England vs Ireland LIVE: Test cricket score and updates as England trail by 20 runs at stumps
England are 152-1 in response to Ireland’s 172 all out
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Your support makes all the difference.England kicked off the summer a superb performance on the opening day of their four-day test match against Ireland. With the clouds hanging overhead in this morning Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl.
In the absence of James Anderson, Stuart Broad led the attack and gave England the early initiative reducing the visitors to 19-3. James McCollum (36) dug in but couldn’t stop the host from running rampant. Jack Leach was backed once again by his captain and was rewarded with three wickets while Matt Potts chipped in with a couple but it was Broad’s day. He took 5-51 to get on the Lord’s honours board as Ireland were dismissed for just 172.
In response England’s opening pair made hay in the early evening sunshine. Zak Crawley rode his luck on his way to 56 before chipping a drive back to Fionn Hand who claimed his maiden test wicket for Ireland. Ben Duckett (60*) and Ollie Pope (29*) saw England safely through to the end of the day with the deficit just 20 runs.
Relive the action from Day One at Lord’s as England take on Ireland:
Lunch: England bowling figures
Stuart Broad: 7-3-21-3
Matt Potts: 7-2-23-0
Josh Tongue: 6-3-18-0
Jack Leach: 6-0-15-1
Lunch: Ireland 78-4
Jack Leach also go involved in the wicket taking action and dismissed the dangerous Paul Stirling who looked to sweep the spinner away and gloved one behind to Jonny Bairstow.
Leach has 1-15 from his six overs.
Lunch: Ireland 78-4
Stuart Broad was in fantastic form this morning. He ripped through the Ireland top order and claimed 3-21 from his seven overs.
Sonia Twigg reporting from Lord’s
Well, the international summer is underway. It’s not the Ashes, but it is still an important contest at the home of cricket as Ireland reached the lunch break 78 for four.
Stuart Broad showed just what he brings to England, with three wickets for 21 at the end of the morning session.
It has been a morning Josh Tongue will never forget, from being handed his maiden Test cap by England’s greatest ever bowler James Anderson.
The only thing missing was a wicket, but Tongue eased into his first ever spell at the home of cricket, consistently bowling in the late eighties and causing England some problems.
After a flurry of early wickets, those in green dotted around the stands were able to breathe a small sigh of relief when opener James McCollom and Paul Stirling put on a 45-run partnership, before Stirling caught behind trying to sweep.
With Ireland 78-4, it’s undoubtedly been England’s morning, but there have been signs to excite the crowd with an uncharacteristically bouncy deck and a steady flow of wickets.
Ireland 78-4, McCollum 29, Tucker 8, Potts 0-22 (6)
This knock from James McCollum has been old-fashioned. He’s played himself in, seen off the new ball and taken his time to play the expansive shots that yield boundaries.
The Irish opener is doing a great job for his team and is slowly helping them towards three figures.
Ireland 71-4, McCollum 24, Tucker 6, Potts 0-17 (6)
Josh Tongue and Matt Potts are both back into the attack as Ben Stokes targets the new batter with a flurry of seam bowling. Tucker works his way up to six but McCollum continues his watchful vigil to lets the ball go nicely outside the of stump.
Ireland 66-4, McCollum 24, Tucker 1, Leach 1-16 (6)
Lorcan Tucker is the new batter and has to dig deep with his side still in a whole heap of trouble. He’s off the mark straight away.
Wicket! Stirling ct. Bairstow b. Leach 30 (35) - Ireland 64-4 (21.3)
There’s the breakthrough! Paul Stirling looks to keep the scoreboard ticking along and drops to one knee to sweep Jack Leach away.
He mistimes the stroke and gloves the ball into the air where Jonny Bairstow takes the simplest of catches behind the stumps. That will give Leach a boost too.
Ireland’s dangerman is gone.
Ireland 64-3, McCollum 24, Stirling 30, Broad 3-21 (7)
In spite of the three early wickets falling in the opening hour, Ireland are ticking along nicely with a run rate of just over three.
Broad keeps it tight though and gets through a maiden.
Ireland 64-3, McCollum 24, Stirling 30, Leach 0-14 (5)
Stirling looks well set now. He’s starting to play a few more expansive strokes and takes Leach for another boundary straight down the ground.
This partnership is developing nicely now. It’s been a fine rebuild from Ireland.
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