Australia have wasted little time in turning their thoughts to next month's Ashes series after yesterday's semi-final defeat against England, adding three players from their World Cup party to the squad to play the Lions at Canterbury on Sunday.

Peter Handscomb, who was bowled by Chris Woakes for 4 yesterday in his only appearance of the tournament, is joined by Matthew Wade and Mitchell Marsh - who had joined the squad as injury cover for Marcus Stoinis - in the 15-man squad that will now play as 'Australia XI' rather than 'Australia A'.

Handscomb struggled throughout his brief stay at the crease against England, and former Australia bowling coach Craig McDermott questioned his selection ahead of Wade on Twitter.

ODI captain Aaron Finch played down the impact that Thursday's defeat would have on the Ashes.

"There'll be a high turnover of players I imagine," he said. "I don't think the guys carry too much baggage when [they are] going between formats. If we rolled up and played a one-dayer tomorrow, there might be a few scars, but in terms of the Tests, I don't think so."

Pat Cummins said that while Australia did not need much extra fuel, the defeat "gives us a little bit more".

"We're back here in two or three weeks," he said. "I feel like I've played here now, know what to expect from the crowd."

The tourists' squad for the game includes 12 players with 196 Test caps between them. The only members without experience at that level - Michael Neser, Will Pucovski, and Chris Tremain - have all previously been named in Test squads.

The squad includes Joe Burns and Marcus Harris, who are in direct competition to partner David Warner at the top of the order in the first Test at Edgbaston on August 1. Both men hit hundreds in a 10-wicket win against Sussex this week.

Tim Paine, who will captain the side, said he expects the tourists to increase their focus in Sunday's game. "It's not that we weren't at 100 percent intensity," he told cricket.com.au, "but next week's game is against an English team and we expect to be right in the contest.

"Potentially, there's going to be guys in [the Lions'] team that play in the first Test, so any opportunity we get to put some doubts in their mind we've got to take."

Following their game against the Lions, Australia play an intra-squad first-class game at the Ageas Bowl on July 23.

James Pattinson and Josh Hazlewood are both expected to be rested for the game at Canterbury, with both likely to be named in the Ashes squad.

England Lions, meanwhile, go into the game with only three players with Test caps - Ben Foakes, Jack Leach, and Sam Curran, who received a late call-up to the squad after Saqib Mahmood withdrew due to injury.

They will be captained by Lewis Gregory, the Somerset allrounder, and also include Dom Sibley, the leading run-scorer in Division One of the County Championship this summer.

Australia XI squad: Tim Paine (captain), Jackson Bird, Joe Burns, Peter Handscomb, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Jon Holland, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Neser, Kurtis Patterson, James Pattinson, Will Pucovski, Chris Tremain, Matthew Wade

England Lions squad: Lewis Gregory (captain), James Bracey, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Ben Foakes, Sam Hain, Jack Leach, Sam Northeast, Jamie Porter, Ollie Robinson, Dom Sibley

Ireland 134 for 1 (Stirling 83*, Balbirnie 28*) beat Zimbabwe 132 for 8 (Ervine 55, Williams 34, Adair 4-40) by nine wickets (DLS method)

A blazing Paul Stirling special powered Ireland to a nine-wicket demolition of Zimbabwe in the rain-truncated second T20I in Bready. Craig Ervine's rapid fifty lifted Zimbabwe to 132 for 8 in their 13 overs, but Stirling made light of Ireland's DLS-adjusted total of 134 with an innings remarkable for the ferocity and adventure of its strokeplay. Flaying pace and spin alike, Stirling cracked seven sixes and six fours in an unbeaten 36-ball 83. He shared an opening stand of 58 with Kevin O'Brien before sealing the match with a 76-run partnership alongside Andy Balbirnie that took up all of 5.5 overs. Unless the visitors can pull off what would be, at this stage, a surprise win on Sunday, a clean sweep is very much on.

The Stirling show

Before today, no-one had more sixes for Ireland in this format than Kevin O'Brien, but that record now belongs to Stirling. With a required rate of 10.3 from the start in their shortened chase, the two most destructive batsmen to have played for Ireland opened the batting together and quickly set about Zimbabwe's bowlers. O'Brien didn't add to his 46 maximums in his knock, but his breezy 13-ball 19 added to Stirling's merry hitting at the other end as Ireland rocketed past fifty in just the fourth over. This was the seventh time O'Brien and Stirling have opened together in this format, and the third time they have added fifty-plus together.

