England vs Ireland: England collapse for 85 to put visitors in control at Lord's
The two meet for the first time in a Test at Lord's
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Your support makes all the difference.England's World Cup honeymoon was gatecrashed in sensational fashion as Ireland skittled their hosts for a calamitous 85 before taking an 122-run first innings' lead at Lord's.
Just 10 days after their greatest achievement in one-day cricket, England were back at the scene of the triumph to face their neighbours for the first time in the Test arena, an occasion that immediately brought them crashing down to earth. Tim Murtagh, the 37-year-old Middlesex seamer who has spent a dozen years honing his craft at the home of cricket, led the Irish charge with a stunning return of five for 13 while Mark Adair and one-time England bowler Boyd Rankin shared the remaining scalps.
Andrew Balbirnie then passed 50 in response before debutant Olly Stone and Sam Curran took three wickets apiece to eventually dismiss the visitors for 207 on a day where 20 wickets fell.
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18.3 Ireland 45/1 Andrew Balbirnie 5 James McCollum 19
Broad is currently 0/6 after seven overs. He used to be one of the first names on the team sheet, although you wonder if that will necessarily be the case this summer with Jofra Archer around.
Curran strikes again!
James McCollum's innings comes to an end as he gets a thick inside edge onto the stumps and Curran has his second.
Like Porterfield, he will be disappointed to have not kicked on after setting himself.
Paul Stirling comes in.
19 Ireland 50/2 Andrew Balbirnie 5 Paul Stirling 4
Stirling wastes little time in getting himself set and sends Broad's first delivery to him skittling towards the boundary after slicing it beyond third-man with a late shot. Ireland bring up the 50.
Stirling is someone you want to get out early as he can, in a similar way to Jason Roy, turn a modest score into something quite impressive fairly quickly.
19 Ireland 51/2 Andrew Balbirnie 6 Paul Stirling 4
Broad finds Balbirnie's outside edge and the ball falls just short of the chaps at slip. Broad stands there with his classic hands-on-hips stance, you normally expect those deliveries to carry on the first day of a test. That doesn't bode well for the rest of the game.
21 Ireland 59/2 Andrew Balbirnie 10 Paul Stirling 8
That's a fairly expensive over from Sam Curran. Balbirnie begins with a four and Stirling wraps it up with a pull shot from his short delivery in dismissive style.
21 Ireland 59/2 Andrew Balbirnie 10 Paul Stirling 8
The umpires have their special hoop checking device out as Broad chips away at the officials. It goes straight through and Broad is told to get on with things. Unlike England to complain about the ball...
22 Ireland 63/2 Andrew Balbirnie 14 Paul Stirling 8
So close! Balbirnie gets a huge outside edge and the ball flies between Bairstow and first slip to zip away for four. Root seemed a touch wrong-footed as it ran through.
You wonder whether Bairstow is a touch out of practice with his wicket-keeping, same could be said about Root fielding at slip. Who knows.
That was a huge opportunity. Broad shakes his head as drinks are brought on.
22 Ireland 63/2 Andrew Balbirnie 14 Paul Stirling 8
Jack Leach has been going through his paces at the boundary, could we see him soon?
22 Ireland 63/2 Andrew Balbirnie 14 Paul Stirling 8
Here he is, Jack Leach brings the first touch of spin to proceedings today.
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