it clearly wants to be one of the better leagues in the world, but i think the best part of it is about, what can we do within the country? what can we create? what sort of dreams, what sort of ambitions can we stimulate for both young women and young male players? england s cricketers have been docked 19 world test championship points after their slow over rate during the ashes, while australia have lost ten points. it means england have gone from joint first to fifth in ther world test championship standings and australia have dropped down to fourth, having shared top spot with england. both sets of players have also lost a percentage of their match fees, depending on how slow their over rate was for each test. england s biggest penalty came in the second test, where players lost 45% of their match fee. australia, meanwhile, were fined 50% of their match fees for the fourth test. perhaps unsurprisingly, the news hasn t gone down too well with the players, australia opener usman
meanwhile, less than ten months after his scotland future appeared to be in real doubt, finn russell will captain the team in their warm up match agaisnt france. coach gregor townsend had left the fly half out of his initial squad for last autumn s matches, but after re establishing his place, russell will now lead scotland at murrayfield on saturday in the absence ofjamie ritchie. england have been docked a large portion of the world test championship points they won during the drawn ashes series because of slow over rates. the consistent breaching of the regulations over four of the five tests has cost england 19 of the 28 points they d accrued from two wins and a draw. they re now below the winless west indies in the table. australia were also punished, losing ten points. both teams players also had their match fees cut for the same infringements. it s been a frustrating start to the second day of the hundred. the game between welsh fire and manchester 0riginals was washed out befor
the euro 2022 semi finalists through as group winners. in men s football manchester city look to have finally secured a deal to bring josko gvardiol to the etihad. they ve agreed a 77 million pound deal with rb leipzig for the defender who will now have a medical later this week. gvardiol will become city s second signing of the summer following the arrival of fellow croatian mateo kovacic from chelsea. england s cricketers have been docked 19 world test championship points after their slow over rate during the ashes, whilst australia have lost 10 points. it means england have gone from joint first to fifth in ther world test championship standings, whilst australia have gone from 1st to fourth. both sets of players have also lost a percentage of their match fees depending on how slow their over rate was for each test. england s biggest penalty came
in the second test where players lost 45% of their match fee. australia meanwhile were fined 50% of their match fees for the fourth test. on the field of play, the weather has dictated proceedings on day two of the hundred. both matches in the women s competition between welsh fire and manchester originals and london spirit against the oval invincibles were abandoned because of rain. there was play in the men s competition though. last year s runners up, the originals, lost to welsh fire. chasing 95, the originals lost 2 wickets in 2 balls at the start of their innings and despite the best efforts ofjos buttler fell 10 runs short of their target in a rain affected a0 ball match. and there was a thrilling finish in the second game of the day as the oval invincibles chased down 132 for victory against london spirit and they did so with three wickets in hand and one ball to spare. sunil narine was the invicibles star man hitting 12 off three balls right at the death to secure vict
see it. so hopefully they can see it, be it. it s also for young boys. it s shining a spotlight on this industry which is often neglected and ignored. industry which is often neglected and ignored- industry which is often neglected and innored. , ., , ., and ignored. others have come from da “obs, and ignored. others have come from day jobs. after and ignored. others have come from day jobs. after a and ignored. others have come from day jobs, after a bit and ignored. others have come from day jobs, after a bit of and ignored. others have come from day jobs, after a bit of guidance, - dayjobs, after a bit of guidance, by edgbaston s significant works, they run the show for the t20 international. it feels like a major boost in the week that a report into the state of the english game said women cricketers face serious discrimination. that report described embarrassingly small the amount of investment in the women s game in this country compared to the man. england s female p