Keyword – Football
Trefwoorden – World Cup 2026, World Cup, Qatar, Switzerland, Football, Sport, US sports
Title – Qatar 1-1 Switzerland: World Cup 2026 – as it happened | World Cup 2026 | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/john-brewin,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rodrygo
Link – Qatar 1-1 Switzerland: World Cup 2026 – as it happened | World Cup 2026 | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-13T21:40:22.000Z
Category – Sport
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/jun/13/qatar-v-switzerland-world-cup-2026-live

Full-time: Qatar 1-1 Switzerland

Brilliant for Qatar , who held their nerve as the Swiss took them too lightly, and the celebrations are loud and raucous. What a header that was from Khoukhi. What a moment.

Here’s the two heroes of the hour for Qatar , as we sign off.

The embryonic Golden Boot table takes shape. Emolo failed to add to his total.

Here’s the match report on a match with a surprising denouement , though one Switzerland probably deserved for being so casual. Though perhaps that is harsh on Qatar, who defended like demons and their goalkeeper had a good game. Also: the mystery of the offside that never was for Swiss penalty goal.

The headline on the Swiss newspaper website Blick is “Catastrophe at the start of the World Cup .”

Anyway, well done, Qatar: the greatest moment in the country’s football history? Has to be, even if they have won the last two Asian Cups.

Mike in Vancouver gets in touch: “Stadium looks packed to me. Pity those knocking everything couldn’t leave their negativity at home. Guess they must have been listening to those commercials for American Express Traveller’s Cheques. “Don’t leave home without it.” Reminder: they’re a bit dated, too….”

Mike Smith gets in touch: “i’m not going to defend Fifa’s pricing, But I’ll point out that I saw the “other”semifinal of Euro 96 in front of 40,000 empty seats at Old Trafford. A quick Google search tells me Portugal versus the Czech Republic drew 26,000 to Villa Park in the quarters, while the dog of the tourney (Bulgaria v Romania, group stage) saw 19,000 at St. James Park. I don’t remember any hand-wringing about the hosts not filling their stadium or Uefa charging too much for tickets.”

Well, I do. And I paid £55 for tickets for the quarter-final at Old Trafford when it usually cost me £16 to go to watch United. Can’t we agree that none of this is good?

Full-time: Qatar 1-1 Switzerland

Brilliant for Qatar , who held their nerve as the Swiss took them too lightly, and the celebrations are loud and raucous. What a header that was from Khoukhi. What a moment.

90+7 min: Switzerland push for the second goal that’s evaded them all day. It doesn’t come, their desperation to score fails them once more. They had 26 shots on goal.

90+6 min: What a moment, what a cross, and the goal music is excellent, and Homan Ahmed was the supplier.

Goal! Qatar 1-1 Switzerland (Khoukhi, 90+5)

Oh my! A first ever point for Qatar ? Khoukhi’s header is brilliant.

90+2 min: Julen Lopetegui is full of rage on the sideline, asking his team for more. Murat Yakin is looking cooler and taking on water.

90 min: Six minutes added on as Qatar hope for their chance. Reider is slow to read a fine ball passed across goal. That would have killed it off.

89 min: Late changes. Edmilson off, Al Haydos, the Jordan Henderson of Qatar , comes on. The vibes man.

For Switzerland , Freuler and Rodriguez off, Muheim and Jashari on.

87 min: Nice cross to the back post, and when Afif smashes the ball in, a deflection almost takes the ball beyond Kobel who does well to read the flight in the glare of the mid-afternoon sun.

86 min: Manzambi fancies a shot, and has another dig. At least he’s trying to make something happen.

85 min: The stadium announcer delivers the attendance figures, over 67,000. Hmm. Embolo, as if he has his doubts, loses his touch just as he looked to created a decent chance for himself.

84 min: That Qatar wall continues to frustrate the Swiss. Freuler tries to spark something but the ball is blocked.

82 min: An injection of zest from Manzambi who fires wide.

Kari Tulinius gets in touch: “From what I saw of the 2023 Asian Cup, Qatar were deserving champions. They’ve been a shadow of that side today. They’re as bad as they were in 2022. Despite the stability of the squad for the last decade, it seems like two completely different players put on that Maroon shirt, depending on whether they’re playing for continental or global honours. They’re Asian champions, but global whipping boys.”

81 min: Zeki Amdouni, the Burnley man, and his team need to do far better. They’ve had 22 shots on goal, only one of them convincing.

80 min: Qatari change: Madibo off, Al Manai on. Swiss change: Vargas off, Amdouni on.

78 min: Qatar come forward again. Their attack is rusty, it has to be said. The chances they have had have been rushed, almost coming as a surprise.

76 min: Bit of confidence in the Qatar ranks? Edmilson and Afif go hunting for scraps, and Alaeedin shoots. That’s blocked and the Swiss go away, Vargas snatching at a chance. The second phase sees Embolo curve across the goal, behind Qatari lines but choose the wrong foot to shoot with.

74 min: Roger Kirkby gets in touch: “So, we’re at Levi’s Stadium built in 2014 with no shade. Ok, they can’t put a roof on it, but the Romans had sails draped over poles 2,000 years ago. How droll is it’s name…field of jeans.”

73 min: Akanji has to do some defending, as he tackles Afif. Up in the stands is a smiling Gianni Infantino, chilling away.

71 min: Switzerland really want that second goal. This was supposed to be the easy game. They have come up against a well-organised Qatar.

69 min: Andy Wood gets in touch: “Hi John, re your earlier comment and the stadium not being full – the issue is that the tournament is priced like 104 Superbowls. I live 40 minutes from this game but there was no way I was paying those prices for group games in that stadium. I don’t know anyone going to a game tbh.”

The resumption has to wait for Whitney Houston to be turned off. Yes, really.

67 min: Xhaka zips a ball across goal. It’s there to be hit, but nobody does. And here’s a drinks break as soundtracked by Proud Mary, Ike and Tina Turner version.

65 min: xG fans: The Swiss are at 2.32. So below the level. They make two changes: Ndoye and Aebischer off, Manzambi and Rieder.

The stadium announcer pronounced Dan Ndoye as “Darn Ndoye”.

