UK Sport

England Cricketer Ben Stokes has won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year Award for 2019. The all-rounder won the man-of-the-match award in the World Cup final after the incredible win over New Zealand to give England their first World Cup title. His 135* in the third Ashes Test against Australia that saw his team to a huge one-wicket win and kept them in the series that ended up tied at 2-2. Dina Asher-Smith finished third and Lewis Hamilton was runner-up in a incredible year for British sport. Stokes follows fellow all-rounder Andrew Flintoff as he becomes the first cricketer to win the award since Flintoff's in 2005.

The Ashes

Well this series has suddenly come alive. After a huge 251-run defeat at Edgbaston, which also cost them their best Test match bowler, England have got themselves right back into the contest at Lords. With rain effectively taking two days from the match, the hosts almost pulled off a remarkable win on the final evening, the Australian's finishing 154-6 and having to answer their own questions ahead of the third Test at Headingley starting on Thursday. The loss of 10 overs after rain on the fifth morning turned out to be crucial. England gave themselves 48 overs to bowl out their opposition, batting 48 themselves. 60 extra balls, with Jack Leach spitting the ball out of the rough may just have provided enough chances to take the wickets they were desperate for. It's a pretty safe bet to say that Jofra Archer has had the most impactful debut in England since Kevin Pietersen in 2005. His match figures of 5-92 don't reflect the control and destructiveness his 90mph+ sp...

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