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are part of the test match special team. the women s ashes has made it here to canberra. two of three games, because of all the poor weather. england find themselves four points to two down, and they know they have to two down, and they know they have to be positive and aggressive to ensure a victory that could just give them the edge going into the three one day internationals. alex hartley was here in 2017 2017, and england have to go out and show what they re made of. then;r and england have to go out and show what they re made of. what they re made of. they have nothin: what they re made of. they have nothing to what they re made of. they have nothing to lose. what they re made of. they have nothing to lose. with what they re made of. they have nothing to lose. with the - what they re made of. they have | nothing to lose. with the position they re in, they have to go out there and try to put their foot forward. i think the way they think they can do that is to pull austra
on seven under. and don t forget you can keep across day three of the women s ashes test in canberra right now with live commentary on bbc sounds and the bbc sport app. that s all the sport for now. hello there. northern parts of britain readying for a very windy weekend. we ve got two separate storms which could bring some damage and some disruption. not a bad weekend, i think, further south across southern britain, close to this area of high pressure. so, the first of the two storms moving to the north of the uk. lots of isobars on the charts, widespread gates for the northern half of the country. severe gales across scotland, gusts up to 80 mph. we ve got an amber warning in force for eastern scotland, we could see some impacts here. a band of cloud will sink southwards across the country, becoming confined to the south later in the day. here, it ll stay mild, but it ll will be cooling down elsewhere with sunshine and blustery showers. different story on sunday. we start off with a
cricket, and england have been thrashed in the opening match of the women s ashes, as tahlia mcgrath s outstanding all round performance fired australia to a nine wicket win in the first t20 at the adelaide oval. with all the details, here sjo currie. england s women stepping out in australia, looking to restore england cricket s reputation. having lost the toss and been put into bat, tammy beaumont showed early flair, while danni wyatt s back to back sixes set the tone. they meant business. before a break for the hosts, beaumont bowled and caught. wyatt batted on to make her 50, england making steady strides until this. nat sciver gone followed almost straightaway by wyatt and jones. tahlia mcgrath taking three quick ones in a row. england, though, holding on to set australia a respectable target of 170 to win. sophie ecclestone set alyssa healy packing for just seven. a promising start. mcgrath, however, was made of stronger stuff and took a chance to shine once more quickly,
the russian build up of troops along the russian build up of troops along the ukrainian border represents a real threat, and it s a conviction which can only have been exacerbated by russia s announcement in the last hour it is to hold large scale naval war games in the coming weeks in the pacific, the mediterranean the north sea and the north east atlantic. generally thank you. jenny hill reporting from berlin. our top story this lunchtime. a senior conservative accuses the government of intimidating mps over their support for a no confidence vote in boris johnson. and the payment say his has seen no evidence of the claims. and coming up: england are thrashed in the opening match of the women s ashes, as australia raced to a nine wicket coming up on the bbc news channel. andy murray says his performance wasn t good enough, after he was knocked out in the second round of the australian open by japanese