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 bes
Stays mostly dry. Further north, rain in the forecast. Not raining all the time. It will be windy and briefly little cooler and certainly quite a great story early on for our Weather Watcher in shetland and quite windy. You can see all of this Cloud Piling On from the west. In most places it is just wispy High Cloud Turning the sunshine a little hazy. We will see plenty of that hazy. We will see plenty of that hazy sunshine across england, wales and Eastern Scotland this afternoon. Northern ireland and West Of Scotland will see thicker cloud. Odd spot of rain in the highlands and it will be windy in the far north as well. These are the steady wind speeds, the average wind speeds. Gusts could touch 50 miles an hour in places but to the east of high ground in shelter 20, 201 in places but to the east of high ground in shelter 20, 20 i degrees, and similar temperatures across a good part of england and wales. Through this evening and tonight, the cloud will continue to filter and across s
now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. our headlines this evening. fran kirby kick starters chelsea s season as the wsl champions get their first win. early wickets holt england s progress as they try to take a 3 1 lead in the t20 series against pakistan. and joe joyce announces himself as the latest heavyweight talent with a world title shot on the cards. hello again, welcome to sportsday. the wsl season is riding a wave of popularity as the women s game enjoys a post euro buzz, but so far it has been pretty unpredictable. to teams who surprisingly lost their opening match is at last weekend played this afternoon, with the champions chelsea beating manchester city to belatedly get their first victory of the campaign. having lost their opening game of the season, there was little room for error for there was little room for error for the champions against manchester city and they nearly had the perfect start. fran kirby could not take advant
facing a target of 230 herbert losing the early wickets suggested otherwise. the dismissal proved decisive, hitting 3a from just 16 balls. he was then caught out but forced to watch on as pakistan s harris ralph removed debbie tenant 0llie stone with his next ball and with a dramatic finish, topsy turvy game of cricket ended and the series tied at 2 2. meanwhile, cricket s lawmakers have reiterated the rule that charlie dean fell foul of yesterday in england s women s 0di defeat to india when she was run out at the non striker s end. the mcc have formalised the relevant law and it will come in officially next month but in the meantime have called for batters to remain in their crease until they say they have seen the ball leave the bowler s hand. the reaction has been widespread and pretty passionate on both sides, as stuart broad noted. very happy for others to feel differently. a pragmatic approach from him, perhaps not from liam livingstone who highlights the confusion t
lioness to retire in two days. the 35 year old calls time on a long career at the top, following england s summer euros win. a bounceback for manchester united a crucial victory over rivals liverpool, but are they out of the woods just yet? and we hearfrom england captain ben stokes who discusses the strain on his mental health ahead of a new documentary about his life. just because i m tough doesn t mean that i can t struggled mentally. these things you can t pick and choose when they re going to hit you. it s not like a switch in the brain. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. and another of england s summer euro winners has called time on her career. after 20 years at the top jill scott has announced her retirement a day on from record scorer ellen white s decision to stop playing. scott was largely a substitute in england s championship winning squad this summer. and she s part of the england setup since 2006. the former manchester city and everton mid