for ben stokes, making his first appearance since he took a break from the sport injuly to protect his mental health and also recover from a broken finger. he bowled 12 overs and took two wickets against an england lions team. it s a four day match and with the first two days lost to rain, there sjust one more meaningful day of match practice before they face australia next week, so possible a last chance for players to put their hand up for selection in the first test you can do as much indoor nets and net sessions as you want but actually outdoor practice is really important going into such a big series. it is good for us to get out today and it is a bit squidgy out there with the amount of rain that has happened. we are pleased to be out there. there are two more matches in the premier league tonight ralf rangnick has finally got his work permit through to take interim charge of manchester united but he ll only be in the stands
confident, they will send strong team is all competitions. we have been meeting with nations this week and talking about the details on the measures we are prepared to take. so we are fully confident that we will see 21 competing nations representing 16 and the men, eight and the women and eight in the wheelchair. alun wynnjones has been named amongst the replacements for the british & irish lions final warm up game in south africa. the tour captain will have only been in the country a couple of days after making a remarkable comeback from dislocating his shoulder in the japan match less than 3 weeks ago. well last night the lions suffered their first defeat of the tour losing to a very strong south africa a team which included several of the springboks world cup winning squad as they were short of match practice after a covid outbreak. and the hosts dominated in cape town leading the first half 17 3. the lions did score a try for the lions early in the second half but south africa
alun wynnjones has been named amongst the replacements for the british & irish lions final warm up game in south africa. the tour captain will have only been in the country a couple of days after making a remarkable comeback from dislocating his shoulder less than three weeks ago. last night the lions suffered their first defeat of the tour losing to a very strong south africa a team, which included several of the springboks world cup winning squad as they were short of match practice after a covid outbreak. and the hosts dominated in cape town, leading the first half 17 3. the lions did score a try early in the second half, but south africa a held on for the win, despite being down to 13 men after two yellow cards. it finished 17 13. the first test is a week saturday. the indian wicketkeeper batsman rishabh pant has covid 19, and is isolating from the rest of the squad. pant was tested after having a sore throat. he won t travel to durham, where the team are due to enter a bio bu
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one seed at queens, took advantage of unforced errors from murray, breaking his serve twice to win the first set. and berrettini used his big serve to good effect in the second, murray looked a little short of match practice at the top level as the italian won 6 3 6 3 and will face another brit dan evans next. that s all the sport for now. four years ago, owen carey was celebrating his 18th birthday at a byron burger restaurant at the o2 arena, when he suffered a fatal allergic reaction. since then, his family have been campaigning for a law in his name, which would see restaurants having to clearly display allergens on menus. today, they ve been meeting with the ceo of bryon. owen s dad, pauljoins us now. i see you have got a picture of on there next to you. very tragic story and we are very sorry for your loss.