hello and welcome to sportsday. i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: heading out of the one day world cup as their test talisman heads for surgery england s cricketing picture gets ever more murky. i m fighting and my players are with me erik ten hag is determined manchester united will put it right after their poor start to the season. ahead of a repeat of the world cup final tomorrow, wales end their first wxv campaign winless, as tournament bosses insist crowds will get better. also coming up on sportsday: are you one of the 100 million people to try parkrun? the event is celebrating the milestone this weekend. hello again. england s chances of reaching the semifinals of the cricket world cup, that have gone from high before the tournament to non existent six games later, may well be extinguished once and for all tomorrow. perhaps fittingly, a disastrous campaign could be ended by australia. but it s notjust defeats that have been undermining england s world cu
race to stay not something that can happen. the race to stay up is captivating and excruciating. watching from the top i manchester city. even if arsenal win, they still need just three points, and they host chelsea on sunday. this is the premier league s home straight, and at both ends of the table, it will soon be settled. a tense weekend then. it s going to be an all south yorkshire final in the play offs to decide who is promoted from leaguei to the championship. this is after barnsley beat bolton last night in the second leg of their semifinal. cheered on by their home crowd, liam kitching scored the only goal of the game to send barnsley through 2 1 on aggregate, and they will meet sheffield wednesday in the final at wembley after their comeback heroics on thursday. bolton now face a third successive season in the third tier. partick thistle won the first leg of their scottish premiership play off semifinal against ayr united, 3 0. very much advantage. they ll play again next w
to safely make it through to the third round. meanwhile national league stockport who beat bolton in the last round lost at the league one leaders rotherham1 0. in the women s fa cup it s the final on sunday. this is the completion of last season s competition which was delayed by the pandemic. the quarter finals onwards have been played this season with chelsea and arsenal meeting on sunday at wembley. chelsea boss emma hayes admits the timings strange, especially off an international break, but says she s looking forward to it. it s weird coming back after into a cup final. because of being there so many time i don t really put any different energy into it than i do a normal game. what changes is there is more press. but everything else stays the same. yeah, weird circumstances going into a cup final. but one that i m really excited about.
and his side took the lead when dominic solanke scored straight from the restart after half time. but with 84 minutes on the clock toshin adara bioyo headed in a deserved equaliser. it finished 1 all, leaving fulham top and a point clear. in the fa cup tonight, there was no upset at gateshead where charlton have won 2 0 to safely make it through to the third round. meanwhile national league stockport who beat bolton in the last round lost at the league one leaders rotherham1 0. in the women s fa cup it s the final on sunday. this is the completion of last season s competition which was delayed by the pandemic. the quarter finals onwards have been played this season with chelsea and arsenal meeting on sunday at wembley. chelsea boss emma hayes admits the timings strange, especially off an international break, but says she s looking forward to it. it s weird coming off the back after into a cup final. because of being there so many time i don t really put any different energy into