and mack hansen have been named in andy farrell s 37 man squad. ireland s campaign gets under way against wales in dublin. and preparations ahead of the women s ashes have been less than perfect for england, as they count down to their first t2o game tomorrow at the adelaide oval. the series is beginning a week earlier than originally planned to allow both teams to travel to new zealand and quarantine before the world cup. it s meant the build up to the multi format ashes hasn t been ideal. but as batter tammy beaumont acknowledges, covid has affected everything. it s been crazy, not ideal preparation, a little bit different to normal, but we ve made do. and then once we got to canberra, there was a couple of days isolation when we had pcr test results and lots of social distancing, no mixing, no kind of going anywhere too indoors or too overcrowded. so, yeah, it s been pretty tough, but now we ve got to adelaide, it s all about the business end. and that is all the sport for now. we
in the united rugby championship, leinster and munster both won. both are nowjust a point behind leaders ulster. glasgow are fourth after beating bottom side zebre by 17 6. sione tuipulotu with the pick of his side s two tries. elsewhere, ospreys beat bennetton. oisin murphy says he s over the moon and thrilled to get it across the line after winning thejockey championship for a third consecutive year. his victory was confirmed in the champions stakes at ascot yesterday, and murphy wasn t even involved. 12 1 shot sealiway, ridden by mickael barzalona, won the race, while title rival william bewick could only finish fifth on adayar, meaning murphy couldn t be caught. summer may have gone but there s still some cricket to follow. the t2o world cup begins in the united arab emirates and oman today. scotland are one of eight teams taking part in the first round,
with five wins out of five. in the united rugby championship, leinster and munster both won. both are nowjust a point behind leaders ulster. glasgow are fourth after beating bottom side zebre by 17 points to 6. sione tuipuloto with the pick of his side s two tries. elsewhere, ospreys beat bennetton. summer may have gone but there s still some cricket to follow. the t2o world cup begins in the united arab emirates and oman today. scotland are one of eight teams taking part in the first round, with four qualifying for the final super 12. the scots play bangladesh today. ireland are also looking to qualify. england will begin their campaign in the super 12s, with a game againt champions west indies next saturday. now finally we ll finish with some really dramatic pictures from the speedway of nations final in manchester yesterday.
but his place in the third round rachel face a australia. batter told me he beaumont is women s/ new zealand by 46 runs in the first t2o international and chelmsford. england were put into bat and they never really looked back. beaumont leading the charge as they reach the hundred and 84th four. from there 20 overs. and england were too good with the ball rolling they visitors all out for just a the second game in their three match series is on saturday at hove. three match series is on saturday at hove. in the men s game. england captainjoe root is back at the top of the international test batting rankings for the first time in 6 years. he s enjoyed a stunning series so faragainst india. root s scored centuries in all three test matches and is the series top run scorer with 507, ahead of tomorrow s lith test at the oval. the england captain who began the year 9th in the charts jumps above new zealand s kane