England ‘not going to ease off the gas’ with 3-0 Pakistan series swee…

• Interim coach Trescothick hopes for unchanged lineup

• England secured series win over Pakistan on Sunday

Marcus Trescothick is determined to sign off as England’s interim head coach with a 100% record and has no plans to meddle with a winning formula in next week’s final Test of the summer, despite securing the series win by beating Pakistan at Lord’s.

Two successful games into a series, the most likely cause of a lineup change would be fatigue, but Pakistan have not forced England to toil unduly over their two wins – last summer the average India innings lasted 107.5 overs; this summer Pakistan’s figure is 43.3. Meanwhile winning the second Test on day four means the players have nine clear days before action resumes at Edgbaston.

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German football has long insisted there is more to their elite league than a title race. Now they have a story that shows the world that surprise and wonder does live here too

Friday night was no first day fun for VfB Stuttgart as they got first-hand proof of what the rest of the Bundesliga feared: that Bayern Munich are perhaps mightier than ever. The curtain-raiser, though, didn’t actually set the tone for the the weekend. German football has long insisted there is more to their elite league than a title race, and now they have a story that shows the world that surprise and wonder does indeed live here too.

Bayer Leverkusen arrived into their opening fixture of the campaign thinking their season might contain greater certainty than the last one, a more tranquil voyage after being blown off course by almost €300m of player sales and the ill-fated appointment of Erik ten Hag. Enter SV Elversberg, Bundesliga first-timers and representatives of – a “miracle village” as Bild put it – Spiesen-Elversberg, a town with a population of just over 13,000, situated 15km north-east of Saarbrücken, 30 minutes’ drive from the French border.

Viking har solgt kantspilleren Edvin Austbø (21) til den engelske klubben West Ham.
Det opplyser klubbene på sine nettsider.
Austbø har signert en fireårskontrakt med London-klubben.
– Dette er selvfølgelig en veldig spesiell dag. Viking har vært en enorm del av livet mitt så lenge jeg kan huske. Jeg har vokst opp i denne klubben, både som fotballspiller og menneske og fått oppleve ting jeg drømte om som liten gutt, sier Austbø.
Sportssjef Erik Nevland beskriver overgangen som en stor dag både for Austbø og Viking.
– Først og fremst er vi utrolig stolte av Edvin. Han er en gutt som har gått hele veien gjennom systemet vårt og som har jobbet målrettet over lang tid. Han har utviklet seg enormt, men samtidig beholdt den ydmykheten og tilhørigheten til klubben som har kjennetegnet ham hele veien, sier han.
Austbø slo for alvor igjennom i 2025-sesongen da han scoret seks mål og leverte fem målgivende i Eliteserien. Viking vant også ligagullet samme år.
Prestasjonene til den ballsikre kantspilleren har over tid sørget for interesse fra europeiske storklubber. Nå er det klart at Austbø fortsetter på nivå to i England. West Ham rykket ned fra Premier League forrige sesong.
Austbø var delaktig for Viking da han scoret mål i Champions League-playoffen mot Dinamo Zagreb. Scoringen sendte rogalendingene inn i den gjeveste europeiske turneringen. (NTB)

The wicket was not as bad as the one in June but presented enough challenges for the MCC to call in specialists

The performance of the Lord’s pitch during its previous Test, against New Zealand in June, was so appalling that it was followed by an apology from the MCC and a scathing unsatisfactory rating from the International Cricket Council.

The MCC got ahead of the game in this Test by issuing a statement early in the fourth innings, reassuring us that “independent specialists” were “confident that there are solutions to improving pitch quality and performance”.