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Heres what weve got coming up on our show. Its not been easy, but england are edging closer to taking the first test against a resilient sri lanka on day 4. South coast delight for the seagulls as brighton stun Manchester United with a late winner. Well be live at the womens open as World Number1 Nelly Korda Battles to take control of the 3rd round. Hello, and thanks for joining us on sportsday. Were going to start at old trafford on day 4 of the first test between england and sri lanka. And how quickly things can change england began the day in the driving seat, having reduced the tourists to an 82 run lead, but with only 4 wickets remaining. However, its not quite gone all englands way today as the tourists built a lead of 205. Heresjoe wilson at old trafford with more for us. Englands ambitions at old trafford were assisted by the weather. The sun was fit for play, mark wood wasnt. Englands fastest bowler . Fie injury. In his absence, sri lankas batter that comfortable. Their lead g
Coming up on our show. Its not been easy, but england win the first test against a resilient sri lanka on day 4. South coast delight for the seagulls as brighton stun Manchester United with a late winner. Well be live at the womens open as World Numberi Nelly Korda Battles to take control of the 3rd round. She of the 3rd round. Has a nightmare finished her round. She has a nightmare finished her round. Finish to her round. Hello, and thanks for joining us on sportsday. Well be heading to old trafford in a moment to take you through that when on day four for england against sri lanka. But it does also been a packed day of premier league football. In the early kick off, Manchester United were stunned on the south coast at brighton. A dramatic late winner giving new manager Fabian Hurzeler a dream start to the season for the seagulls. Joe linskey was watching this one for us. Erik ten hags third season in charge. Manchester united seeking direction. In brighton, he faced the premier leagu
Welcome to the programme. We start with cricket, where england have edged ahead by 23 runs, on day 2 of the first test with Sri Lanka at old trafford. There was a delayed start because of rain, but when play did get under way, Joe Wilson was watching. Now, when Sri Lankas players walked off the pitch here at the close of play, when the drizzle came down again, they knew they were behind in the match. They knew they still had four. England first Innings Wickets to take. But the captain was smiling and i think with good reason. On several occasions during the second day they out bowled england. Fernando s delivery to get rid of 0llie Pope for six will live in his memory, and Prabath Jayasuriya produced two Classic Spinning deliveries to clean bowled harry Brooke And Chris woakes. In those ways, Sri Lanka stayed in the Game And England needed Jamie Smith in his first Test Match Summer to really dig deep to finish 72 not out. Remember, in the absence of ben stokes, an unbalanced England Li
Showers pushed in from the west. Temperatures generally subdued, i6 temperatures generally subdued, 16 to 23 degrees. Into friday evening, we keep the showers in the far north west. Look at this, a pulse of pretty wet weather pushing up from South West England over towards East Anglia in areas where we havent seen that much in the way of significant rain so far this month. So a spell of very wet weather to come first thing on Saturday Morning across eastern and south east england. That will take most of the morning to clear away. So there will be pretty miserable. 0ne Morning to clear away. So there will be pretty miserable. One or two sharp showers further north and west. But eventually, that Rain Starts to ease away and we will starts to ease away and we will start to see a bit of an improvement. But temperatures a bit subdued. And yes, it is a Bank Holiday Weekend, of course. Down in the south, the Bank Holiday Weekend will improve with temperatures peaking at 23 degrees and showers