RESULTS & FIXTURES
Root’s men must pass speed test once and for all or they’ll come up short
PREMIER LEAGUE WEST HAM (1) 1 LEICESTER (1) 1 Kouyate 45 Albrighton 8 Att: 56,897 SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP DUNDEE (0) 2 RANGERS (0) 1 O’Hara 66, 80 Windass 70 Att: 8,548 FA TROPHY 3rd Rnd Qualifying Darlington 2 Harrogate Town 3 JD WELSH PREMIER Aberystwyth 3 Newtown 0, Bangor City 5 Bala Town 0, Prestatyn Town 1 Llandudno 3 FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING, Group 1 ENGLAND (1) 4 BOSNIA & HERZ (0) 0 Houghton 19, 54 Parris 46 Kirby 83 pen WALES (0) 1 Ladd 84 KAZAKHSTAN (0) 0
1ST ASHES TEST, Brisbane (day 2 of 5) England 302 (Vince 83, Malan 56, Stoneman 53) v Australia 165-4 (Smith 64no) 2ND TEST, Nagpur (day 1 of 5) Sri Lanka 205 (Chandimal 57, Karunaratne 51; Ashwin 4-67) v India 11-1
AVIVA PREMIERSHIP NEWCASTLE (7) 7 GLOUCESTER (19) 29 T: Wilson T: Symons, Thrush, C: Hodgson Purdy, Denman C: Twelvetrees (3)
P: Twelvetrees GUINNESS PRO14 Cardiff Blues 36 Connacht 30, Cheetahs 33 Edinburgh 13, Leinster 54 NG Dragons 10, Ulster 23 Benetton Treviso 22 GREENE KING IPA CHAMPIONSHIP Bedford 33 Hartpury RFC 7 PRINCIPALITY PREMIERSHIP West: Bridgend 26 Carmarthen Quins 34, Llanelli 15 Neath 13 East: Bedwas 32 Cross Keys 24
WORLD CUP Semi-final AUSTRALIA (22) 54 FIJI (2) 6 T: Slater (2) T: Vunivalu Holmes (6) G: Koroisau Gagai (2) G: Smith (7)
DAVIS CUP World Group Final, Lille (France v Belgium) D Goffin (Bel) bt L Pouille (Fra) 7-5 6-3 6-1, J-W Tsonga (Fra) bt S Darcis (Bel) 6-3 6-2 6-1
HONG KONG OPEN, Fanling 2nd Rnd (par 70) -9 SSP Chawrasia (Ind) 65 66; -7 T Aiken (Rsa) 69 64; -5 J Lagergren (Swe) 69 66, J Suri (Usa) 68 67, P Saksansin (Tha) 67 68, A Bjork (Swe) 69 66; -4 K Horne (Rsa) 67 69, T Fleetwood (Eng) 68 68, T Detry (Bel) 67 69, J Donaldson (Wal) 67 69, W Ormsby (Aus) 68 68, M Kinhult (Swe) 67 69, M Shin (Usa) 67 69, D Frittelli (Rsa) 71 65
NORTHERN IRELAND OPEN, Quarter-finals, Belfast E Slessor (Eng) bt L Yuan (Chn) 5-4, M Williams (Wal) bt M Dunn (Eng) 5-1
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS, Minehead, 1st Rnd (selected): D Chisnall (Eng) bt J Murnan (Eng) 6-5, M King (Eng) bt B Dolan (Nir) 6-5, S Beaton (Eng) bt R Huybrechts (Bel) 6-4, S Bunting (Eng) bt B van de Pas (Ned) 6-3, Ch Dobey (Eng) bt K Huybrechts (Bel) 6-3, A Lewis (Eng) bt M De Decker (Bel) 6-3, J Wade (Eng) bt K Painter (Eng) 6-4, S Whitlock (Aus) bt C Kist (Ned) 6-3, I White (Eng) bt R van Barneveld (Ned) 6-5, J Henderson (Sco) bt D Johnson (Eng) 6-2 THE STARK WITH STARC STATS & CO
England lost their last six wickets for 56 runs – the 13th successive time in completed innings at Brisbane they have lost their last six wickets for under 100 (a sequence which began in Nov 1990).
When he dismissed Malan, Starc became the 22nd Australian to take 150 Test wickets – next in his sights is 21st-placed Bill Johnston, who took 160.