Interesting lives

Posted by Adam Collins (earlier) and Will Macpherson (now)

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/aug/19/england-v-west-indies-day-night-test-at-edgbaston-day-three-live

• England cruise as Broad overtakes Botham in Test wickets taken
• Email Will or tweet @willis_macp with your thoughts
• Cook’s mighty 243 puts England in control on day two

9.04pm BST

Well, I’ll stick around to deliver news of the awards and all that jazz. Not a great deal to say. West Indies were very bad, and they let England be very good. England have won three Tests on the spin for the first time in a while, and they’ll like have won five on the bounce by early to mid September. Absolutely impossible to see this being anything other than a 3-0 whitewash.

9.02pm BST

Ooh. Nice stat.

Last time England's leading wicket-takers played in same Test was also vs West Indies: Trueman (284) & Statham (245), 22-26 Aug 1963 #ENGvWI

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/aug/19/england-v-west-indies-day-night-test-at-edgbaston-day-three-live

Posted by Sarah Betancourt and agencies

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/19/boston-protest-free-speech-rally

• Trump tweet likely to revive controversy that followed Charlottesville
• Anti-Nazi protests dwarfed small group of rightwingers who planned rally

Donald Trump described anti-Nazi demonstrators who converged on Boston to repudiate white nationalism as “anti-police agitators” on Saturday, in a tweet that seemed destined to revive the still simmering controversy over his remarks equating the far right and anti-fascists in Charlottesville last weekend.

Related: Bannon departs – but ‘Trump whisperer’ could have more influence from outside

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/19/boston-protest-free-speech-rally

Posted by Emma Graham-Harrison and Virginia López

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/19/venezuela-crisis-deepens-maduro-strips-opposition-held-parliament-power

Legislative powers taken fro opposition-led parliament, as country’s fugitive attorney general alleges Maduro corruption links

Venezuela’s political crisis has deepened after a new pro-government “superbody” stripped the opposition-held parliament of its legislative powers and the fugitive attorney general accused President Nicolás Maduro of links to a corruption scandal.

Related: Thieves stealing Venezuela zoo animals to eat them, say police

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/19/venezuela-crisis-deepens-maduro-strips-opposition-held-parliament-power

Posted by Adam Collins (earlier) and Will Macpherson (now)

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/aug/19/england-v-west-indies-day-night-test-at-edgbaston-day-three-live

• England close on win as Broad overtakes Botham in wickets taken
• Email Will or tweet @willis_macp with your thoughts
• Cook’s mighty 243 puts England in control on day two

8.32pm BST

41st over: West Indies 132-8 (Roach 8, Joseph 7) Moeen tosses it up again and Joseph drives him away for four through covers. I’ve only been on the OBO since lunch and I’ve already covered him getting out once today. They take a single each.

Kimberley Thonger is talking about Brian Withington too.

As the floodlights are on surely Brian Withington should be putting himself outside a decent rosé, possibly with a pink gin chaser to encourage late reverse swing?

8.29pm BST

40th over: West Indies 126-8 (Roach 7, Joseph 2) Jonny Bairstow can only laugh as a short seed from Broad misses the ducking Roach, then hoops miles away from his dive and trots away for four byes. No other runs from the over.

Doom and gloom from Sankaran Krishna. West Indies have lost 17 wickets today.

As an old-timer who grew up on watching the Windies routinely decimate the English at home from about the late 1970s through the mid 1990s, this is unbearably sad to watch. How can a team decline so completely to such a level? Sorry to strike a mordant note as England cut through this batting line up like a knife through a cake, but even they have to feel this is getting embarrassing.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/aug/19/england-v-west-indies-day-night-test-at-edgbaston-day-three-live

Posted by Daniel Taylor

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/19/nemanja-matics-manchester-united-move-may-leave-chelsea-feeling-blue

It was the cartoon, published on the Daily Telegraph website a few years ago, that probably demonstrated the perception at the time that the man in charge of Manchester United’s transfer business was straying dangerously close to getting the reputation of being a bit of a pushover.

Entitled “Manchester United and the Transfer Market” and published shortly after the arrival of Ángel Di María and Radamel Falcao, the cartoon showed the club’s executive vice‑chairman, Ed Woodward, walking into a convenience store called Costless and asking to be shown the “very finest” chocolate they had for sale before handing over £80 for a Mars Bar.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/19/nemanja-matics-manchester-united-move-may-leave-chelsea-feeling-blue

Posted by Jamie Jackson at the Bet365 Stadium

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/19/stoke-city-manchester-united-premier-league-match-report

An impressive debut goal from Jesé Rodríguez, a superb Jack Butland display and an Alexandre Lacazette goal controversially ruled out for offside gave Stoke City a deserved win on an evening when Arsenal suggested they are destined for another frustrating Premier League campaign.

Arsène Wenger’s side ended up bombarding Butland’s goal yet lacked a ruthless edge. The sight of their record £52m signing Lacazette, anonymous apart from the turn and finish with 18 minutes to go that was disallowed by a linesman’s flag, being taken off near the close summed up their bluntness.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/19/stoke-city-manchester-united-premier-league-match-report

Posted by Press Association

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/19/burnley-west-bromwich-albion-premier-league-match-report

Tony Pulis will review video footage of Hal Robson-Kanu’s dismissal at Burnley before determining whether to appeal the West Bromwich Albion match-winner’s red card.

The Wales international became just the fourth player in Premier League history to come off the bench, score and be sent off in a lively 20-minute cameo that earned Albion their second straight 1-0 success.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/19/burnley-west-bromwich-albion-premier-league-match-report

Posted by Ben Quinn

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/19/british-public-believes-transition-period-necessary-for-brexit

Observer/Opinium poll finds nearly half of those asked believe there should be no second referendum on departure terms

A sizeable majority of the British public believes that the UK’s departure from the European Union should be followed by “a transition period”, according to an Opinium/Observer poll.

While almost half (49%) of those asked still believe that there should not be a second referendum once the terms of departure are clear, enthusiasm for Brexit appears to have dipped slightly, while trust in the Conservatives to lead negotiations has dropped from 39% in June to 33% in August.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/19/british-public-believes-transition-period-necessary-for-brexit

Posted by Ben Fisher at St Mary's Stadium

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/19/southampton-west-ham-united-premier-league-match-report

Charlie Austin snatched a stoppage-time winner from the penalty spot as Southampton beat 10-man West Ham United. Austin sent Joe Hart, the West Ham goalkeeper, the wrong way as Mauricio Pellegrino clinched his first win as Southampton manager in a dramatic finale. After trailing by two goals, Javier Hernández had rolled back the years with a couple of trademark finishes to nearly get the Hammers off the hook.

As Slaven Bilic, put it, they “knew what we are getting” with Hernández, a £16m summer signing from Bayer Leverkusen. There was a concerning familiarity about the problems at the other end, though, with his vulnerable back line, that has now been breached seven times in just two matches.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/19/southampton-west-ham-united-premier-league-match-report