Having started his innings with 44 career T20I sixes to his name, Stirling got going with a remarkable bottom-handed flamingo flicked six in Tendai Chatara's first over, and then drew level with O'Brien by launching Chris Mpofu over long-off an over later. Shrugging off O'Brien's dismissal to a smart catch in the outfield, Stirling made the record his own with a brace of mighty hits over the leg side off Ryan Burl's legspin.

Balbirnie was made to look almost anonymous at the other end, despite working the angles well and striking four boundaries of his own while Stirling ruthlessly dismantled Zimbabwe's attack. Sikandar Raza was reduced to bowling seam-up slow-mediums as Stirling dispatched his first two balls of the game cleanly out of the ground, and as early as the ninth over, a stiff chase had become a simple one and Ireland needed less than a run-a-ball.

Not that Stirling showed any sign of slowing up. He spanked a seventh six, and the 51st of his career in this format, walking across the crease to lift Kyle Jarvis high over square leg, before fittingly tapping the winning run to put Ireland 1-0 up.

Left handers on the charge

Zimbabwe have been desperate for a batsman of Stirling's pedigree at the top of their order on this tour, but neither Brendan Taylor nor Hamilton Masakadza have particularly enjoyed themselves with the bat on this tour. Zimbabwe's two most senior batsmen's iffy run continued as both were back in the pavilion two balls into the fourth over. That brought the left-handed pair of Ervine and Sean Williams together, and for the four-and-a-half overs they were together - on either side of a rain break that lasted almost 90 minutes - Zimbabwe controlled the game.

Williams came into this game on the back of two measured fifties in the ODIs, but with rain circling there was no time to be wasted and he burst out of the blocks, cracking the first two balls he faced sweetly to the cover boundary. When play resumed with Zimbabwe having lost seven overs from their innings, both men were in a hurry, hitting five sixes in the space of 12 deliveries after the resumption.

While Williams couldn't add another fifty to his name, Ervine motored on to a 28-ball fifty - the second of his career in this format - in the tenth over. Together, they had set Zimbabwe up, but Ireland's seamers brought their team back at the death.

Adair in the wickets

One of two Ireland debutants today, Mark Adair struck a vital early blow when he had Taylor caught off a swirling top edge. He then returned after the rain break to halt Williams and Ervine's charge, and while Zimbabwe targeted quick runs, Adair found the low, dipping full toss to be his most incisive delivery.

Williams sliced one such delivery into the hands of Stirling at cover, while Ervine lined up another full toss but could only get it as far as Tyrone Kane, who sprinted around the midwicket boundary to hold a sharp catch. A third full toss brought Adair his fourth wicket, PJ Moor skying a catch out to Balbirnie in the deep, and with Shane Getkate and Craig Young also chipping in with wickets, Zimbabwe could never completely pull away with the bat.

Oakland Raiders guard Richie Incognito has been suspended two games for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.

The discipline was not unexpected, given Incognito's spate of off-the-field issues before the Raiders signed him to a one-year "prove it" deal on May 28.

"We're all going to take ownership with Richie," Raiders general manager Mike Mayock said at the time, adding that the team's infrastructure included a "clinician" to work with Incognito.

The expectation, Mayock said, was for Incognito "not only to be a good football player but to be a really good human being.

"At the end of the day, you can't have all boy scouts. And what you do is you have to do your homework on each individual case."

Incognito pleaded guilty in April to two misdemeanors after an incident involving his 90-year-old grandmother that took place last August in Peoria, Arizona.

According to court documents obtained by ESPN, Incognito agreed to plead guilty to charges of criminal damage and disorderly conduct -- both Class 1 misdemeanors in Arizona -- after he punched a fist-sized hole in a wall in the living room and ripped a security system's control box off the wall during an argument with his grandmother at her house on Aug. 19, 2018.

The police report described Incognito as "enraged" and said he blamed his grandmother for the death of his father, which he had announced on Twitter the day before. A domestic violence charge was removed when a plea agreement was reached on April 1.

Incognito was ordered to take 10 weekly anger-management sessions and pay a $569 fine. He also was given one year of unsupervised probation per terms of the agreement. Incognito was ordered to stay away from his grandmother's home, stay on his medication, avoid alcohol, not possess firearms and write a letter of apology.

He also pleaded guilty in April in Scottsdale, Arizona, to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge. Two days after the fight with his grandmother, Incognito was arrested in Scottsdale after making threats at a funeral home where his father's body was being held.

The 36-year-old lineman has played for the Rams, Bills and Dolphins. Incognito was at the center of a 2013 investigation into the bullying of Miami teammate Jonathan Martin, which led to a suspension for Incognito, who did not play football during the 2014 season. He has not played in the NFL since 2017 for Buffalo.

