And making sure that we extend those and keep doing the good things for longer. So i think we are in a really good place at the minute, and hopefully we can wrap up the odi part of the tour in two days time. Now, the england mens two day test defeat in india. After that, coach Chris Silverwood says they havn� t officially complained to the icc about the pitch. Havent officially complained. England were beaten on a surface in ahmedabad which some have suggested wasnt fit for test cricket. England accept they were outplayed but silverwood says hell be discussing the challenging conditions with his captain, joe root. Joe andi joe and i will have conversations, see where we go, because it certainly. We have to accept we have to get better on these pages, weve got to accept that there are places we could have improved. Look at the first innings, we had the opportunity to bat more runs. Next time i would hope we would pounce on the opportunity and make best use of the opportunity and make best use of the pitch while it was fresh, but at the pitch while it was fresh, but at the moment, i have not got anything more to add on the pitch. Now to the story of the english cricketer whose career here could be over because hes not deemed to be english. This is the unusual tale of glamorgan opener charlie hemphrey, whose only hope to continue playing in the County Championship is a rule change. Ben croucher has the story. I didnt want it to end like this. To have it forced upon me in these circumstances, thats the most disappointing thing. His journey into cricket was an unusual one. Now, charlie hemphrey� s possible exit is leaving many puzzled too. Its complicated, so heres the crux of it. Hemphrey failed to crack it in england as a youngster but, after moving to australia, got signed by queensland and then, aged 29, picked up by glamorgan. But because hed not played county cricket, he wasnt classed as english, similar to Kevin Pietersen and jofra archer. It takes three years to become english qualified, hemphrey� s only done two and with counties financially incentivised to pick english players, that could now leave hemphrey out in the cold. And pleas for an exception have been flat batted away. Theyre effectively classifying me as someone who was born and raised in a different country. I lived in england until i was 24. Im english, so if they show a discretion for me, its not going to open the floodgates to 20 other players. The ecb says its rules havent changed and that theyre applied fairly and consistently across all teams and their players, adding regulations allow players to compete even if they are not england qualified, so glamorgan could pick him. But in this covid age, hemphrey says they need to pick english players and the pennies they bring, which leaves a player who felt he was about to enjoy an Indian Summer in that Second Chance of a career now left wondering what might have been. I loved playing for glamorgan. I had a brilliant time there and so glad i did it. Such a shame that its going to have to end, or potentially come to an end. To have essentially taken away from underneath you, for reasons that are pretty tough to understand, is quite disappointing. Ben croucher, bbc news. Quick Snooker Story for you. Now, mark selby is a three time champion, but he was subjected to one of the heaviest defeats of his career this afternoon at the players championship. John higgins beat him 6 0 in todays quarterfinal. Remarkably, selby only managed to pot three balls during the entire match scoring just seven points. Higgins said it was as close to perfect as he could ever play. He goes into the semifinals to play kyren wilson. Ronnie osullivan is in last four action tonight. Now, a quick round up of some of the other stories around today. Irelands sam bennett took his second win of the uae tour as he claimed the sixth stage in dubai. Britains adam yates remains in second place, 35 seconds behind Tadej Pogacar with just one stage to go. Jamie murray has organised another battle of the Brits Team Tennis tournament. Scotland will take on england in a two day event in aberdeen, just before christmas. Andy murray and british number one dan evans have both signed up to play. And britains elfyn evans is fifth overall after the opening day of the arctic rally finland. He is 17 seconds ahead of toyota team mate and World Champion Sebastien Ogier but more than half a minute behind leader oit tanak. The dutchman Nyck De Vries has won the opening race of the formula e season in saudi arabia. The sports first night race wasnt a good one for british drivers, with sam bird and alex lynn taking each other out. It was de vries first victory in just his Second Season for mercedes. The highest placed briton was oliver rowland, who was sixth. You can watch the second race of the season tomorrow live on the bbc. Now, its been a tough 12 months for all sports, but rugby sevens has been particularly hard hit. Funding to the Sevens Programmes across britain was cut and fixtures were off, leaving many players with no choice but to return to playing the full 15 game. So how then do they rapidly turn themselves around, ready for the olympics in a few months time . Well, on the day she was named in the squad for tokyo, amy wilson Hardyjoins Me now. Amy, thank you forjoining us, congratulations in your place in the squad. Tell me how hard has it been for rugby sevens players in this time . , ~ for rugby sevens players in this time . ~ , for rugby sevens players in this time . , ~ i. , time . Thank you. It has been so challenging. Time . Thank you. It has been so challenging. L time . Thank you. 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I would tell myself that everything you fear and assume people will think or perceive you as will always quietly surprise you, when the people who matter dont mind and the people who mind dont matter. I would tell myself to follow your heart, be strong in your character and know that you are never defined by a comment, opinion, outcome, performance, perception or label, now or ever. You are special, unique and stronger than you know. Finally on sportsday, as weve been hearing, the pandemic has presented unique challenges to many sports in the last 12 months, but one young british rower has been embracing a new way of racing in her sport one which doesnt even involve going on the water. On the left of the screen here is britains immy bantick at The World Indoor Rowing championships. She was racing on a Rowing Machine in her kitchen, keeping track of her competitors on a laptop which showed the virtual standings. She won in the under 23 lightweight category, beating someone competing in hong kong. And she had her own crowd support, as the University Of Bath student was surrounded by her housemates as she crossed the line. Our Rowing Machine is connected to our laptop, and on the laptop you have a little standing of where everyone is in the race, but you also to live stream into prove that it is you on the machine, so they have set up a little xoom meeting on the lifestream, so you can see that as well. Having my housemates cheering me on and trying to stay focused was really help. What what if your wife i dropped out . I think because of the lifestream, they could see what time we send recording it what if your wi fi dropped out . I do not know if i would have inspected to be at the world indoors, it was kind of like, ijust kind of wanted to introduce a how was doing compared to everyone else and do one kind of race we could do this year, and it progress really quickly. At the moment, it is exciting to see where it can go. At the momentjust excited to get out on the water, which we are aiming to do by april. Well done to her. That is it from all of us on the sportsday team. Hello. We are ending the week on a much quieter note weather wise. Things are now largely dry across the board and the next few days are looking dry and settled for most, sunshine by day but chilly nights on the way. As we head through the afternoon into the evening, largely clear skies, a bit more cloud, with a few splashes of rain for Northern Ireland and scotland. England and wales staying clear and cold, with temperaturesjust below freezing, so we are likely to see some frost and fog patches across more southern parts of england, in particular tomorrow morning. It will brighten up for scotland and Northern Ireland tomorrow behind the band of cloud, sunshine reappearing. To the south, largely dry with sunny spells. Temperatures 11 13. Into sunday, a bit of low cloud and mist and fog first thing. Should break up for most of us through the day. Sunny spells, not quite as warm as saturday, around 9 11. Bye bye. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. A report by Us Intelligence officials says saudi arabias crown prince Muhammad Bin Salman approved an operation to capture or kill saudi journalistjamal khashoggi. As the number of vaccines given in the uk rises Health Officials warn do not wreck the Progress Made On Covid , and urge people to stick to the rules. Police in nigeria have begun a Search Operation after more than Three Hundred girls were abducted from a school in north west nigeria by armed men. The Supreme Court rules that Shamima Begum who left london as a teenager to join the Islamic State group Cannot Return to the uk to challenge its decision to remove her british citizenship