meanwhile, england have continued their preparations for the t20 world cup by thrashing pakistan by six wickets in their final warm up game. ben stokes showed glimpses of a return to form. the england test captain smashed 36 off 18 balls as england successfully chased down a target of 161, with 26 balls to spare in what was a 19 over game in brisbane. england face afghanistan in their first t20 world cup match on saturday. harlequins wing caden murley has been called into eddiejones england squad for the first time. he is one of six uncapped players preparing to face argentina, south africa, new zealand and japan this autumn. the other five potential debutants eddiejones has selected are northampton duo alex coles and david ribbans along with gloucester s val rapava ruskin, newcastle s george mcguigan and saracens hugh tizzard. following financial turmoil
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confident, they will send strong team is all competitions. we have been meeting with nations this week and talking about the details on the measures we are prepared to take. so we are fully confident that we will see 21 competing nations representing 16 and the men, eight and the women and eight in the wheelchair. 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 in the japan match less than 3 weeks ago. well 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 for the lions early in the second half but south africa
racism. then they are in second overall and carol pass and ilio sent third a case of deja vu as the catcher rode away. no more mountains for him to conquer with a lead of five minutes and 45 seconds the podium in paris is within touching distance. still to come on sportsday. team gb haved named three captain s to lead their women s football team at the olympics in tokyo with their first match just six days away. and with a capacity crowd back at silverstone lando norris s is determined to impress at his home track. there one weekend that you look forward to more than ever in the whole year. and that is the grand prix because of how much cooler it feels and how special it is. alun wynjones has been named amongst the replacements for the british & irish lions final warm up game in south africa, against stormers on saturday.
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