64 min: Alan McWilliam gets in touch: “Maybe given Fifa’s adoption of newspeak (or no speak in the case of the offside) we should rename this WC to World Cup 1984…”

63 min: Vargas is lively, and it takes two challenges to end his run. Another free-kick into that packed area. It will have to be good. It’s not, and Ndoye can’t pick up the loose ball.

61 min: The stadium yet emptier though the concourses as full, as it’s shelter from the heat.

60 min: Qatar wanted to make subs but as it’s a Swiss corner they demure. Once that’s cleared, on come three players: Fathy, Boudiaf, Alaaeldin.

Al Oui, Gaber, Abdurisag go off.

58 min: Qatari subs are imminent. Switzerland pass the ball around with little pressure on the ball. Afif fancies escaping but the key pass is cut out.

56 min: That second Swiss goal is taking its time. Qatar have done well and they may be better suited to lasting out in what appear to be baking conditions.

54 min: Paul Keane gets in touch: “The cynic in me notes that if everyone is talking about questionable offsides and Fifa not being forthcoming with the material used by VAR, it is moving the conversation away from ticket prices, empty seats, and super-sized concourses – that’s a well-worn tactic.

“On the Mexican Wave, I’m sure you’re aware that local Bay Area icon Krazy George Henderson claims credit for first doing it in the late-70’s: He can still be seen at San Jose Earthquakes MLS games, where he regularly plays the role of Number 1 Cheerleader.”

53 min: More corners, which has been a feature of this World Cup . Qatar seem well-drilled in defending them. Lopetegui is a coach not without his talents, despite what Hammers fans might say.

51 min: Peter Oh gets in touch: “Speaking of the forward-thinking Fifa-backwards talisman, he needs to do more to control the game. In other words he needs to act more like the joystick of the Qatari console.”

Geddit? Atari being local to Santa Clara, Nolan Bushnell and all that.

50 min: It’s all Vargas so far, and he sets up Freuler to boom in a pass for Embolo to spin and shoot wide. Embolo has done a fine, old-fashioned centre-forward’s job, sans goal so far.

49 min: Vargas smashes back in, Akanji the target, and Xhaka sees glory, smashing a side-winder. The keeper saves, and the ref does not see it a corner. This seems to be a problem as this tourney.

48 min: Swiss free-kick, smashed in by Vargas, and headed behind with some element of panic. Vargas’s corner is almost as dangerous. And results in another.

47 min: Mike Wilner gets in touch: “The halftime adverts are on here in the USA. Messi is in most of them. He doesn’t say a word, just dribbles a ball around the product. Beckham is in the rest of the ads. He won’t shut up. Go figure.”

Becks’ on a lot of TV back home, too. Both of them are, in fact.

Keyword – Sport
Trefwoorden – New York Knicks, New York, NBA finals, NBA, US sports, Basketball, Sport, US news, San Antonio Spurs
Title – Ecstasy and chaos grip New York City after Knicks win long-sought NBA title – in pictures | New York Knicks | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/julius-constantine-motal
Link – Ecstasy and chaos grip New York City after Knicks win long-sought NBA title – in pictures | New York Knicks | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-14T07:22:35.000Z
Category – Sport
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2026/jun/14/new-york-knicks-nba-championship-celebrations-photos

Keyword – US news
Trefwoorden – Trump administration, Donald Trump, US news, US politics, UFC, MMA, US sports
Title – UFC to pay White House fighters in crypto issued by Trump company | Trump administration | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/aram-roston,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/joseph-gedeon
Link – UFC to pay White House fighters in crypto issued by Trump company | Trump administration | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-14T12:20:37.000Z
Category – News
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced on Friday that it will pay bonuses to fighters in a form of cryptocurrency issued by Trump family business World Liberty Financial at the heavily publicized White House mixed martial arts event on Sunday.

The development connects the Trump family’s financial interests to the high-profile UFC competition being promoted on government property. The competition on the south White House lawn is scheduled for 14 June, Donald Trump’s birthday.

The UFC said some fighters will receive bonuses in World Liberty Financial crypto called “stablecoins”, whose value is pegged to the US dollar. World Liberty named the currency “USD1”.

World Liberty is a venture of the Trump family and the family of Steven Witkoff, Trump’s friend and special envoy to the Middle East. The company is now listed as an “official sponsor” of UFC Freedom 250, the fight scheduled for Sunday. The use of its stablecoin in the fight would appear to boost efforts to have it used more more broadly.

White House spokesman Davis Ingle said there is no conflict of interest and that Trump’s assets are in a trust managed by his children. “The Fake News’ continued attempts to fabricate conflicts of interest are irresponsible and reinforce the public’s distrust in what they read.”

The fight is not linked to Freedom 250, a separate organization promoting the 250th anniversary of the country.

World Liberty Financial, a Delaware-based cryptocurrency venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons in 2024 alongside the Witkoff sons , has emerged as one of the highest-profile businesses connected to the president’s family.

At one point, Trump Sr was publicly listed by the company as its “Chief Crypto Advocate”.

His financial disclosure form lists his holdings in World Liberty Financial as “over $50m ”.

Reuters reported this month that the Trump family’s crypto ventures, led by WLF, have generated billions of dollars in paper gains and become one of the largest sources of wealth tied to the president and his family.

World Liberty announced the company was creating a “bonus pool” for the event the company and quoted Zach Witkoff, Steve Witkoff’s son and CEO of World Liberty Financial. “We believe this is the future of finance, and we’re excited to partner with UFC,” he said, “which has done more than any organization to modernize the business of sports”.

World Liberty was dogged by controversies surrounding its digital “governance token”, a type of crypto it sold , and is in litigation with Justin Sun, the crypto tycoon who was an early buyer of the tokens. He sued the company this year alleging it improperly froze his tokens, and World Liberty sued him for defamation.

The USD1 stablecoins are separate from the tokens and are tradable digital assets that are backed by dollar reserves. The firm has also applied for a banking license from the Office of Comptroller of the Currency.

World Liberty Financial’s role in the festivities emerged only this week. The company first announced it was an official sponsor of the event on Wednesday 10 June via x.com . The next day, on Thursday, the UFC announced it was distributing bonuses to fighters in a separate cryptocurrency called CRO. Then on Friday at 9.30pm, the UFC issued a press release to say World Liberty Financial would be the “Presenting Partner of a new $250,000 Performance of the Night bonus pool”. The UFC revealed it was make those payments in USD1.

