now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. our headlines this evening. fran kirby kick starters chelsea s season as the wsl champions get their first win. early wickets holt england s progress as they try to take a 3 1 lead in the t20 series against pakistan. and joe joyce announces himself as the latest heavyweight talent with a world title shot on the cards. hello again, welcome to sportsday. the wsl season is riding a wave of popularity as the women s game enjoys a post euro buzz, but so far it has been pretty unpredictable. to teams who surprisingly lost their opening match is at last weekend played this afternoon, with the champions chelsea beating manchester city to belatedly get their first victory of the campaign. having lost their opening game of the season, there was little room for error for there was little room for error for the champions against manchester city and they nearly had the perfect start. fran kirby could not take advant
facing a target of 230 herbert losing the early wickets suggested otherwise. the dismissal proved decisive, hitting 3a from just 16 balls. he was then caught out but forced to watch on as pakistan s harris ralph removed debbie tenant 0llie stone with his next ball and with a dramatic finish, topsy turvy game of cricket ended and the series tied at 2 2. meanwhile, cricket s lawmakers have reiterated the rule that charlie dean fell foul of yesterday in england s women s 0di defeat to india when she was run out at the non striker s end. the mcc have formalised the relevant law and it will come in officially next month but in the meantime have called for batters to remain in their crease until they say they have seen the ball leave the bowler s hand. the reaction has been widespread and pretty passionate on both sides, as stuart broad noted. very happy for others to feel differently. a pragmatic approach from him, perhaps not from liam livingstone who highlights the confusion t