Piers Newbery
BBC Sport in Glasgow

The Australian team have been out to face the media in Glasgow, a relaxed bunch and quietly confident. The controversial Nick Kyrgios is absent but the similarly headline-grabbing Bernard Tomic is back in the fold, along with Lleyton Hewitt, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Sam Groth.

"A lot of the pressure is obviously on Andy," said Hewitt, beginning the mind games with the younger Murray brother. Meanwhile, 19-year-old Kokkinakis has been enjoying his first trip to Glasgow. "I tried some haggis," he said. "Better than I thought."

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Former New Zealand wingerJonah Lomubelieves England will have to deal with more expectation than the All Blacks during the World Cup.

New Zealand are bidding to retain the trophy whileEngland, the hosts, face Australia and Wales in the pool stages.

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"There is going to be a lot of pressure on New Zealand but the majority of it is on England," Lomu told BBC Sport.

"It is their home tournament and they are playing in front of their own fans and family. That's where it all sits."

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Lancashire conceded a first-innings deficit of 208 as brothers Sam and Tom Curran helped Surrey bowl them out on the third morning at Old Trafford.

Seventeen-year-old Sam took 5-67 and elder brother Tom, 20, claimed 3-54 as the Red Rose county added 131 to their overnight 141-5.

Ashwell Prince, who retired at the end of the season, top-scored with 45.

Leicestershire and Essex finally began their match at Grace Road after two washout days. An unbroken partnership of 90 between Angus Robson and skipper Mark Cosgrove has taken the Foxes, who are likely to finish bottom of the table for the third year running, to 117-2. 

They have won just two games so far and need a victory over Essex to keep alive their hopes of avoiding finishing last again. 

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BBC Radio Northampton's Alex Winter at Wantage Road:

“It’s taken three days but we have finally had an uninterrupted session.

"Glamorgan’s David Lloyd was moving towards a maiden first-class hundred before falling to a stunning catch in the deep for 92.

“That special moment didn’t happen, but another did when Dewi Penrhyn Jones, on first-class debut, had Ben Duckett caught behind to the last ball of the session for his maiden wicket.”

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Stracqualursi, an Argentina striker, was on loan at Everton in 2011 and scored his first goal for the Toffees against Chelsea no less.

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Bottom club  Worcestershire have done their bit to try and make up for the lost day on Tuesday.

Ross Whiteley and Tom Kohler-Cadmore put together a quick-fire partnership of 90 for the fifth wicket, which ended when Whiteley was bowled by Ryan Pringle for 51. Kohler-Cadmore went on to make 89 before he was stumped off Scott Borthwick.

Having reached their fourth batting point Worcestershire then declared on 350-7 to leave them with eight overs at Durham before lunch. Durham survived and are 40-0.

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Daley Blind says Manchester United's players were rocked by the injury to Luke Shaw in their Champions League defeat to PSV Eindhoven.

"It's a massive blow if someone suffers an injury like that,' Blind told the Daily Mail, external. "We are a strong team unit so it cuts into you. Maybe it gets into your heads but you have to let it pass."

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"It's something that may not actually influence you at that time. But you can be unaware, and perhaps in your head you unconsciously sympathise with him.

"But it's a defeat and saying this should not pass the buck. We played well in the first half. We created many chances and had the opportunity to win the game."

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Snooker’s world number one Mark Selby has withdrawn from the Shanghai Masters following the death of his father-in-law.

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Ricky Walden will also be an absentee from the tournament in China after his wife gave birth to their first child on Monday.

Elsewhere in the tournament, Northern Irishman Mark Allen beat Belgian Luca Brecel 5-3, while English player Jamie Cope shocked Australian world number four Neil Robertson 5-4 and Welshman Mark Williams defeated England’s Tom Ford 5-1.

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BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Clive Eakin at Edgbaston:

"With play finally under way after just four overs were bowled on the first two days, Notts batsman James Taylor has taken advantage of the first lengthy spell of play to celebrate his England Test squad recall with an unbeaten 53.  

"He has been dropped three times, including once off a no-ball but has continued to bat positively, but Alex Hales went for just six.

"For Warwickshire Keith Barker, produced an excellent spell of bowling to take three wickets and Jonathan Trott claimed his first of the season just before lunch."