"Whenever he's been focused on activities solely on the field, he's been fine. ... We think he's going to be a good football player and allow himself to compete for the left guard job," Mayock said in May. "And just as important, he's got to prove it off the field. We're going to provide the infrastructure for him. At the end of the day, it's a two-way street -- we've got to help him help himself."

Incognito, who was competing with Denzelle Good for the left guard job, is eligible to participate in all offseason and preseason practices and games and is eligible to return to the Raiders' active roster on Sept. 16. The Raiders open the season against the Denver Broncos on Sept. 9 in Oakland before playing host to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sept. 15.

LONDON -- In their 40th career showdown, one thing remains certain: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal know how to put on a show at Wimbledon.

Second-seeded Federer outlasted No. 3 Nadal 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Centre Court on Friday to reach his 12th final at the All England Club, where he will seek a record-extending ninth title against top-seeded Novak Djokovic on Sunday.

It was the first meeting at Wimbledon between the two longtime rivals since the 2008 final, when Nadal won an epic fifth set 9-7 as darkness descended -- considered by some to be the greatest match in the sport's lengthy annals.

This one felt like just as much of a classic contest, though, and one that anyone is not likely to forget.

"I'm exhausted," 38-year-old Federer said. "It was tough at the end."

The Swiss star failed to capitalize on two match points in the penultimate game. Then he had trouble closing out the match on serve as Nadal fought off two more match points -- one after a long rally; another on a sharp crosscourt shot -- before Federer finally was able to raise his hands in victory after a shot by Nadal went long.

"It had everything at the end, which was great, I guess," Federer said. "I'm just relieved it's all over at this point. But it's definitely, definitely going to go down as one of my favorite matches to look back at, again, because it's Rafa, it's at Wimbledon, the crowds were into it."

Said Nadal, who offered no excuses: "I had my chances. He played little bit better than me, I think. Probably I didn't play as good as I did in the previous rounds, and he played well. So he deserve it. Congrats to him."

The 20-time Grand Slam singles champion capitalized on his serve throughout the match against Nadal, finishing with 14 aces and landing 69% of his first serves.

"I was able to stick to my game plan, stay aggressive, stay offensive," Federer said. "I guess I also started to serve a bit better maybe after that second set.

"I think I won a lot of the important points in the third and fourth sets. There were some brutal rallies in key moments that went my way. I think those might have made the difference today."

Djokovic overcame Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 earlier Friday to reach his sixth Wimbledon final.

As entertaining as that match was -- including a 45-stroke point won by Djokovic -- it was merely a tasty appetizer ahead of the day's delectable main course.

After being greeted to Centre Court by a standing ovation, both Federer and Nadal seemed to have an "anything you can do, I can do, too" vibe.

Federer would kick up chalk with an ace to a corner, and Nadal would do the same in the next game. When Nadal jumped out to a 3-2 lead in the first-set tiebreaker, Federer used sublime returning to reel off five points in a row to claim it.

One key for Federer, however, was that his rebuilt backhand, hit strong and flat more frequently than it used to be, held steady against Nadal's bullwhip of a lefty forehand. Another was that he was able to withstand Nadal's serve, which has improved a ton over the years.

Federer amassed 10 break points, and though he succeeded on just two, that was enough, with the last, vital conversion making it 2-1 in the fourth set. And then there was this: Federer won 25 of the 33 points when he went to the net.

"It's always very, very cool to play against Rafa here," Federer said. "... It lived up to the hype, especially from coming out of the gates, we were both playing very well. Then the climax at the end with the crazy last game, some tough rallies there."

No one else has managed to reduce Federer to midmatch mediocrity quite the way Nadal can on occasion, part of why the Spaniard entered Friday with a 24-15 overall lead head-to-head, including 10-3 at Grand Slam tournaments.

"I think at the end of the match I started to play much better, no? But was late. ... " Nadal said. "I think he played aggressive, he played a great match, and just well done for him."

This was the second major in a row where they've faced off: Nadal won their French Open semifinal last month en route to his 12th championship on the red clay there.

Wimbledon, however, is Federer's dominion. He has won 101 matches at the place -- more than any other man at any Slam, even Nadal at Roland Garros. The most recent of his eight trophies was won in 2017.

"[It] is great to be part of this rivalry, be in the middle of these three players [including Djokovic] that achieved that much in this sport in the same era," Nadal said. "Is something that is going to be difficult to see it again. We are not done, so ... things continue."

Lying in wait is Djokovic, who beat Federer in the final here in 2014 and in 2015.

Djokovic sarcastically encouraged fans to get louder after he dropped the second set of his 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 semifinal victory against Bautista Agut.

