Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck faces a further spell on the sidelines after undergoing surgery on his left knee.

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The England international has been working throughout the summer to recover from the injury sustained at the end of April.

The club says he is now expected to be out "for a period of months".

A period of months? What does that actually mean? 

England are back in action in the first One-Day international against Australia at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton on Thursday afternoon.

The Aussies have won the toss and opted to bat and you can follow all the latest as play gets underway at 14:00 via the BBC Sport website.

Leicestershire struck twice in quick succession after a solid start by Gloucestershire on day three in reply to the home side's big first-innings total. Will Tavare and Chris Dent put on 51 for the first wicket, but Tavare was then caught behind off Ben Raine, and Wayne White bowled Gareth Roderick in the next over.

Surrey are poised to take a first-innings lead, thanks to half centuries by Gary Wilson and Zafar Ansari on day three against Derbyshire.

The pair added 109 for the sixth wicket before Wilson was caught behind off Mark Footitt for 72. Partner Ansari was unbeaten on 53 at the interval, with Surrey, who will seal promotion if they win the game, just seven runs behind. 

Match of the Day presenter Gary was, of course, substituted by Graham Taylor in his final England appearance - a 2-1 defeat by hosts Sweden at Euro 92.

A Question of Sport Teaser

Earlier on, we asked which five teams currently have more points than Wales in Euro 2016 qualifying?

The answer? Austria, England, Iceland, Slovakia & Spain.

All five are below the Welsh in the latest world rankings, incidentally...

Northants have shown plenty of lower order spirit to reduce their first innings deficit to less than 100 behind Essex at Chelmsford with four wickets in hand at lunch. South African Rory Kleinveldt is closing in on a half-century while Olly Stone is also unbeaten. 

Click here to see the latest scorecard.

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Irelandand Munster lock forward Donncha O'CallaghanhasjoinedWorcester Warriors.

The 36-year-old, who has won 94 caps for his country, leaves Munster after 270 competitive appearances in 17 seasons for the Irish province. 

O'Callaghan, who also made four appearances for the British & Irish Lions in 2009, has played in three consecutive World Cups for Ireland and helped to win the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2009.

Germany manager Joachim Low is confident his side can beat Group D leaders Poland in their Euro 2016 qualifier on Friday.

The Poles, who beat Germany 2-0 last year, lead the group on 14 points, one ahead of the Germans with Scotland third on 11.

"Poland are on a high, they are a bit euphoric," he said. "They are group leaders and they know they can qualify for a big event again. We know we will meet an opponent who is dangerous."

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...you may as well make it from long distance...

...And here is said replay.

After we picked her up for spelling Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch incorrectly, Nicola has been back in touch...

BBC Sussex's Adrian Harms at New Road:

"A record breaking morning for Sussex with Luke Wright and Ben Brown adding 282 for the fourth wicket and surpassing the previous record of 226 for any wicket against Worcester set in 1954. In so doing Sussex lead by 170 at lunch with Luke Wright 163 in sight of a career best 189." 

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Scotland play France in their World Cup warm-up on Saturday at the  Kick-off is at 20:00 BST. 

The Times' Scottish football correspondent Michael Grant is in Tbilisi with Scotland...

If you click on the live coverage tab above, you can watch a Wales news conference live...

BBC Manchester's Scott Read at Canterbury:

"The champagne is firmly still on ice and promotion will have to wait a little longer for Lancashire after some excellent bowling from Kent. They needed to add a further 325 runs inside 100 overs to clinch promotion, but as soon as Darren Stevens took two wickets in one over the Red Rose quickly adjusted their thoughts to trying to save the game."

Craig James: How about rugby union as both wales and Ireland have won the six nation more recently than England.

Alastair McCracken: Northern Ireland have the best supporters. 

Gary Fisk: Tennis that what the Scottish are better at.

Two Grand Slam champions from the same family, Gary, never mind the same country. Dominant.

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BBC WM 95.6's Mike Taylor at Edgbaston:

"Middlesex had much the better of this morning session. When Ollie Rayner was entrusted with the first over, and dismissed William Porterfield in it, spin seemed likely to be the main threat. However, all the other wickets fell to the seamers Toby Roland-Jones and Tim Murtagh, who bowled with great energy and discipline."

Yorkshire have all but sealed their second straight County Championship title after thumping Somerset at Headingley.

The hosts took eight wickets before lunch on day three as Somerset slumped from 44-2 to 155 all out with three wickets each from Ryan Sidebottom and Steven Patterson. 

The Tykes will win the Championship at the home of cricket next week if they avoid defeat against second placed Middlesex at Lord's.

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