resumes this weekend. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. fast bowler ollie robinson is back in the england side for the first time since the third ashes test last summer. he s one of two changes for the fourth test against india in ranchi. is recalled for leg spinner rehan ahmed. india are 2 1 up in the five match series we do like to look at the pitch two days out and one day out because that is how we like to prepare. you want to give yourself some idea or indication about what will give you the best chance and looking at that i think there will be assistance with spin. we look at the picture assistance with spin. we look at the picture and assistance with spin. we look at the picture and give - assistance with spin. we look at the picture and give our i at the picture and give our opinion at the picture and give our opinion but that at the picture and give our opiare but that at the picture and give our opi are going at at the picture and give our opi are
is recalled for leg spinner rehan ahmed. india are 2 1 up in the five match series and the wicket could cause some problems for batters, with large cracks already appearing. we do like to look at the pitch two days out and one day out because that is how we like to prepare. you want to give yourself some idea or indication about what will give you the best chance and looking at that i think there will be assistance with spin. we look at the pitch and give our opinion but that does not mean we are going on with too many preconceived ideas. the pitch could be as flat as a pancake, who knows and if it is we will adapt and if it is more than what we think it is we will adapt to that as well. stokes could reprise his role as an all rounder. this week he said he d be open to bowling again, after building back up following a knee operation in november last year. our chief cricket writer stephan shemilt explains. you definitely would not want to play poker against ben stokes. i don
against india in ranchi. robinson comes in for mark wood while off spinner shoaib bashir is recalled for leg spinner rehan ahmed. india are 2 1 up in the five match series and the wicket could cause some problems for batters, with large cracks already appearing. we do like to look at the pitch two days out and one day out because that s how we like to. you want to give yourself some idea or indication about what you think is going to give you the best chance. looking at that, there is going to be of assistance to this man. we give our opinion but that does not mean that we are going in with too many preconceived ideas was of the pitch could be flat as a pancake, who knows? but if it is, we will adapt to that but if it does more than we think, we will adapt to that as well. stokes could reprise his role as an all rounder. this week he said he d be open to bowling again, after building back up following a knee operation in november last year. our chief cricket writer stephan
east coming up at ten o clock. now on bbc one, let s get the news wherever you are this evening from our colleagues. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m olly foster. it s another european night at stjames park. can newcastle united stay top of their champions league group? two centurions for england and wales say they are retiring from international rugby union. it s just fitting. it feels right. it sjust fitting. it feels right. i feel so privileged to be able to play and walk away my terms. and records tumble at the cricket world cup as australia keep themselves in the chase for the semifinals. hello there, welcome along. it s another busy night in the champions league. there were wins for manchester united and arsenal last night. we ll see how newcastle united, manchester city and celtic get on later this evening. all of them are 8pm kick offs. let s start at st james park. earlier this month, it was one of the great european nights there as they swept aside paris saint
winners dortmund saw the french side through, as eddie howe s side finished bottom of group f. you see everything that goes on the pitch and i see what goes on behind the scenes and the players and i can for them at all. fault them at all. i don t think we were at our absolute best tonight. i think if we had have been, we would have won the game. but i can t fault the commitment and what they re giving me, especially under the circumstances we re playing in. so that s why it s painful for me and for them, because i know how professional they are, and i know how much they want to achieve success. confirmation, then, of city progressing as group winners, along with rb leipzig who beat young boys on wednesday. a shock for barcelona who were beaten 3 2 antwerp they still go through as group winners, porto progress with them, after beating shakhtar. celtic got theirfirst champions league win in ten years, beating feyenoord. but atletico and lazio go through in that group.