jo currie was watching. after australia shone with the bat on day one and with this being only a four day test, katherine brunt delivered, taking her haul for the innings to five before australia declared on 337 before lunch. england needed a big response. lauren winfield hill pushed boundaries from the very first ball. moments later perhaps more caution should have been used. gone forfour. she was followed by tammy beaumont and nat sciver not far behind. australia were on a roll and england were rocked. a calm head was needed. step up captain heather knight who slowly but steadily brought up her 50. muted celebrations, still plenty of work to do. partners came and partners went. good catch! but as others fell around her knight remained and was eventually rewarded with an ashes century, a true captain s performance and a memorable moment on an otherwise stuttering
a man who was pulled over by police has admitted he d been driving with no licence or insurance for more than 70 years. police stopped the man, who was born in 1938, in nottingham on wednesday evening. he told officers he d been driving with no licence or insurance since he was 12. in tennis rafael nadal has moved one win away from a record 21st grand slam men s title after reaching the final of the australian open. after a dominant start, he put on an impressive performance to beat italy s matteo berrettini. the 35 year old spaniard is level on 20 major titles with long time rivals novak djokovic and roger federer. he ll face world number two daniil medvedev in sunday s final. and in cricket captain heather knight held off australia with an important century to keep england in the ashes on day two of the one off test in canberra. the visitors closed on 235 8, 102 runs behind.