“This sounds like advertising,” Todd Phillips, an expert in crypto at the Klaros Group, told the Guardian. He said “Paying the fighters in the USD1 stablecoin would have the same economic function as writing them a check but announcing to the world they are doing it in USD1 sounds like they are adverting to the world that USD1 is out there and that it is connected to the UFC and the White House.

Keyword – Food
Trefwoorden – Food, Chicken, American food and drink, Snacks, Starter, Cheese, Sauces and gravies, Meat, Vegetables
Title – How to make buffalo chicken wings – recipe | Food | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/felicity-cloake
Link – How to make buffalo chicken wings – recipe | Food | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-14T12:00:43.000Z
Category – Lifestyle
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/jun/14/how-to-make-buffalo-chicken-wings-recipe

W hen I first made these back in 2015, I noted that the British are “not enthusiastic” consumers of chicken wings. The fried chicken boom has changed all that, but these tangy, spicy versions, named after the American city rather than the beast, still aren’t as well known as they deserve to be, given what perfect finger food they make while watching (or pretending to watch) sport.

Prep 15 min Dry 1 hr+ Cook 20 min Serves 4 (with sides)

For the wings 16 chicken wing pieces , or 8 whole wings 40g butter 2 garlic cloves 120ml sour hot sauce (eg, Frank’s RedHot ) 2 tsp cider vinegar , or white-wine or white vinegar 1 tsp sugar , preferably dark brown Neutral oil , to fry 2 carrots 2 celery sticks

For the blue cheese sauce 100g roquefort , or other blue cheese, crumbled 6 tbsp soured cream , or creme fraiche 2 tbsp mayonnaise 2 tsp cider vinegar , or white-wine or white vinegar ¼ tsp Worcestershire sauce 1 small bunch chives , finely chopped (optional)

1 A note on the wings

Chicken wings are generally separated into two different cuts for cooking: drumettes (the bits that look like tiny legs) and flats (the other bits, with two bones running parallel towards the triangular wing tips). If your wings are not already separated, you can keep them whole, but they’re far easier to eat if you break them down before cooking.

2 Split the wings

To do this, put a chicken wing flat on a board, then pick up the drumette end, so the wing stretches out into a natural V. Using a large, sharp knife, feel around for the point of least resistance in the joint and cut down vertically with a decisive stroke; you shouldn’t need to use too much pressure. Repeat with the other wings. If you like, remove the wing tips, too (save those for stock), but I rarely bother.

3 Dry the wings

For the crispest results, air dry the wings before cooking – you can do this before or after separating them or, if you don’t have the time, skip this step entirely. Spread out the wings on a rack set above a tray or bowl, then put in the fridge uncovered for between one and 12 hours.

4 A note on the sauces

Buffalo wings are traditionally served with two sauces – one to coat the chicken, the other for dipping – plus some crudites as a cursory nod to a balanced diet. You might prefer just to make the first, a piquant, sweet-and-sour sauce, but I’d recommend the other elements, too, for the full experience.

5 Start on the coating sauce

For the coating sauce, melt the butter in a small pan on a medium-low heat. Peel and crush the garlic, then fry it in the hot butter until it’s fragrant but not coloured. Pour in the hot sauce – I like the tangy but fairly mild Frank’s RedHot, but use your preferred brand (bear in mind, though, that anything that’s too spicy will be incendiary in this context).

6 Finish the coating sauce

Taste the sauce: if it’s already very tangy or sweet, you may like to adjust the amounts of sugar and vinegar accordingly, before adding them now, or indeed add a little extra touch of your own in the form of a pinch of salt or smoked paprika, or a teaspoonful of mustard, for example. Take off the heat and set aside.

7 Make the blue cheese dip

Mash the cheese (roquefort’s soft, creamy texture and intensely savoury flavour makes it my preferred candidate here, but feel free to substitute in another cheese of your choice) with the soured cream until the mix is fairly loose, then stir in the remaining ingredients and adjust the seasoning to taste.

8 Fry the wings

Fill a large pan by a third with neutral oil and heat it to 170C (alternatively, use a deep-fat fryer). Turn on the oven to low, and line an oven tray with kitchen paper. Pat the wings dry, then fry in batches, so as not to overcrowd the pan, for 10-12 minutes, until golden and crisp all over. Make sure the oil comes back up to temperature before adding subsequent batches of the chicken.

9 Prepare the crudites and serve

Meanwhile, scrub the carrots and de-string the celery, then cut both into batons and arrange these on a platter. Once the first batch of wings is ready, keep them warm on the lined tray in the oven while you fry the rest of the wings. Put all the cooked chicken on the platter, drizzle over the hot sauce (this keeps the wings more crisp than tossing them in the sauce) and serve with the dip.

Keyword – Travel
Trefwoorden – Road trips, United Kingdom holidays, England holidays, Wales holidays, Scotland holidays, Travel
Title – From Sussex to Scotland, my road trip through four centuries of British holidays | Road trips | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/annabelle-thorpe
Link – From Sussex to Scotland, my road trip through four centuries of British holidays | Road trips | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-14T06:00:35.000Z
Category – Lifestyle
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/jun/14/sussex-to-scotland-road-trip-british-holidays-history

O ne of my favourite recent photographs is of me (unusually), perched on the bonnet of our car, about to set off on a solo, two-week road trip from our Sussex home to the wilds of Scotland, taking in Eryri (Snowdonia), Lancashire, the Lake District and Yorkshire. I had no idea that the research trip I was about to embark on – for my book, which traces the story of British holidays over 400 years – was going to reveal my homeland as somewhere I barely knew.

As a southerner, it was the northern half of Britain that I needed to discover. I’d stitched together my route with visits to museums, archives and classic seaside resorts that had once blazed so brightly. I’d visited Cumbria before, but the Conwy coast, the Lancashire countryside, Blackpool, Morecambe, Scarborough? All these were unknowns.

My first stop was Eryri, where it turned out my hotel, the Royal Oak in Betws-y-Coed, had been welcoming artists such as JMW Turner since the late 18th century. Fifty years later, it became the hub of the country’s first artists’ colony , drawn here by the dramatic beauty of the dense, bottle-green swathes of the Gwydir Forest and the spectacular peaks of the Glyderau range and Moel Siabod.