After watching Bautista Agut's shot hit the net tape, pop in the air and slide over for a winner that tied things at a set apiece, Centre Court spectators stood and cheered. Walking to his changeover chair, Djokovic nodded and waved his racket, then his right hand, at the crowd.

Then he went to work.

"You go through these kind of emotional moments, especially in big matches like this, all the time. ... " Djokovic said. "Sometimes I show my emotions, sometimes I don't."

Soon enough, the defending champion was bellowing and shaking his fist after putting away an overhead to go up a break in the third set. Moments later, he was ending a 45-stroke baseline exchange -- the longest on record at Wimbledon, where such stats date to 2005 -- with a backhand winner to save a break point.

"I had to dig deep," said Djokovic, who will play for his fifth Wimbledon title in six finals appearances and his 16th Grand Slam trophy overall.

It was his 36th career appearance in the final four at a major tournament -- and the debut in that round for Bautista Agut, who was seeded 23rd.

Even Bautista Agut himself didn't expect his visit to the All England Club to last this long: The Spaniard was supposed to meet a half-dozen of his buddies on the island of Ibiza this weekend for his bachelor party. Instead, those pals were sitting in a guest box at Centre Court on Friday.

"He was not really overwhelmed, so to say, with the stadium and with the occasion. He played really well," Djokovic said. "First set, he was still probably managing his nerves and he made some uncharacteristic unforced errors. But later on, at the beginning of the second, he established himself."

After a flat forehand return winner off a 107 mph serve on the very first point, Bautista Agut certainly did lose his way for a bit. Djokovic won 14 of the next 18 points while pulling out to a 3-0 lead -- and he didn't need to produce much magic to do so. Just one of those initial 14 points came via his own winner; 10 resulted from Bautista Agut's unforced errors.

But the second set saw a shift. Djokovic stopped his until-then-successful tactic of offering some variety and heading to the net when he could. His forehand also became problematic, while Bautista Agut, who had already beaten Djokovic twice this season, couldn't seem to miss a shot.

Djokovic rediscovered his best abilities, though. He came up bigger in the longest points, eventually holding a 29-17 edge when they lasted at least 10 strokes.

Once his volley winner found the net tape and trickled over to cap the third set, the outcome seemed inevitable. Djokovic broke to lead 2-1 in the fourth, and again for 4-1, then needed a handful of match points to seal the victory.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The father of Boston Celtics rookie Tremont Waters was found dead in a West Haven, Connecticut, hotel on Thursday, according to police.

The medical examiner's office on Friday ruled that Ed Waters' death was a suicide.

Waters, 49, was found dead by police around noon Thursday after they responded to a report of an injured or ill person.

Tremont Waters, a point guard at LSU, was drafted in the second round (No. 51 overall) by the Celtics in last month's draft. He was averaging 10 points and 5.3 assists in four games during the Las Vegas Summer League. The Celtics do not have a summer league game scheduled for Friday.

Free-agent center Tyson Chandler has agreed to a one-year deal with the Houston Rockets, agent Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management tells ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Chandler, 36, spent most of last season with the Los Angeles Lakers, where he averaged 5.6 rebounds and 3.1 points in 16.4 minutes per game.

A 17-year veteran, Chandler was an effective defender and rebounder last season and has a reputation as a great locker room guy.

It will be Chandler's second time around with Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni. Chandler was with the Knicks in 2011-12, when D'Antoni was coaching for New York.

ESPN's Tim MacMahon contributed to this report.

After missing out on Kawhi Leonard, Rob Pelinka believes the Los Angeles Lakers moved forward by putting together a versatile roster that addressed personnel mistakes made from a year ago.

The general manager spoke on Friday about the Lakers adjusting quickly after Leonard's decision to join the LA Clippers and learning from last summer's ill-fated decision to add ball-handling playmakers while sacrificing shooting.

"I really haven't spent a lot of time either thinking about or characterizing that," Pelinka said in a conference call on how close the Lakers were in the Leonard hunt with the Clippers and Toronto Raptors. "Because once the decision was made, we had all of our chess pieces on the board to make our moves and close. And at that point you just don't look back. I think of course when superstars are available, you put your best foot forward."

After waiting the first week of free agency for Leonard and seeing some other secondary targets come off the board, the Lakers moved quickly once Leonard made his decision and added or brought back the likes of DeMarcus Cousins, Danny Green, Avery Bradley, Rajon Rondo, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, JaVale McGee, Quinn Cook, Alex Caruso, Jared Dudley and Troy Daniels.

Pelinka says that with LeBron James' and Anthony Davis' approval, the Lakers assembled a veteran roster that addressed critical areas such as shooting, perimeter defense, basketball IQ and character in free agency.

