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
hand. the reaction has been widespread and pretty passionate on both sides, as it stuart broad noted. liam livingstone does indeed feel differently. he suggests a number of ways the role might be applied. whereas alex hayles is from a different view, currently playing against pakistan. the player in question, charlie dean, has been playing again at lord s but southern vipers lost the flint trophy to northern diamonds. the responded by pretending to run out. she did not do it though, did not go through with it. lauren winfield hill top