Over coffee, hotel manager Katie Valentine told me about the artists who called the area home – David Cox, Henry Clarence Whaite and Thomas Collier among others – at least until Betws railway station opened in 1868. “At that point,” she said, “many moved to houses further up the valley, grumbling that the place was becoming flooded with tourists.” As I would discover on this journey, it seems overtourism is far from a contemporary travel trend.

From Eryri, it was a short hop to Llandudno, a beach town so pristine it felt a little like a Victorian theme park resort. “In some ways it is,” Judith Phillips, trustee of the Llandudno Museum , told me. “The family who built Llandudno in the mid-19th century – the Mostyns – still own much of it now, and control everything from what colours people can paint their hotels to what businesses are allowed on the promenade.”

The Llandudno Museum made plain that much of our history is not in the great city museums, but in libraries, archives and small museums on quiet high streets, often run by passionate volunteers with an encyclopaedic knowledge of their local heritage.

Driving from Llandudno up to Lancashire along the North Wales Expressway, I whipped in and out of tunnels, emerging to see great swathes of the cobalt-blue Irish Sea stretching to the horizon.

Further into my journey, I was pointed towards early editions of the very first guidebooks to the Lake District, written by Thomas West and William Wordsworth, at the Armitt Library in Ambleside; shown handwritten letters by Queen Victoria at Blair Castle (including her personal recipe for potato salad); and told wonderful stories of Wakes Week holidays in Blackpool by the dapper Richard Croisdale at Blackburn Museum – their longest-serving volunteer, at a sprightly 90 years old.

Blackburn’s grandiose Victorian museum and Bolton’s neoclassical town hall stand as legacies of the era when Lancashire towns were affluent manufacturing bases home to tens of thousands of factory workers. The Georgian streets of Richmond are like a mini Bath, but steeped in Yorkshire heritage. But perhaps nowhere confounded my expectations more than Blackpool.

Arriving on a Friday night, the promenade buzzed with lights and life; the illuminations blazing all the way to the tower, kids skipping along the seafront entirely unaware they had been brought to one of the most deprived towns in the country. “We are a town of extremes,” said Claire Smith, co-owner of the chic Number One South Beach B&B . “We have pockets of absolute joy next to complete caverns of woe. There’s no blending. It’s either amazing or awful.”

Claire and husband Mark shared stories of Blackpool in the 1970s, not least his coming back from the pub as a teenager to find his parents had let his bedroom – along with their own – to guests, leaving them to sleep in the lounge. This was the era when guests queued in their dressing gowns to use the bathrooms, landladies locked the doors between mealtimes, and peach Melba was the height of culinary flair.

“They were simpler times, people expected much less,” Claire told me, a little wistfully. “But I do think people were happier.” There’s still plenty of joy to be found, though. When I visit the Pleasure Beach as it opens on a Sunday morning, families are streaming in; the first coasters rattling skywards; a general air of giddy excitement that is a stark counterpoint to the rundown streets elsewhere in the town.

So many of my preconceptions were corrected or reversed: the elegant St George’s Hotel in Llandudno showed me that not all grand dame seaside hotels are faded or old-fashioned. And while we do love to run down our own seaside resorts, I saw beaches to rival anything the Med has to offer, from Scarborough’s South Bay to Morecambe’s vast, empty sandscapes.

Beyond the seaside, it was Scotland that really blew my mind. Following in the footsteps of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, who toured the Highlands and Lowlands for six weeks in 1803, I headed up the western flank of Loch Lomond, entirely unprepared for what I was about to discover. Dusk was falling as I drove across Rannoch Moor – a silent, pockmarked moonscape that seemed entirely bereft of life, save for a lone pair of car headlights, somewhere up ahead. And then, in the distance, great, hulking mountains began to rise up, guarding the entrance to Glen Coe. It is a landscape so forbidding that when I pulled up at the Three Sisters viewpoint, I was genuinely relieved to see another couple, so I didn’t have to stand alone among the ominous peaks.

Scotland had stories, too: from the spruce and redwood trees planted in Glen Coe by Lord Strathcona in the 1890s to make his Canadian wife feel at home, to Queen Victoria taking the first ever fly-and-flop (train-and-flop, perhaps more accurately) at Blair Castle in 1844. Her visit was hosted by the 6th Duke of Atholl, who promised the security of his own private army (and who had to move out of his own castle during the royal stay). It was the beginning of a royal love affair with Scotland that led to the purchase of Balmoral in 1852.

When I got home from the long road trip – 13 days and 1,600 miles later – my husband took the same photograph of me perched on the car. It had been more of an adventure than I could have ever imagined – to lands unknown on the island I call home.

The Great Escape: Britain’s 400-Year Love Affair with Holidays by Annabelle Thorpe (£18.99, DK Red) is available now. To support the Guardian, buy a copy from guardianbookshop.com for £17.09

Keyword – World news
Trefwoorden – Ebola, Global health, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Health, Infectious diseases, Africa, Global development, World news, Uganda, World Health Organization, Humanitarian response, Society, Science, Hospitals
Title – Ebola one month on: will the latest outbreak in DRC become the most deadly yet? | Ebola | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/kat-lay
Link – Ebola one month on: will the latest outbreak in DRC become the most deadly yet? | Ebola | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-14T13:00:46.000Z
Category – News
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/14/drcs-ebola-outbreak-become-the-most-deadly-yet

W hen an orphanage in Bunia took in a newborn baby after his mother died from Ebola , the nuns who ran it hoped they were giving the infant a chance for life. The baby survived for only another two weeks. Now four of the nuns who cared for him have fallen sick with the deadly virus.

It is a snapshot of the tragedies at the centre of an outbreak in which the number of victims is roughly doubling every week, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

“It’s really, really devastating,” says Dr Babou Rukengeza, Save the Children’s Ebola response lead in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). All the children and staff at the orphanage are now being monitored for symptoms.

A month on since the latest outbreak of Ebola, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, was first identified in the DRC, the latest figures from the UN show 676 confirmed cases and 136 deaths , the overwhelming majority in the DRC’s Ituri province.

Frontline workers say they are still battling shortages of the necessary supplies, including personal protective equipment and vehicles to transport dead bodies. Testing has improved, they say, but still needs to be done faster and carried out nearer to patients.

In neighbouring Uganda, which has reported 19 cases and two deaths , intensive tracing of contacts means the outbreak is under control, health officials say.

