Surrey require 249 to beat Notts in title battle: county cricket, day three – as it happened

Rain and bad light stalked The Oval as Nottinghamshire and Surrey inched towards a denouement. There was time for Notts to add another 37 runs for the last two wickets, including a corking straight drive for four from Josh Tongue. On the next ball, though, he edged behind to Matt Fisher, who finished with 11 wickets in the match. Brett Hutton was left unbeaten on an invaluable 42 for the visitors.Set 315 to win, Rory Burns and Dom Sibley clinked down the pavilion steps, applauded by Surrey supporters sitting through the gloom

England beat Ireland by four wickets first men’s T20 international – as it happened

That’s your lot. I’ll leave you with Taha Hashim’s report. Bye!The player of the match is Phil SaltI enjoyed that. It was a pretty good wicket and it’s a good ground to bat on when you get going. Yeah

Salt drives England past Ireland in first T20 as Bethell’s big day goes to plan

Jacob Bethell’s big day began awkwardly and ended with England dominant. After Ireland put up 196, some serious work was required as the 21-year-old became his country’s youngest men’s captain.Enter Phil Salt, ready to make headlines once again. The opener followed his 141 not out against South Africa last Friday with 89 off 46 balls as England secured victory in the first of three Twenty20 internationals with 14 balls to spare.Ireland’s bowling effort could not live up to their strong display in the first half, when Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker combined for a third-wicket partnership of 123 off 11

Gout Gout channels Bolt, horses and butterflies ahead of semi-final test

An unenviable draw and his struggle to get out of the blocks will almost certainly end the debut of Gout Gout at the world championships in his semi-final on Thursday, but the teenager remains upbeat about his prospects having survived his first major international test.The Australian overcame a ponderous first 30m to finish third in his heat in 20.23sec, the 12th fastest time across all qualifiers for the semis.Given eight athletes will progress to the final, Gout might be considered a chance, especially given he cruised through the final 50m of his heat.He has stated his ambition for the meet is to break the 20-second barrier

Geelong gave my grandfather more disappointment than fulfilment. For me it is the opposite | Dean Sherr

My grandfather was a stoic man. Settling in the western Victorian town of Ballarat upon arrival as a child from a small town in Ukraine, he took up interest in the nearest VFL club, Geelong. Thus began a lifelong affinity with the Cats he would pass down to his four sons and eight grandchildren.Battle-hardened by a modest upbringing, the loss of his mother at an early age and the mental scars of his service in Kokoda, football became a comforting escape from everyday life. Too frail to get to games himself, his lounge room and pay TV were always open to watch games, where most weekends, I would join him

World Athletics Championships 2025: Nader pips Wightman to 1500m world gold after Kerr injury – as it happened

Jake Wightman was leading for most of the end but Isaac Nader, of Portugal, saw the gap and pushed himself on the line from the outside. Reynold Cheruiyot wins the bronze.Neil Gourley finishes tenth and Josh Kerr ends the race last.Here’s a report on that stunning men’s 1500m final.And our report on Katie Moon’s third pole vault crown …That wraps up today’s action, but tomorrow there’s Sydney McLaughlin in the women’s 400m hurdles final, the men’s javelin medals will be decided … and Keely Hodgkinson returns to the global stage, as she begins her hunt for a first world championship gold in the women’s 800m