on bbc news with me, ben croucher. the headlines: stoking up the fire ahead of the ashes. bucket hat and all. england s captain is in bullish mood and says he s fit to bowl. champions manchester city will kick off the new premier league season against newly promoted burnley. and the proudest day of his life. we ll be in the spanish capital asjude bellingham is presented as a real madrid player. hello, and thanks forjoining us, here s your latest sports news. the countdown is almost over. less than a day to go now before the start of the men s ashes. in one corner, england and this new swashbuckling style nicknamed bazball. in the other, australia world test champions, with a talented batting line up, a formidible pace attack, looking to defend the famous urn. still no word from the australia camp on who ll make up their 11 at edgbaston. england named their side yesterday with stuart broad preferred
northern ireland, scotland and wales, the south west, the odd one elsewhere, temperatures up to 27, 28, 29 and elsewhere, temperatures up to 27, 28,29 and tonight another quiet night for the most part, a bit of low cloud, mist macro and murk here and there but some thunderstorms may start to move towards the far south west of england by the end of the night. typically 9 i3 , i wouldn t be surprised if like last night some parts of eastern scotland got a little bit chillier than that. tomorrow, lots of sunshine around but a greater chance of showers for south west england, parts of wales, may north west england, south west scotland, northern ireland is well and these showers, where they do crop up, could be heavy thundery but again in the best of the sunshine, 26, 20 7 degrees again in the best of the sunshine, 26,20 7 degrees and a again in the best of the sunshine, 26, 20 7 degrees and a little bit warmer than has been for some north sea coasts. into the weekend our area of low pressu
but though they ll tell you they focus only on themselves. they have noticed how england have changed and they know they may have a fight on their hands. the cricket england have played the last 12 months has been really exciting. i ve enjoyed actually watching from afar. you know, isaid initially, you know, perhaps might be different coming up against our attack, but we ll wait and see, i suppose. but i think, yeah, we ve been playing good cricket. they ve been playing good cricket, so it makes for an exciting series. the australian attack has just helped them beat india to claim the world test championship and now england will havejosh hazlewood hurtling out of the shadows towards them. he s fit and raring to go to join the fearsome aussie bowling. no wonder he s excited. i always think our best tour is here to england for the ashes. and, you know, getting to the airport was a couple of weeks ago. it sjust all sort of on another level, it feels like and friday come, you know, you re
so yeah, it s quite exciting. well, for all the great teams and great players australia have had over the past couple of decades, they haven t actually won a series outright in england since 2001. steve smith said it would be on his bucket list to do so. just another reason why this ashes series is so thrillingly poised. bucket lists and bucket hats. now, it may be another 57 days before the next premier league season, but the feet fixtures were released this morning. vincent kompany will test himself against his former club, manchester city. they get things under way on friday, august the 11th. meanwhile, luton town are back iith. meanwhile, luton town are back in the top flight for the first time in the top flight for the first time in 31 years. they go to brighton on the saturday. sheffield united host