good morning. iam good morning. i am out of the very front and to get this prized position you had to be here two days ago, at a 7am on saturday morning. it won t be long before this lot are inside. that is wherejohn and carol r. yes, good morning. the big news on day one of these wimbledon championships is the withdrawal of nick kyrgios. the beaten finalist last year and the amount s singles is out because of a wrist injury after what has been an injury ravaged season. and will it stay dry? well, actually, we are expecting some showers this afternoon at wimbledon. for most, rain in the north of scotland, rain in northern ireland putting eastwards. behind all of that, sunshine and showers. a day for taking the brolly. more later. good morning. it s monday, the 3rd ofjuly. it appears to have been a calmer night across france, after the family of a teenager shot dead by police said they did not want his death to spark riots. police made around 80 arrests overnight, down from mo
into the hands of australia s wicketkeeper. more of him now from the morning session. alex carey s reaction was immediate here. seeing jonny bairstow out of his crease threw down the stumps. bairstow wasn t trying to run, clearly thought the ball was dead. law of the game applied and he was given out. australia thought it was fair. england s captain certainly implied he d have acted differently. but i would have had to come to a decision. i would have to think about the whole spirit of the game and would i actually want to win a test match like that. and when i think about that, it s a no. some mcc members can reflect on how they acted in the privileged position of the long room, confronting and insulting some australian players during the lunch interval. england can reflect on another match when they competed but were beaten by a very good australian team. well, wherever the spirit of cricket may or may not lie, australia are definitely 2 0 up in the series with three matches to play.
it and they applied the law of the game alex carey. they applied the laws of the game and declared bairstow was out. bairstow wasn t trying to take a run, he wasn t trying to take a run, he wasn t trying to take advantage of the situation, he was out of his ground. a lot of people in the stadium, certain people reflecting on it in the media, felt that australia could have withdrawn the appeal, that it wasn t in the spirit of the game. that was certainly the feeling around the stands behind me. you could tell that from the booing and you could tell about half an hour later when the players came off for lunch they walk through the famous long room at lord s, it is a unique situation, they walk past the mcc members. there was a conversation, there was a confrontation between a few of those mcc members and some of the australian players. australia, hugh, have asked for an investigation into that amidst allegations they quote of verbal abuse against their players. thank ou ve abuse again
late wife of the great glenn who used to regularly do this to englishmen. the tormentor of zak crawley was scott boland, playing in his second test, having waited his whole career for these moments. joe root, england s captain, his ninth test wicket already. england s sad procession trudged on, surrounded, surrendering. three wickets for no runs, 36 4 by lunch. afterwards, it got surreal. ben stokes was given out leg before wicket. it turned out there was no leg and plenty of wicket. bails still on, stokes still in. but he was facing the pace with pain. a side injury kept him from bowling but not batting, battling. jonny bairstow went with him, both swatted 50s. here was the fight england had spoken about. and here was the counterpunch. stokes, trapped by nathan lyon. jos buttler followed. but bairstow wasn t done. together with mark wood, he made sure england wouldn t be made to bat again. and then in the final over of the day, he passed 100. it s too late to save the series. it might
jos buttler followed. but bairstow wasn t done. together with mark wood, he made sure england wouldn t be made to bat again. and then in the final over of the day, he passed 100. it s too late to save the series. it might still be too little to save the match. but at long last, england have something to celebrate. patrick gearey, bbc news. another tennis player has had their visa cancelled by australian authorities. czech renata vorocova joins novak djokovic in being denied entry into the country because of their vaccination status, with the visas of other players being investigated too. fans have been protesting outside the hotel they are confined to, in melbourne where they had been hoping to play in the australian open later this month. djokovic s appeal against the decision will be heard on monday. now, phillippe coutinho is back in the premier legaue. the brazilian midfielder hasjoined