Despite the global risk remaining low , 22 countries, including the US, have imposed travel restrictions on people coming from the DRC, Uganda or South Sudan, according to Africa CDC , the health agency of the African Union.

Those restrictions have been criticised as impeding health agencies’ response . What the DRC really needs from the international community, experts say, is flexible funding that it can use to get the situation under control.

There are reasons for hope: scientists are working rapidly to test and produce vaccines against Bundibugyo, and the latest research suggests existing antivirals are likely to be helpful.

In Ituri, the organisations involved in the response meet daily to coordinate plans, and African leaders will meet virtually on Tuesday to discuss the outbreak and make funding commitments.

But there are also strong headwinds that are slowing the response: conflict continues in the worst-hit areas and misinformation is rife, leading people to avoid hospitals and the care that could save their lives, and there have even been attacks on aid workers and treatment centres.

Gratien Iracan, the local MP for the provincial capital, Bunia, noted on social media last week: “Despite the millions of dollars announced by the international community to support the response to Ebola, these resources are not yet sufficiently visible on the ground in Ituri.”

In subsequent posts, he highlighted a doctor’s death from Ebola, saying the medic had sent messages from his hospital bed complaining of poor care in the clinic. The Guardian has not been able to verify those messages.

Iracan also described an incident in which a community had called the authorities to report a suspected case of Ebola but the promised support had not arrived, sparking “incomprehension, anger and concern”.

According to Africa CDC, community trust is “a critical challenge” – CNN video footage from Bunia’s central market shows people denying the virus exists and blaming Red Cross workers for spreading it.

In a statement, the continental health watchdog cited “reports of resistance to hygiene measures and decontamination in some communities, as well as incidents of mob violence”.

A key reason for this stems from people’s reluctance to allow their sick relatives to be cared for by strangers in healthcare isolation units – and the importance of funeral rites.

For some people, their fear of displeasing God over not performing an appropriate burial for a relative can be greater than their fear of contracting a virus. According to one study after the 2016 outbreak, exposure to body fluids during each “unsafe” funeral for Ebola victims created an average of 2.58 secondary cases.

Informing people about the symptoms and risks – using mass media such as radio and TV as well as face-to-face contact in the community – has become a key part of work on the ground, says Rukengeza.

“We are pushing and currently we are working with the leaders, community leaders, religious and other people here on the ground just to let them know that this is really Ebola virus, and they have to pay attention,” he says.

With about 600 confirmed cases in one area, health experts would expect to have about 24,000 contacts to monitor. On Thursday, Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of Africa CDC, says there are 4,955 listed – and 57% of those are being monitored.

“It means there is a huge risk of transmission [being] sustained in the community,” Kaseya says. “We still have some confirmed cases not admitted [to hospital]. They are somewhere in the community, elsewhere.”

A joint response plan drawn up by Africa CDC and the WHO estimates that $518m (£387m) will be needed over the next six months to bring the outbreak under control. Kaseya says some early financial pledges from around the world “ were not real ”, but he now thinks that about $212m, including support in kind, was “almost there”.

Many of those infected are healthcare workers. Ebola is spread via body fluids, and those caring for the sick are most likely to be exposed to them.

Speaking from Bunia on Thursday, Dr Salim Abdool Karim, an epidemiologist who chairs the Africa CDC emergency consultative group, says he visited a treatment centre that day: “There were 22 patients in that particular hospital, five of whom were healthcare workers, two doctors and an anaesthetist.”

Even before Ebola arrived, Ituri faced a humanitarian crisis, with tens of thousands of people displaced by years of conflict. WHO officials have registered more than 520 security incidents affecting their teams in the field so far.

Over the past month, the outbreak has been gradually moving up the grim league tables that rank Ebola epidemics by case numbers and death toll. It is now the third largest on record. Modelling by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests this outbreak could grow to match the 2014-16 one in west Africa , which killed more than 11,000 people.

“We hope we can stop that,” says Kaseya, “and it won’t move from the third to the second, even the first one.”

Keyword – Australia news
Trefwoorden – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia news
Title – ‘There was a lot of blood in the water’: paddleboarder rescues woman after ‘shocking’ Coogee shark attack | Sydney | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/kelly-burke
Link – ‘There was a lot of blood in the water’: paddleboarder rescues woman after ‘shocking’ Coogee shark attack | Sydney | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-13T23:10:21.000Z
Category – News
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/14/there-was-a-lot-of-blood-in-the-water-paddeboarder-rescues-woman-after-shocking-coogee-shark-attack

Elite paddleboarder Charlie Verco has only seen one shark bigger than the one he saw on Saturday at Sydney’s Coogee beach.

The North Bondi athlete was training for July’s world championships in Hawaii on Saturday morning when he heard a swimmer shouting “shark”.

As he headed towards the area of water where about three people appeared close to a large grey shadow, several swimmers attempted to climb on to his 18-foot (5.5 metre) paddleboard.

“I’m familiar with shark behaviour and it looked like it was just being inquisitive, it didn’t look like aggressive behaviour,” he told Guardian Australia.

Verco, a trained surf life saver, attempted to signal to the lifeguards on shore, hoping they would sound the shark alarm and clear swimmers from the water.

“But then another woman started screaming, and I could see she was being dragged around by something … there was a lot of blood in the water, it was quite shocking,” he said.

“The shark surfaced, I saw its dorsal fin – it was big, about 3.5 metres. I’ve only ever seen one shark bigger than that, and that was a tiger shark in Hawaii.”

Verco said the woman disappeared, then reappeared. The shark released its grip and he managed to get her to grab hold of part of his board.

“But then I think she lost consciousness, she couldn’t hold on any more,” he said. “I had to try and keep hold of her with one hand and keep paddling towards shore with the other.”

Verco said it seemed like forever before the shark alarm went off and he reached the shallows with the woman. She was brought ashore by a number of bystanders.

In reality, he says, paddling her back to shore took “probably only about three, maybe five minutes”.

A spokesperson for New South Wales Ambulance said the woman suffered arm and leg injuries and had been taken by road to St Vincent’s hospital.

Multiple crews treated the woman on the beach after the attack, which occurred just after 11am. The woman, who is in her 30s, was in a critical condition on Saturday evening.

A SLSNSW spokesperson said on Saturday all beaches from Bondi to Maroubra had been closed and would remain closed for at least 24 hours.

