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Saturday’s don’t come much bigger than the men’s FA Cup final and a thrilling finale in the race for the Scottish Premiership title. Emillia Hawkins and John Brewin are your blog hosts for the buildup to Manchester City v Chelsea at Wembley and Celtic v Hearts, north of the border. There’ll also be reaction from Friday night’s Aston Villa v Liverpool Premier League match and a look ahead to the final day of action in the Women’s Super League. Why not join the conversation by emailing matchday.live@theguardian.com?
The action moves to Cardiff after the second ODI at Northampton was abandoned without a ball bowled on Wednesday. The hosts claimed the first game, at Chester-le-Street, a one-wicket victory that shone a light on the talents of the teenager Tilly Corteen-Coleman. The 18-year-old snared a couple of wickets then held her nerve as No 11 at the end of a nail-biting encounter while chasing 211 to win in the north-east. James Wallace steers over-by-over coverage with Raf Nicholson reporting.
Tanya Aldred is stationed at Headingley to report on all the day two action between Yorkshire and Surrey, while at Beckenham, with England selecting Durham’s Emilio Gay as Ben Duckett’s likely opening partner in a reshaped squad for the first Test against New Zealand, the 26-year-old’s county form is certain to be in sharp focus against Kent. There’s also the Somerset pair of fast bowler Sonny Baker and wicketkeeper-batter James Rew taking the step up. They’re in action at Taunton against Sussex.
