much more to come in this half hour but right now time for all the latest sports news. good evening. we start with cricket. 3 0 down in the ashes series and england have had little to smile about in austria so far but date three of the test has changed the mood even if it won t changed the mood even if it won t change the overall result. jonny bairstow s rescued england with a gutsy century is a reach to 58 7 at the close of play but still trail austria by 158 runs. at a drizzly sydney, the weather soaked up more time in the test. for england, not nearly enough. australians have spent weeks mopping up, after all. haseeb hameed, beaten by michell starc for six. sydney was in pink to support the jane mcgrath cancer foundation.
cricket, and jonny bairstow s century has salvaged some pride for england in the ashes. england have already lost the series. they ended day three of the fourth test in sydney on 258 7. patrick geary has been watching. at a drizzly sydney, the weather soaked up more time in the test. for england, not nearly enough. australians have spent weeks mopping up, after all. bowled him! haseeb hameed beaten by mitchell starc for six. sydney was in pink to support the jane mcgrath cancer foundation, late wife of the great glenn who used to regularly do this to englishmen. the tormentor of zak crawley was scott boland, playing in his second test, having waited his whole career for these moments. joe root, england s captain, his ninth test wicket already. england s sad procession trudged on, surrounded, surrendering. three wickets for no runs, 36 4 by lunch. afterwards, it got surreal. ben stokes was given out leg before wicket. it turned out there was no leg and plenty of wicket.
came to sell their wares in sydney came before the expected, which was lucky for him because he is able to stay in the united states and work. and it s very difficult, maybe even impossible to talk about sidney poitier now in the sense that we do not know any world that did not have him. he was my generation s icon. there was no one really good him that had the kind of stature and i was a little kid before he started working in the movies. but he was of a generation, he is the last of a great power house generation kirk douglas died last year. he was in that generation. in tony curtis. in this generation the came out of the theatre in the 1950s, the late
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sidney poitier, who s died. sport, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. 3 0 down in the ashes, england s cricketers have had little to smile about in australia so far, but day three of the fourth test has changed the mood, even if it won t change the overall result. jonny bairstow s gutsy century rescuing england when it looked like things were imploding. they dug in to reach 258 7 by the close of play in sydney, but still trailing australia by 158 runs. patrick gearey was watching. at a drizzly sydney, the weather soaked up more time in the test. for england, not nearly enough. australians have spent weeks mopping up, after all. haseeb hameed, beaten by michell starc for six. sydney was in pink to support the jane mcgrath cancer foundation. late wife of the great glenn who used to regularly do this to englishmen.