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There is no escape. The Football League has held centre stage on the past two Saturdays but now the Premier League is screaming for our attention and we must surrender. Barry Glendenning and Rob Smyth will guide you through all the reaction to Friday night’s Liverpool v Bournemouth opener, plus the buildup to Saturday’s five top-flight matches and all the latest transfer stories, for those more interested in who’s winning the window than who’s winning actual games. We won’t ignore the lower divisions, including Wrexham’s first home game back in the Championship, against West Brom at 12.30pm, after a couple of Hollywood endings in league (agony) and Carabao Cup (ecstasy). Peter Lansley will report from Villa Park on the lead up to the lunchtime game while Ed Aarons, who is covering Tottenham v Burnley, will be answering your questions. Email matchday.live@theguardian.com to take part.
The England and Wales Cricket Board may have sacrificed staging international cricket in August in favour of the Hundred, but there’s a series decider going on in Cairns. South Africa won the first match thanks to an astonishing unbeaten 125 off 56 balls from Dewald Brevis that ended the hosts’ unbeaten run of nine, while three wickets apiece for Josh Hazlewood and Ben Dwarshuis evened things up for Australia in the second match. Geoff Lemon is on over-by-over duty.
