International

Key events There have been four instances of England failing to take a wicket in a full day of Test cricket, and here they jolly well are. Garry Sobers and Frank Worrell (West Indies, Barbados, 1959-60) Easton McMorris, Garry Sobers and Seymour Nurse (West Indies, Jamaica, 1959-60)McMorris retired hurt Gundappa Viswanath and Yashpal Sharma (India, […]

The UK’s record high for June has gone even higher, with parts of southern England reading 35.8C. Less than an hour earlier, it was believed that Surrey had recorded the hottest June day ever with a temperature of 35.7C, but Wiggonholt in West Sussex has just beat it, PA reports. The previous record high was […]

Key events Portugal line-up Portugal have made two changes to their starting XI that drew with DR Congo. Bernardo Silva and Tomas Araújo drop to the bench with Ruben Dias and João Félix coming into the team. The captain Cristiano Ronaldo starts once again. Portugal (4-3-3): Diogo Costa; Dias, Veiga, Cancelo, Mendes; Fernandes, Neves, Vitinha; […]

Andy Burnham sworn in as MP for Makerfield Lindsay Hoyle says, in a particularly loud voice, ‘we now come to Andy Burnham, member for Makerfield.” There is a heckle from Desmond Swayne. And Burnham takes the oath. New Labour party MP for Makerfield, Andy Burnham. Photograph: PRU/AFP/Getty Images Share Updated at 15.08 BST Key events 24m […]

Key events Kyle Green gets in touch: “Your highlighting of Lalas and his absurdity is something that has prevented me from wanting to watch the coverage on Fox. While every channel has its pros and cons I just can’t. “I’m 45 and probably the youngest of anyone who remembers him as a player instead of […]

Key events 25th over: England 118-3 (Root 45, Brook 51) Root and Henry, two poster boys for any Nice Guys Finish First movement, have a good-natured chat about the wicket that wasn’t. “I think with Brook that it’s not necessarily hate,” says Andy Flintoff, “but, much like Botham’s feats of heroics, he might come to […]

Key events 34th over: New Zealand 147-2 (Nicholls 70, Ravindra 57) Root bowls a wider delivery to Ravindra that turns straight to first slip. There was always a chance this would happen, that we’d be lamenting the absence of Shoaib Bashir, but in the absence of Ben Stokes it was impossible for England to pick […]

Key events “This is not a true links, but it’s playing like one,” says David Howell as he joins the TV coverage. Ewen Murray is suggesting that 73 will be a good score today and that seems to be a widely held view. The course has been watered, there was fog early and yet the […]

Senate committee defies Trump ‘cancelling’ Clayton confirmation, saying hearing will go ahead as planned The Republican senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who chairs the Senate intelligence committee, has said that the committee intends to go ahead with Jay Clayton’s hearing as scheduled – defying a surprise announcement by Donald Trump that the hearing was “cancelled”. […]

Healey says DIP ‘well short of what’s required’, and UK’s enemies ‘don’t follow timetable set by Treasury’ Healey said Keir Starmer knows what is needed. double quotation markThe prime minister knows what the country needs for defence. He spelled out the threat this month when he said it is our intelligence assessment and the assessment […]