englands netballers reach the World Cup Final for the very first time. The bhoys are back celtic see off ross county, as they make a winning start to the defence of their Scottish Premiership title. And comfortable wins for spain and japan, who are the first teams through to the Quarter Finals of the womens world cup. Also coming up on sportsday more success for Great Britain, as Charlie Hatton becomes Mountain Bike downhill World Champion. And a remarkable comeback from scotland, as they beat france in their world cup warm up. We begin with bit of history for englands netballers. Theyre through to a World Cup Final for the very first time, after a nerve shredding victory over new zealand in cape town. There was nothing separating the two sides heading
england are taking on wales right now in cardiff in their warm up match, more on that in a moment, but ia man scotland completed a quite remarkable turnaround against france at murrayfield to win 25 21. dan 0gunshakin reports. one week closer to the rugby world cup and the time for scottish experimentation was over. a full strength scotland, finn russell, captain for the first time. they faced an unfamiliar france 15 but one that still bristled with attacking intent. some new faces but the same gallic flair on show. as scotland struggled, france fizzed. a second try duly followed. scotland s present wasn t looking bright. a change of ends brought a change of momentum. first, gordon darcy applied
centuries in all three tests and is the series top run scorer, with 507 runs. he began the year ninth in the charts, but nowjumps above new zealand s kane williamson to become the number one test batsman. the series is level at 1 1, with the fourth test starting tomorrow at the oval. moeen ali will be root s vice captain for the first time. it s an absolute honour. if you are a captain or vice captain of your country, then it s a massive honour, and to be a part of the team, to come into the series later on. obviously due to ben stokes just not being here, for me it shows what the guys think of me. england s women s cricketers are in action right now in the first of three t20 s against new zealand. the game has only been going half an hour.
romania in middlesbrough. and scotland s steve clarke has similar selection headaches. they also won 1 0, away to luxembourg. katie gornall reports. days from the start of the tournament and still lots of gaps to fill. fans will have their own picks for england s opener against croatia, but they were unlikely to see many of them here. with key players unavailable, this was an unfamiliar line up. before they kicked a ball, they took a knee. again, some felt the need to boo. booing. in the first half, england had chances against romania, but one thing remained in their way, as dominic calvert lewin jadon sancho were denied by the crossbar. but romania couldn t cope with jack grealish. that meant a penalty, and marcus rashford, captain for the first time, stepped up. nervous? of course not. unlike england, romania aren t going to the euros. still they forced the best from sam johnstone. minutes later, another chance from the spot. this time it wasjordan henderson.