scotland made a valliant effort to their reply, but in the end, they fell 16 runs short, which means they re out of the competition with 2 matches still to play. we ve had a number of games against new zealand over the years and some have been close and some haven t and this is one where you are saying, 17 runs, which is a reasonable sizing t20 cricket we would look back and say where were those little moments in the game where we could have closed the gap and may be used that as an opportunity missed but that is where we have to keep raising the bar. meanwhile india thrashed afghanistan with a 66 run victory, rohit sharma and kl rahul, shared a commanding opening stand of 140 to finish, on 210 for 2. afghanistan never looked capable, of chasing that target. they remain though second in group 2. after weeks of uncertainty over this winter s ashes, england finally fly out
up from that. this will go down as one of the great mates in heavyweight boxing history, leave it to be bringing an end to this fantastic rivalry between tyson fury and deontay wilder. it also keeps alive the hopes of fury winning all the major belts in the division. another classic sporting rivalry, it would have named their strongest available squad to tour australia for this winter s ashes. concerns that some players might not travel due to australia s strict covid regulations. ben stokes and jofra archer have already been ruled out of this tour. jos buttler is included, ten of the 17 will be touring and ashes series for the first time. here is if you look a the touring party. joe root and stuart broad also named in the