cricket now, and england have completed a comprehensive victory in the second test match, at old trafford. they bowled out south africa a short time ago forjust 179 to win by an innings and 85 runs. joe wilson was watching. trumpeter plays jerusalem. every new day of play for england s test cricketers is greeted by supporters like this. every new dawn whether false or true. at old trafford there was a glorious opportunity, and there was james anderson. that is how he got rid of south africa s captain. sarel erwee fell to a catch from ben foakes and then a farewell from bowler ollie robinson. that was a lingering look. soon, aiden markram was out, too. commentator: edged, gone. three wickets by lunch was decent progress, and minds were starting to imagine not if but when england would win this test match.
in a repeat of the icf canoe sprint world championships held earlier in august, while hope gordon and jeanette chippington took silver. over at the european aquatics championships, ben cutmore and kyle kothari took gold in the men s synchro platform dive. it s kothari s second gold of the fortnight after success in the mixed synchro platform. there was a bit of a reality check for england s test cricketers yesterday. the first defeat for the new coach brendon mccullum and captain ben stokes was a sobering one, south africa winning the first test by an innings and 12 runs inside three days, as our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. lords has seen it all, but rarely witnessed a day when england was so outplayed. first south africa
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careers. british number one cameron norrie is in french open third round action later today, but he won t be joined in the last 32 by dan evans. evans was hindered by a chest infection in his defeat to world number 95 mikael ymer yesterday. norrie, the only remaining brit in the men s or women s singles, will play russian karen khacharnov for a place in the last 16. norrie is yet to drop a set at roland garros this year. it ll be a new era for england s test cricketers next week. the three match series against new zealand begins at lords on thursday. ben stokes captains the side for the first time since replacing joe root, who stood down after defeat in the west indies. it will also be a first test for new head coach brendan mccullum, who says it represents a good learning opportunity. we get the team together first and foremost and then you start to understand the guys, try to not impose but put a bit of positivity
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