is through to the quaterfinals after beating home favourite roberto carballes baena in straight sets. tsitsipas winning 7—5, 6—3. he'll now face the world number 53 facundo diaz acosta. britain's cameron norrie is also into the last eight. he beat roberto bautista agut in straight sets to set up a finalfour tie against argentina's tomas martin etcheverry. the victory, which came in less than 1.5 hours, was norrie�*s 200th tour win of his career. the england and wales cricket board has announced eight counties that will host professional women's teams as part of a major restructure of the domestic game from 2025. the plans will see the creation of a three—tiered domestic competition structure which the ecb says could lead to an 80% increase in professional women's players in england and wales by 2029. durham, essex, hampshire, lancashire, nottinghamshire, somerset, surrey and warwickshire have all been awarded tieri status whilst glamorgan and yorkshire join them in 2027.
domestic competition structure for the ecb which could lead to an 80% increase in professional women players in england and wales by 2029. durham, essex, hampshire, lancashire, nottinghamshire, somerset, surrey, and warwickshire, have all been awarded tier1 status whilst glamorgan and yorkshire join them in 2027. it whilst glamorgan and yorkshire 'oin them in 2027.— them in 2027. it was a tender trocess them in 2027. it was a tender process which _ them in 2027. it was a tender process which has _ them in 2027. it was a tender process which has taken - them in 2027. it was a tender| process which has taken place them in 2027. it was a tender - process which has taken place over the last four weeks. that is something that i think will be a tearfor something that i think will be a tear for those something that i think will be a tearfor those clubs. something that i think will be a tear for those clubs. they will have huge aspirations to come in in the future. the most important thing is that there is lots of money being invested in women's cricket. so many clubs, only so many can be up on the starting board and we have been chosen, we're really happy to be the chosen, we're really happy to be the chosen club. this is about making england strong, and hopefully getting them back winning world cups and an ashes series. you know, we have a really, really driving system
this is been seen as something of a new era in women's cricket add et al. starts next summer. eight counties selected for tier 1. durham, essex, hampshire, lancashire, nottinghamshire, somerset, surrey and warwickshire. two more will be added in 2027 and a further two in 2029, ultimately there will be three tiers with 12 teams at the top, no room for promotion relegation in the first three years. most importantly, the £8 million of new funding every year by 2027. the whole point of the restructure is to aim for an 80% increase in professional female cricketers by 2029. big commitment and big ambitions for the growth of the game. some counties disappointed at not being selected? all 18 first—class counties and the mcc were invited to tender,
and trying to find a way of winning the game or certainly get ourselves back a couple of games —— goals in front. we will try and do a khan do everything we can, but also we need to be careful, manful how we do it. —— mindful. aston villa kick things off this evening, away at lille — it gets under way at 5.a5. should they progress, they'll face the winners of 0lympiacos and fenerbache. stay across all of tonight's games on the bbc sport website. the england and wales cricket board has announced eight counties that will host professional women's teams as part of a major restructure of the domestic game from 2025. the plans will see the creation of a three—tiered domestic competition structure which the ecb says could lead to an 80% increase in professional women's players in england and wales by 2029. jane dougall has been across this story and joins me now.
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because of this overhaul in the competition.— because of this overhaul in the cometition. ., ., competition. away from a football now. britain's cameron norrie has eased into the quarter finals of the barcelona open. he beat home favourite roberto bautista agut in straight sets — winning 6—4, 6—4 , to set up a finalfour tie tomorrow against argentina's tomas martin etcheverry. the victory — which came in less than an hour and a half — was norrie's 200th tour win of his career. the england and wales cricket board has announced eight counties that will host professional women's teams, as part of a major restructure of the domestic game from 2025. the plans will see the creation of a three—tiered domestic competition structure , which the ecb says could lead to an 80% increase in professional women's players in england and wales by 2029. durham, essex, hampshire, lancashire, nottinghamshire, somerset, surrey and warwickshire have all been awarded tieri status — whilst glamorgan and yorkshire join them in 2027. it's a cool thing in this country.
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