"I think the conversations we have with our players, we want to keep those private just because they are important," Pelinka said. "But anytime as a general manager when you have superstars on your team, especially guys that have the basketball IQ and just the understanding of the game that Anthony Davis and LeBron have, of course, you are going to be tapping into them as partners.

"We view our relationships here with our star players here as partnerships. I know both Anthony and LeBron are excited about the 14 guys and how we are going to come together, and their input, both of their input, Anthony and LeBron, has been incredibly valuable to me."

And even though the Lakers missed out on Leonard, Pelinka said the team has cap space to pursue another max free agent in the summer of 2021 and that he continues to learn from mistakes made in the past like last summer.

"I think the greatest teacher in life for all of us is experience," Pelinka said. "And I think that to be great at anything, you have to learn from the past. I think we took a lot of what happened last year into account in kind of shaping this roster and shaping our goals for the season. The North Star for us was just we wanted to add more shooting. We wanted to have perimeter defenders, high-IQ players, guys with high character, and then a versatile lineup."

"... You always have to learn, and evolve and adapt as a leader, from the past," Pelinka added. "For us, anything short of a championship is not success. So we have to learn from last season, because we didn't win a championship. And a lot of that went into the construction of the roster this year."

Early in the process of going after Leonard, former Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne that Leonard's camp wanted to meet with him and controlling owner Jeanie Buss. The NBA, though, would not allow Johnson to be a part of any official free-agent meetings.

With the Clippers remaining quiet during free agency and ultimately landing Leonard, Pelinka was asked if Johnson may have hurt the Lakers' chances with the top free agent available. The Lakers general manager was complimentary of Johnson, who stepped down from his president role and later accused Pelinka of backstabbing him.

"I can say this, we're incredibly grateful of just kind of his supportive messages," Pelinka said. "We know he's pulling for the Lakers; he's made that very clear. And we've just appreciated the support he's shown from the outside. As you guys know there are certain league-mandated rules that we have to follow around, but he's been nothing but supportive and excited about the roster and the team and the players that we have."

Since Johnson stepped down on April 9, Pelinka has found himself taking plenty of heat at times, from Johnson's accusation of betrayal during their time together to having his credibility put under a harsh spotlight in an ESPN story by Baxter Holmes examining the Lakers' organization over the past two years.

"I think what we owe to the fans here is that our time here is not responding to critics or criticism," Pelinka said. "But my time here has to be focused on building the Lakers team. If I focus time on responding to individual criticism, any minute or five minutes of time I spend on that is a minute or five minutes of time away from building the team and putting this team in a position to win championships. That's been my focus, has just been in the work, really not responding to the critics."

PHILADELPHIA -- The Washington Nationals are pushing back Max Scherzer's next start because the ace right-hander is dealing with back soreness.

Manager Dave Martinez says an MRI on Scherzer's back came back negative, and the three-time Cy Young Award winner threw from 75 feet on Friday. Scherzer experienced soreness in his middle back after his last start.

Anibal Sanchez will start in his place on Sunday against the Phillies in the final game of a three-game series.

Scherzer was 7-0 with a 0.84 ERA in his last nine starts before the All-Star break.

CLEVELAND -- Indians starter Corey Kluber's broken right arm is healing as hoped, and he could begin throwing bullpen sessions soon.

Kluber was struck by a line drive on May 1 in Miami. Indians manager Terry Francona said Friday the two-time AL Cy Young Award winner had a "good checkup" and doctors are now determining when the right-hander can pitch off a mound.

Asked if it could be within weeks, Francona said: "That's probably a decent guess, estimation."

Kluber has been able to run and work on his conditioning, and he has been strengthening his arm by playing long toss. Francona said he stretched and threw from 150 feet this week.

The Indians hope Kluber might be able to come back this season. Cleveland also is missing right-hander Carlos Carrasco, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.

Former major league pitcher Dwight Gooden was arrested last month on suspicion of possession of cocaine, according to a complaint from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office that was obtained by multiple outlets.

According to the complaint, Gooden, 54, had two small plastic baggies containing suspected cocaine in his possession when he was stopped for a traffic violation on June 7 in Holmdel, New Jersey. He is also being charged with driving under the influence.

Prosecutor's spokesman Christopher Swendeman told the New York Post that Gooden had been pulled over for driving too slowly on a highway and for failing to maintain the lane.

The 1985 Cy Young Award winner has struggled with drug and alcohol addiction over the years. He has been arrested several times and served jail time in 2006 for drug use.

Gooden told ESPN in 2011 that he missed the New York Mets' 1986 World Series parade because he was getting high.

A court date in Gooden's case is scheduled for July 23.