Chief executive Steve Pearce said it was the fourth serious shark incident in Sydney since September 2025.

“We are sending our best wishes to the woman involved and her family at this time, after another terrible shark incident on our coastline,” he said.

Keyword – Football
Trefwoorden – World Cup 2026, Scotland, World Cup, Football, Sport, Haiti football team
Title – Steve Clarke says pressure on Scotland has eased after victory in ‘must-win game’ | World Cup 2026 | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ewanmurray
Link – Steve Clarke says pressure on Scotland has eased after victory in ‘must-win game’ | World Cup 2026 | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-14T05:22:53.000Z
Category – Sport
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/14/world-cup-scotland-haiti-steve-clarke

Steve Clarke suggested expectation weighed heavily on the shoulders of Scotland’s players after they laboured at times during the 1-0 win over Haiti . The game marked Scotland’s first at a World Cup since 1998 and delivered a first win since eight years earlier. The Scots top Group C after Brazil drew with Morocco . Yet with those teams, both ranked in the top 10 in the world, still to come there is an understanding Scotland will have to improve to realise their ambition of becoming the first team from the nation to reach the knockout phase of a major tournament.

“I am absolutely delighted with my players,” said Clarke. “Resilience, character had to be on the pitch tonight. There is no relief. Everyone told us it was a must-win game and we won. When you win a must-win game, you have to be happy with yourselves.”

On the challenges ahead, Clarke added: “We go into them with less pressure than everybody put on to us going into this game. If we defend as well as we did here, hopefully play a little bit better with the ball and create more, we will be OK. It’s not about raising the performance, it is about a different approach against a different opponent.

“Towards the end, you know you are 1-0 up and have something to hang on to so that is what you do. The players deserve a lot of credit. I thought Haiti were terrific at denying us time and space, which made it difficult. So the other characteristics that get you three points come out. That is why we are sitting here with three points and Haiti are empty-handed.”

Clarke, who hailed the “exceptional” Lewis Ferguson in midfield, had spoken before the game about his determination to enjoy this World Cup . Scotland, also under Clarke, have toiled at the last two European Championships.

“Sometimes I put myself under too much pressure but when you are in charge of a group like this, you have to appreciate what you have got,” said the 62-year-old. “They have never let me down. This for me is everything, I have always wanted to go to a World Cup with my country.”

Haiti’s head coach, Sébastien Migné, was as effusive as Clarke about his own team’s performance. “We are growing, we are learning,” he said. “On one hand I am very proud of what the boys showed. We rose to the challenge but that makes it all the more frustrating that we came up short. We know that with Haiti nothing is ever easy, we have to be resilient. If we had won, we wouldn’t have succumbed to euphoria so I am not going to call this a catastrophe either.

“From the beginning, we knew it was not going to be easy. Eight best third teams qualifying could have us through even with a win in the third game. Our opponents have a lot more to lose than we do.”

Migné said a number of his players were discussing their claim for a second-half penalty in the Haiti dressing room. The Haitians appealed in vain for a spot kick after the ball struck the arm of the Scotland centre-back Grant Hanley.

Keyword – Sport
Trefwoorden – Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, Australia women’s cricket team, South Africa women’s cricket team, Women’s T20 World Cup, Over by over reports, Women’s cricket, Australia sport, Cricket, Sport
Title – Australia beat South Africa by 65 runs in Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup – as it happened | Women's T20 World Cup 2026 | The Guardian
Author – https://www.theguardian.com/profile/daniel-gallan
Link – Australia beat South Africa by 65 runs in Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup – as it happened | Women's T20 World Cup 2026 | The Guardian
Publish date – 2026-06-13T17:21:05.000Z
Category – Sport
URL – https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/jun/13/australia-v-south-africa-womens-t20-cricket-world-cup-live

Geoff Lemon’s report

That’ll do from me.

Keep an eye out for Geoff Lemon’s report.

Phew, Australia look the business.

Tar-ra.

I’ve said that net-run-rate will be a factor…

After that, Australia’s is +3.25. South Africa’s is -3.25.

That’s hefty. With only two going through from this group that also includes India, that really could be crucial.

Now Sophie Molineux, Australia’s captain:

We were in trouble at the start. The wayside we bounced back and then climbed over with our bowling.

[Aggressive batting] is the way we want to play. They play their best when they take the game on.

[On Litchfield]. She’s amazing. She’s so skilful. Her game smarts are through the roof now.

I get a lot of hel [with field placings, match-ups[. With captaincy you have to go with your gut. It was a spin-friendly wicket. Sometimes it pays off, today it did.

Laura Wolvaardt understandably is wearing a long face.

Tough day today. I thought we had a decent first half. We lost our way with the bat. They bowled really well and outplayed us today.

I thought they were only a little bit above par. I backed us to go above nines. But lost our way.

It’s awsome to have [Kapp and Ismail] back together. De Klerk and Mlaba bowled well so that’s going well at least.

It was hard to get going. A frustrating innings. I felt they bowled well to me.

It’s nice to stack our line-up so we have power early.

Still a long tournament to go. We’ll put this game behind us as quickly as possible.

The Sky team have identified the Kapp run-out, thanks to Wareham’s arrowing throw from cow corner, as the turning point.

They’re right. South Africa were 81-3 at that stage. They then lost seven wickets for 26 runs in just over five overs.

It was so poor from a side that is much, much better than that.

Georgia Wareham is our player of the match.

Here’s what she has to say:

With our batting line-up you can play with a lot of freedom. I thought [Litchfield] was great the way she took on the new ball.

Depending on the day, we’re versatile [she’s talking about the four spinners]. It’s nice to be a part of that group.

I usually try to get myself out on the boundary so I’ll take that [catch] at extra cover.

South Africa bowled out for 107, Australia win by 65 runs

That is a shellacking! Revenge for their defeat to South Africa in the semi-finals two years ago. They have utterly dominated this one. A combination of aggressive batting despite the loss of wickets, outstanding spin bowling and inept South African batting.

This final wicket goes to Wareham who finishes with three for 13 to go along with a score of 32, a catch and a run-out.

South Africa fail to bat out their overs, falling in the 17th.

