of today s other stories. and cricket tasmania say the treatment of their player tim paine by cricket australia has been appalling . paine stepped down as captain last week over an investigation into sexually explicit text messages he sent to a female colleague in 2017. it s still to be decided by selectors if wicketkeeper paine will feature in the ashes. england s netballers will start their commonwealth games year with tests in front of their home fans. they ll host australia, new zealand, and south africa in the quad series injanuary at the copper box arena in london. chelsea defender millie bright will captain england for their upcoming world cup qualifiers steping into the role with steph houghton and leah williamson out injured. the lionesses face austria and latvia later this month. the uk snooker championships got under way today one of the sport s prestigious