Ireland vs England
Tim Murtagh. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Days after winning the ICC World Cup 2019, England resumed their red-ball cricket playing a one-off Test against Ireland at the Lord’s Cricket Stadium ahead of the Ashes 2019. Things didn’t pan out well for Joe Root & Co as Ireland wreaked havoc in England’s batting on the morning hour of the first day to put the host on the backfoot early in the match.

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England skipper Joe Root opted to bat first after winning the toss as England handed debut cap to Jason Roy and Olly Stone. James Murtagh and Mark Adair who shared the new ball for Ireland ran down the English batting with Murtagh scalping a five-wicket haul. They were exceptional in the morning session, making the ball do all the talking against an in-form England side. Roy playing his first Test showed early nerves as he survived a plumb lbw appeal because the bowler then, Mark Adair, had overstepped. However, he failed to add anything more to his score of five as Murtagh found him edging one to the first slip to make a disappointing start to his Test career.

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Ireland celebrate a wicket. Credit: Getty Images

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Joe Denly looked good playing some shots as he tried hard to take England out of the early troubles. But Ireland kept hitting the good lengths and posing tough questions. But they didn’t have to wait long as Mark Adair removed Denly to make things difficult for the host. Since then, it was one-way traffic for Ireland who bulldozed over England’s batting. Adair added one more to his tally removing Joe Root before the host lost three wickets at no time giving James Murtagh his fifth wicket.

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Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, and Moeen Ali went back packing for ducks as Ireland spread their dominance over the game at the Lord’s as they have the host at 43 for seven. Since then, Sam Curran and Stuart Broad started the revival as England crossed the 50-run mark. But Boyd Ranking, who once played for England, joined the party to remove Broad to have them at 58 for eight. Ireland will look to clean off the tail soon and put a big total on the board to take a firm grip over the match.

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