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:
England 40-0, Crawley 20, Duckett 19, Hume 0-16 (3), trail by 132
Duckett works his bottom hand over a flick to leg and scampers through for three runs.
Hume, now accustomed to bowling at the left-hander, strays down leg to Crawley who whips him beautifully behind square leg for a boundary.
England 33-0, Crawley 16, Duckett 16, Adair 0-24 (3), trail by 139
Crawley milks Adair away for a couple of twos either side of getting struck on the thigh pad. The Kent opener will be determined to go big in this innings.
He needs a score to quiet the noise ahead of the Ashes.
Crawley flicks a short one off his hip for his third two of the over before an outside edge flies wide of the slips and brings him four more.
England 23-0, Crawley 6, Duckett 16, Hume 0-9 (2), trail by 149
Crawley is content to give Duckett the strike and blocks the ball into the legside for a single. Hume then hits the opener on the pads and there’s a half-hearted appeal from Ireland.
The ball pitched outside leg though so the appeal doesn’t have much going for it.
To make matters worse Hume strays wide outside off and Duckett latches on to a gorgeous cover drive and collects another boundary.
England 18-0, Crawley 5, Duckett 12, Adair 0-14 (2), trail by 154
Zak Crawley eases the ball away for one to bring Ben Duckett on strike against Mark Adair.
Adair doesn’t have the pace to challenge Duckett with a short ball and the left-handed opener jabs him through midwicket for four runs!
He does it again with the very next ball and things are already looking ominous for Ireland. If Duckett gets into his stride, their lead will evaporate quickly.
England 8-0, Crawley 4, Duckett 4, Hume 0-4 (1), trail by 164
Ben Duckett came back into the England team over the winter and formed a decent partnership with Zak Crawley. He was impressive in Pakistan were England won 3-0 and scored at a decent rate against New Zealand too.
Duckett is away as well. He takes Graham Hume’s first over for four as England get off to a confident start.
England 4-0, Crawley 4, Duckett 0, Adair 0-4 (1), trail by 168
Crawley is away on the second ball. He slaps a backfoot stroke through the offside and records England’s first boundary of the innings.
Adair pushes the ball slightly fuller and tries to force the tall batter onto the front foot.
Start of innings: England 0-0, Crawley 0, Duckett 0, Adair 0-0 (0.1), trail by 172
Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley make their way out to the middle to a smattering round of applause from the onlooking crowd. This could be a big innings for Crawley who is under a bit of pressure to hold onto his place at the top of the order.
Mark Adair opens the bowling for Ireland and finds a hint of swing straight away.
Sonia Twigg at Lord's
One final flourish from Potts and that’s that for the Ireland innings, 172 all out.
While it might not quite live up to England’s ‘Bazball’ style, it was entertaining after a shaky start.
Curtis Campher almost deserved a half-century for his rearguard action, which helped see Ireland away from a truly disappointing first innings total, which looked possible with the tourists 19 for three early doors.
There will be a moment of disappointment for Josh Tongue, who was unable to take his maiden Test wicket, with his 13 overs having gone for 40, although he did hit speeds of up to 90mph.
End of innings: Ireland 172 all out
England’s bowling figures:
Stuart Broad: 17-5-51-5
Matt Potts: 12.2-4-36-2
Josh Tongue: 13-4-40-0
Jack Leach: 14-2-35-3
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