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:
End of innings: Ireland 172 all out
The tone was set early on by Stuart Broad who reduced Ireland to 19-3. Despite the visitors attempting to dig in and set a decent score England continued to chip away and claimed all 10 wickets inside 57 overs.
It’s now over to the batters to get England ahead of the game.
Wicket! Hand ct. Bairstow b. Potts 1 (7), Ireland 172 all out
That’s the end of the innings. Matt Potts finds the inside edge of Fionn Hand’s bat and leaves Jonny Bairstow with a sharp catch low to his left.
The wicketkeeper clings on and Ireland’s resistance is over.
Ireland 172-9, Hume 0, Hand 1, Leach 3-35 (14)
On a day not really beneficial to spin bowling Jack Leach will be overjoyed with his day’s work. He’s got three wickets for just 35 runs and has controlled his end well.
The left-arm spinner continues to thrive under the leadership of Ben Stokes.
Wicket! Campher b. Leach 33 (79), Ireland 172-9 (55.3)
Ben Stokes just wanted Jack Leach to switch ends it seems.
Leach replaces Broad and lines up Curtis Campher. With Ireland quickly running out of wickets Campher looks to increase the scoring rate.
He dance down the wicket to Leach, misses a straight one and gets cleaned up!
Ireland 172-8, Campher 33, Hand 1, Potts 1-36 (12)
Ben Stokes also sense that the opportunity is there to clean up the tail. He takes off Jack Leach and brings Matt Potts back into the attack.
Fionn Hand, Ireland’s No. 10, gets off the mark with a single as Potts’ first over back goes for three.
Ireland 169-8, Campher 32, Hand 0, Broad 5-51 (17)
Another five wicket haul for Stuart Broad will see his name etched on the Lord’s honours board for a fifth time. England will sense blood now and will want to nip the tail out as quickly as possible.
Wicket! Adair b. Broad 14 (32), Ireland 169-8 (53.5)
That is comprehensive!
Stuart Broad floats the ball further up the pitch and lights up the eyes of Mark Adair. He stride forward for a booming drive but misses the ball and hears the dreaded rattle as the stumps go flying.
Broad claims his 5-for too. What a day he’s having.
Ireland 169-7, Campher 32, Adair 14, Broad 4-51 (16.3)
Mark Adair is notching up a few handy runs for Ireland. He guides a short ball from Stuart Broad into the gap and runs the ball down to third man for four.
Ireland 165-7, Campher 32, Adair 10, Leach 2-35 (13)
Jack Leach is excited after clipping Curtis Campher on the pads. England appeal for LBW but the umpire shakes his head and Ben Stokes elects against a review.
Leach signals that the ball was probably sliding down the legside.
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