That part of his left, we feared it could be his left knee. He did have surgery on that knee over the winter. That was all about getting him ready to be a bowler. And if we look back to the circumstances of his injury, as you said, there he was playing for the northern superchargers in the hundred competition and it has led to a lot of england Fans Questioning why would your Test Match Captain be playing in the 100 ball franchise competition. Of course, the ecb are using the hundred to popularise cricket and they want their star players involved in that. Wilkes will have a big role to play, and ollie pope, i can confirm will captain england for the first time in these Test Matches starting next week on the first Test Match in old trafford. Look, iguess week on the first Test Match in old trafford. Look, i guess injuries can happen. It certainly changes the dynamic of the series. Joe wilson, or sports correspondent, many thanks indeed. James anderson might have played his last game for
Is facing a Pandemic Of The Unvaccinated as the Delta Variant of Coronavirus Spreads. And pandemic what pandemic . A major Music Festival gets underway in the north of england. A warm welcome to tokyo, where the first Gold Medals of the olympics have been awarded. 11 medals are up for grabs on the first full day of action, including in fencing, judo and weightlifting. But perhaps the most eagerly awaited event of The Day was the Mens Road Cycling race. Ecuador s Richard Carapaz has just won that, with a thrilling race on the outskirts of tokyo. Carapaz started out strong, with a a0 second lead. Great Britains Adam yates missed out on medal, while Geraint Thomas was out after earlier crash. Japanese spectators have defied coronavirus restrictions to watch the race. Its one of the few events during which they can see the competitors in action. China has gone straight to the top of the Medals Table winning two of todays events. 21 year old Yang Qian took the first gold of the games in the
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england covers and with the new manager coming in, i think everybody was impressed. obviously she is a very quiet was impressed. obviously she is a very quiet and reserved but when she speaks very quiet and reserved but when she speaks you very quiet and reserved but when she speaks you listen. i think the type of player speaks you listen. i think the type of player that she is, she is about an attacking style of play and for us the an attacking style of play and for us the last few days it has been good us the last few days it has been good to us the last few days it has been good to know what she wants from attacking good to know what she wants from attacking and defending points of view and you can watch england against northern ireland live on the bbc red button, iplayer and the bbc sport website tomorrow. kick off is at 12:30pm. still to come on sportsday we hearfrom karam singh, already a star in his sport and dubbed the anthonyjoshua of breaking. he ha
england are convincing winners in the final one day match, but it s australia who retain the women s ashes. all to play for in the men s series, though. and what next for the commonwealth games as victoria pulls out of hosting in 2026 citing spiralling costs. hello and welcome along to the programme. let s begin with the conclusion of the women s ashes series. england s impressive victory in the final one day match means the multi format series has been drawn enough for holders australia to retain the ashes, asjoe lynskey reports. the this women s assess the series concludes with a positive result for england. they won the final international by 69 runs on the duckworth lewis method, and that comprehensive victory was set up by the runs of naps of a run in fact, she loves it batting against the aussies in the moment. she scored a century in four out of five games against them. england set australia a target of 286. that would ve been the second highest run chase in women