we ll be in rome for the latest. also coming up on sportsday. it s a battle of the brits in nottingham dart and boulter go head to head, as the grass court season begins. and more milestones forjamie chadwick. she speaks to us after victory at a prestigious indy car event at the weekend. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday, and we re kicking off with the countdown to the european championship which starts on friday, with the hosts germany against scotland england s campaign begins at the weekend. they re one of the tournament favourites and received a royal send off before flying out today. gareth southgate and the team will be based in the centre of the country, an area called blankenhain in the city of erfurt, ahead of theirfirst game in gelsenkirchen to face serbia on sunday. they ll then go on to play denmark and slovenia. a big couple of weeks ahead so let s speak to our correspondent andy swiss who is at the england base for us. andy swiss who is at
after a few rain interruptions and stubborn resistance from australia, the england bowlers took centre stage as joe the england bowlers took centre stage asjoe wilson reports. well, ifeel your pain. you d want to watch, because at the oval, everything was still variable. so many scenarios still possible, even on the ashes final day. here we go. england took three early wickets and they believed, look at the captain. but then steve smith began batting his way and travis head led australia s chase towards their victory target. seven more wickets to take, somehow. here s moeen ali to steve smith. this needs replays. ball clearly off smith s glove. so it s out, is it? watch ben stokes, his arm come down, round, and the ball flies free. there wasn t control in the catch, so the umpires had to rule not out. it was a lot to take in very quickly, but the implication seemed clear. a serious moment.
norwich lerwick, 20 navidi 923 on hold, norwich and london that you can already norwich and london that you can already see behind me the first signs already see behind me the first signs of already see behind me the first signs of that area of low pressure coming signs of that area of low pressure coming in signs of that area of low pressure coming in with some showery rain. for the coming in with some showery rain. for the cricket in the next few days, for the cricket in the next few days, today we could see some rain interruptions in the afternoon and it s looking interruptions in the afternoon and it s looking unsettled as we go through it s looking unsettled as we go through the next few days, not just at the through the next few days, not just at the oval through the next few days, not just at the oval but across many areas, because at the oval but across many areas, because this area of low pressure is going because this area of low pressure is going to b
wrote his like to make 85 and a big contribution and losing wickets in clusters, for example, ben stokes who is board for three. if you re mitchell, you don t have to worry about this when you do that. she was outstanding and expensive at times below, he took four wickets for 82 and so, he did hisjob. the fact that the innings and so quickly, it means and least a bit of time to borrow some significant overs in austria they took when we get in surprise, david was not dismissed by stewart and it was chris wilkes who took his wicked. and in the day of tribe catches, he caught a really good one there. dropped. we have seenjames anderson but good one there. dropped. we have seen james anderson but australia would be quite glad that in this text matches on this occasion, we ve had no rain interruptions.
sent to us earlier on. so probably some of the heaviest rain will be working across northern england to lincolnshire. showers break out across east anglia. south east england. yes, i think we probably will see a shower at wimbledon, but any rain interruptions, probably quite short lived, maybe ten or 15 minutes, and then the sun shall be back out. temperatures for the most part, a little bit below average, generally about 17 to 19 degrees celsius today. overnight tonight, many of the showers ease for a time, although there ll be some more rain developing across wales and south west england later in the night. and our rain band in northern scotland will slowly trickle towards the central lowlands overnight as well. now tomorrow, it is another unsettled one. however, i think we are looking at potentially some much longer spells of rain, especially across parts of eastern and southern england. now, i think the rain here could be much more extensive, further northwards and much slower to c