WICKET! Tryon c King b Wareham 9 (South Africa 106-9)

So soft! My word, South Africa have just folded here. They’ve lost five wickets in 18 balls for just 10 runs. Are they not bothered by their overall net-run-rate at all? This is a spooned slog straight to KIng – who fumbled but held on – to hand Wareham another wicket.

16th over: South Africa 104-8 (Tryon 7, Khaka 1) It’s all feeling a little drab. So much for the promised clash of titans. There has been a chasm between the sides but credit to Australia and their spinners. Gardner gets through another over and bags a wicket she deserves.

WICKET! Ismail lbw Gardner 2 (South Africa 102-8)

Another one goes! They’re falling like flies. A quicker, flatter, skiddier one from Gardner off a good length has Ismail trapped on her crease, shifting back and trying to work it off her pads. The finger goes up and she reviews, but umpire’s call on impact means she has to make her way off the ground.

15th over: South Africa 101-7 (Tryon 5, Ismail 2) Two in the over for King as South Africa circle the drain. King has been outstanding, miserly, flighty and aggressive with her lengths. She’s a wicket-taker, that’s for sure. Ismail gets off the mark with a couple. South Africa need to make sure they are not bowled out too quickly. If I was coach, I’d send the message out there to bat out their overs and not worry too much about the runs. Just pick up singles and twos.

WICKET! Jafta c Sutherland b King 2 (South Africa 99-7)

Two in the over for King! Phew, their net-run-rate is going to take a battering here. Jafta tries to take on the fielder down at long-on but she was never going to clear her. This is catching practice for Sutherland who pouches it without fuss.

WICKET! Reyneke c&b King 0 (South Africa 97-6)

Oh, how soft is that! Just a regulation leg-spinner that the 20-year-old Reyneke tried to steer into the on-side. She turned her bat too early and a thick leading edge popped up back towards King who completed the simple catch. South Africa are going down in a heap.

14th over: South Africa 96-5 (Tryon 4, Reyneke 0) Well this is becoming a bit of a romp for the Aussies. Apart from that Wolvaardt six down the ground, Molineux is giving nothing away here. She bagged the scalp of her opposite number and conceded just two singles at the top of the set. She closed it out with two dots to Reyneke who can slap it a long way. But the run-rate is now more than two a ball.

WICKET! Wolvaardt c Wareham b Molineux 44 (South Africa 96-5)

Skipper gets skipper! Wolvaardt’s tortured innings comes to an end and with it, South Africa’s bets hope of chasing this down. The ball before showed a glimpse of what she’s capable of as she skipped down the track and unfurled a wonderful six over long-off. Was that her return to some sort of touch? Not quite. The next delivery was well timed but didn’t have the elevation. A diving Wareham at extra cover held on well.

13th over: South Africa 88-4 (Wolvaardt 37, Tryon 3) Another miserly over from spin, this time from King, who has been magnificent. Two dots and just five runs. I wonder if South Africa should count their losses and look to preserve their net run-rate? If they chase what is surely now a highly improbably victory, they could torpedoe their World Cup.

12th over: South Africa 83-4 (Wolvaardt 35, Tryon 0) South Africa’s captain will have to do something special if she is to drag her team to an unlikely win. She just can’t find her timing. She collected two twos before she heave Gardner into the deep on the leg side. If she hit it harder she would have got four. Instead, she called Kapp back for a second and watched on as the run-out was completed at the non-strikers end. That required rate is now 11.47 an over. It’s not over, but we’re getting close.

WICKET! Kapp run-out Wareham 12 (South Africa 82-4)

Kapp is short at the non-striker’s end! Wolvaardt drilled a slog off Gardner towards cow corner and both batters though that was a boundary. But it got held up in the breeze so they set off for a second run having taking the first at a jog. The throw was perfect and the diving Kapp couldn’t make her ground.

11th over: South Africa 77-3 (Wolvaardt 29, Kapp 12) There are two different games taking place. Just five from that Gardner over. Wolvaardt is really struggling against the slower bowling. Wareham is almost inside the South African captain’s mind, pre-empting what she’s about to do, keeping her quiet.

10th over: South Africa 72-3 (Wolvaardt 25, Kapp 11) Wolvaardt might be lacking fluency but Kapp is in the groove. She bookends this Sutherland over with boundaries. One a crunching pull, the other a ping off the back foot. Between that there’s a wide that is brilliantly grabbed bu a leaping Mooney as the over counts for 13. That’s better from the Saffas. Attached halfway, Australia were 79-4.

9th over: South Africa 59-3 (Wolvaardt 22, Kapp 2) The Wolf has been shackled. Australia have prevented her from unfurling her trademark cover drive and now she’s faced 21 balls for just 22 runs. Only two boundaries off her bat and one was a streaky edge. Australia’s spinners – including King who concedes four from her second over – have been brilliant.

8th over: South Africa 55-3 (Wolvaardt 19, Kapp 1) Just seven off that over from Gardner, who might have dropped a gimme on the rope, but is very tidy from her opening set. No boundaries and just a couple of twos for Wolvaardt who needs to find an extra gear now for her country. That required rate is now nudging 10.

WICKET! De Klerk b Wareham 25 (South Africa 48-3)

Against the run of play, Australia strike again! Just as the South Africans were building, Wareham, with her wrist spin, gets on to skid on and beats the innocuous stroke of de Klerk. It was a half prod off the back foot, not really a shot at all, and it hits the top of off. South Africa’s chase is falling apart in the face of miserly Australian spin.

7th over: South Africa 48-3 (Wolvaardt 13)

6th over: South Africa 43-2 (Wolvaardt 12, de Klerk 22) South Africa are ten runs behind Australia at the powerplay. Much of that has to do with Wolvaardt facing a mere 10 deliveries. She registered her first boundary in this over, bowled by Sutherland, with a swatted drive down the ground. Two balls earlier de Klerk scooped fine for four. Nine off that over is an improvement for the Proteas, but they need more.

5th over: South Africa 34-2 (Wolvaardt 8, de Klerk 18) King into the attack and she’s spanked for a six over cow corner by a slog-sweeping de Klerk. Except she should have had a wicket. That six was parried over the rope by Gardner who inexplicably made a mess of what looked like a routine boundary catch. Wolvaardt has only faced seven balls for her eight. Australia have done well to keep her quiet.

