after two yellow cards. it finished 17 13. the first test is a week saturday. differently one that we needed to. we will take a lot of tonight and it will be good for us, sort of building the next team days for the first test. goes to show i think these test matches will be a real arm wrestle and that what was this evening, it was as close to a test match as you re going to get. 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 bubble and begin training for the series against england. india are scheduled to play a tour match against a select counties xi on tuesday, and begin the five match match test series on 11th august. that s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. lisa shaw was ali years old
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