England beat New Zealand by one wicket: first women’s cricket ODI – as it happened

That’s it from me, thanks for your company and comments. Raf Nicholson’s report will be along very shortly and we’ll be back to OBO the second match of the series from Northampton on Wednesday, it’s a 1pm start for that one.Goodnight!Charlie Dean is named player of the match and she looks elated after getting her side home at the end.double quotation markOne from one, and a brilliant start from us. To restrict them to 200 made it more do-able for us

Ruud says Sinner is ‘beatable’ as world No 1 seeks record run at Italian Open

Casper Ruud believes Jannik Sinner is not unbeatable but the rest of the field will have to catch the world No 1 on a favourable day as they try to stop him winning a record-extending sixth consecutive Masters 1000 title on home soil at the Italian Open.“His results this year kind of speak for themselves,” said Ruud. “Four Masters 1000s in a row to begin the year. Four of four. He’s already made history, he can make more history

Campbell Ridl boosts Exeter’s Prem playoff push with victory over Bath

The road to the Prem playoffs continues to be full of compelling twists and turns. For a while it seemed Exeter might about to be reeled in by ­opponents renowned for their finishing strength only for second-half tries from Paul Brown-Bampoe, Len Ikitau and Campbell Ridl and a resilient defensive effort to steer the Chiefs to one of their more pleasing league wins of the season.With Leicester and Saracens finishing strongly and only three regular season fixtures remaining this was a game the home side could ill afford to lose and that extra edge played a part against a Bath side still feeling the psychological effects of their disappointing Champions Cup semi-final loss in Bordeaux. As the game wore on it was Exeter who grew in confidence and this result puts them in fourth place, five points clear of Bristol in fifth.With a stiff north-easterly blowing down the ground Exeter had an eight point first-half cushion to work with but will be most satisfied with the way they subsequently dug deep in a game once again notable for a number of head collision reviews

Woeful rabble v flag contenders: a tale of two AFL clubs in Western Australia

It might be only a third of the way through the AFL season, but the two Western Australia-based teams have never been more diametrically opposed in their pursuit of a premiership.The Fremantle Dockers are now bona fide flag contenders after beating the red-hot Hawks 12.16 (88) to 11.7 (73) at Optus Stadium on Thursday night, despite being down by 19 points early in the last quarter.Rarely in the Dockers’ 30-odd-year history has the club displayed such grit and resilience coming from behind to win four of their eight games

Daniel Dubois stops Fabio Wardley in bloody epic to win WBO heavyweight title

Daniel Dubois completed his latest resurgence with brutal efficiency when he became the WBO world heavyweight champion after stopping Fabio Wardley early in the 11th round of a dramatic and blood-soaked contest. Howard Foster, whose pale blue shirt had turned crimson as if he worked in an abattoir rather than in a boxing ring as a referee, jumped between the courageous fighters to rescue Wardley 28 seconds into the penultimate round.It was a merciful stoppage because the fallen champion, with his face a mask of blood pouring from his badly cut and broken nose, had been examined twice before by the ringside doctor. Both fighters emerged with enormous credit after an epic battle. Dubois was knocked down twice in the fight, and dropped for the first time 10 seconds after the opening bell, but he came back with commendable resolve

Glamorgan’s Norton claims hat-trick on debut, Sibley on song for Surrey: county cricket – as it happened

Eighteen-year-old Tom Norton charged about Sophia Gardens chased by cock-a-hoop Glamorgan teammates, who clapped his back and rubbed his beard, as he became the youngest County Championship debutant to take a hat-trick, ruining Somerset’s innings in the process. Norton first removed James Rew for a duck, in what will count as a failed experiment to push him up the order, before Tom Lammonby pecked behind and Archie Vaughan doddered in front of his stumps.“I don’t think I can put it into words to be honest. It’s the most mental 45 minutes I’ve ever had on a cricket field,” said Norton, the first championship debutant to take a hat-trick since 1906.“I never thought this would happen