4th over: South Africa 22-2 (Wolvaardt 8, de Klerk 9) Wolvaardt gets very lucky as she tries to flick Garth over midwicket. It catches a thick edge which could have gone anywhere. Rather than nestle in the hands of an Aussie it flies over the fielders behind square on the off-side and trickles away from four. They needed that. The asking rate is now over 9.

3rd over: South Africa 16-2 (Wolvaardt 3, de Klerk 8) Wolvaardt has faced three balls and collected three singles. She needs more of the strike. De Klerk is kept quiet by Molineux for four dots but there’s a delivery that is sprayed a little down leg and the big-hitting batter stoops low and sweeps a wonderfully timed slog that clears the boundary. They’ll need more boundaries. This chase is already looking tricky.

2nd over: South Africa 9-2 (Wolvaardt 2, de Klerk 2) Two from two for the Aussies. Dercksen showed her intent with a delicious lofted drive down the ground but she was sent packing the next ball when Garth adjusted her length. de Klerk, promoted up the order, steered her first ball wide of Schutt sweeping the covers. A misfield allowed her to come back for a second.

WICKET! Dercksen b Garth 4 (South Africa 7-2)

Beauty! The ball before was over pitched and Dercksen lofted a lovely drive down the ground for a one bounce four. Garth dragged her length back and got it to skid on. Dercksen didn’t see it coming and had her off stump pegged back via her thigh pad. Australia are on fire!

WICKET! Luus lbw Molineux 1 (South Africa 2-1)

The captain strikes in her first over! Back of a length, skidding off the surface, Luus tries to pull it behind square. She’s too late on it and probably should have tried to hit that straigher. She misses, and just like the Aussies, South Africa are one down in the first over.

1st over: South Africa 2-1 (Wolvaardt 1)

Wolvaardt strides out with Luus alongside her.

Whatever was bothering Luus after that dropped catch is all good now. Maybe she was just embarrassed shelling a goober.

This is such a key partnership (duh, right?). They’ll get going against the Aussie skipper Molineux.

It’ll be a trial by spin for the Saffas. I think this will be beyond them. But who knows? We will soon enough.

Australia post 172-8

If South Africa win this they’ll need to set a new record for a chase in a T20 World Cup.

Such an odd innings. I always felt like Australia were behind the eight ball and yet they’ve gone and posted something pretty hefty.

Despite the regular loss of wickets, Litchfield’s 24-ball 50 and cameos from Perry (36 off 26), Wareham (32 off 22) and Sutherland (21 off 14) kept things ticking.

This final over from De Klerk – who signs off with 2-35 – bagged a wicket but also cost 10 runs, including a well-placed boundary from Carey through a small gap past midwicket.

Is it enough? We’ll find out after a break.

Sune Luus drops a sitter!

She should have held on down at wide long-on, but more crucially she is off the field straight away.

The opening batter requires some medical attention to a finger. How will that impact the chase?

WICKET! King lbw De Klerk 4 (Australia 167-8)

That is plumb! King reviews though I don’t know why. Unless she thought she hit it? It’s struck her on the back foot, right in front of the stumps. A full ball from De Klerk beats her swishing bat across the line and that is as out as out can be.

19th over: Australia 162-7 (Carey 8, King 4) Mlaba closes out with a very tidy 2-22 from her four overs without conceding a boundary. Her final over cost just seven runs. If South Africa chase down their target they’ll thank their leading spinner.

WICKET! Sutherland c De Klerk b Khaka 21 (Australia 155-7)

Khaka wins the battle! After getting walloped for a mighty six down the ground by Sutherland, Khaka holds her nerve. This final ball of the 18th is a little wider and a little fuller which means Sutherland has to reach it and can’t get under it. She makes great contact, but can’t clear De Klerk at mid-off. That’s a sharp catch even though it was straight at her.

18th over: Australia 155-7 (Carey 5)

17th over: Australia 147-6 (Sutherland 14, Carey 4) Ten runs off that over, including four for Sutherland as she clubbed a De Klerk bouncer behind square. It was a strange delivery from De Klerk because when she kept it full she proved difficult to hit.

Ismail has left the field with a knock to her finger. She’ll hope she won’t be needed with the bat.

16th over: Australia 137-6 (Sutherland 6, Carey 2) Mlaba bags the big wicket and concedes just six runs. Australia are still hurtling at more than eight an over despite the regular loss of wickets. So hard to say what a good score would be from here. Mlaba has one more left. That over might be the difference in this game.

WICKET! Perry b Mlaba 36 (Australia 133-6)

Played on! Perry might be the greatest cricketer of all time (IMO) but she was made to look ordinary there. A very, very slow ball from Mlaba is flighted up around a fifth stump line. Perry goes searching for it and loses her shape as she takes an ugly swiper away from her body. All she can do is find an under edge and drag it back onto her stumps. Great bowling from the South African spinner.

15th over: Australia 131-5 (Perry 36, Sutherland 4) Marizanne Kapp to Elysse Perry. Two of the all-time greats going head to head. This round goes to the Aussie who pulls a full toss up and over for four. She didn’t crunch it, but got enough bat on it to take it to the rope. A plinked drive down the ground is very straight so she can come back for two. A well-placed yorker is respected by Perry who just clips it for a single down to deep midwicket. Sutherland closes out Kapp’s spell with a steer for two in front of deep extra cover. Kapp’s figures read 1-28 from her four overs.

14th over: Australia 121-5 (Perry 28, Sutherland 1) A much-needed breakthrough for South Africa as Wareham was getting going. Two boundaries, one lashed through cover and the other scooped down to fine leg, was a sign of how well she was seeing it. She then hammered a drive but couldn’t beat the diving Wolvaardt who plucked a stunner. Sutherland was given out first ball, but survived the review. De Klerk’s part-timers have been more than handy.

She survives! The big noise came after the ball had passed her bat. That was willow on hard pitch, not willow on ball. Sutherland survives the review.

The finger goes up for caught behind! Sutherland reviews. Has she hit the ground or has she edged her first ball?

WICKET! Wareham c Wolvaardt b De Klerk 32 (Australia 120-5)

That’s a stunner from the skipper! South Africa really needed that. Wareham smoked this drive into the covers and it was past Wolvaardt when she stuck out both hands and managed to cling on. That’s her third catch of the innings and her best by a distance. Wareham was just started to climb through the gears having struck two consecutive fours. But she has to go for a handy knock off 22 balls.