Only Test : Ireland vs. England at Lord's

Jul 24-27 2019

85 all out

23.4 Adair to Stone, OUT, and that's yer lot! Bowled off the elbow, seaming back
20.1 Rankin to Curran, OUT, gone, poked to short leg!
18.4 Rankin to Broad, OUT, round the wicket, back of a length and beats the bat, Wilson leaping to his right..
14.2 Murtagh to Ali, OUT, nicked off, FIVE for Murtagh!
12.6 Murtagh to Woakes, OUT, nips off the seam, into the pad, and up goes the finger! My God!
12.4 Murtagh to Bairstow, OUT, a loose flat-footed swat, and Bairstow's timbers are wrecked!
11.6 Adair to Root, OUT, huge appeal again! So, so, so straight! T
10.4 Murtagh to Burns, OUT, driven once more, edged once more, caught once more!
9.5 Adair to Denly, OUT, full, straight, gone!
2.4 Murtagh to Roy, OUT, edged, and gone!

Shortest all out innings for ENG in Tests:

15.4 vs Aus MCG 1902
19.1 vs WI Port of Spain 1994
20.4 vs NZ Auckland 2018
22.5 vs Aus MCG 1904
23.4 vs Ire Lord's 2019

45 - 1 after 18

12.1
Curran to Porterfield, OUT, flumped to midwicket on the pull! Curran strikes with his first ball,
plugged halfway down - only to miscue it straight to Leach for a simple catch at head height!
The breakthrough at last for England, if not quite in the expected fashion

WTS Porterfield c Leach b Curran 14

59 - 2 after 21

18.4 Curran to McCollum, OUT, bowled 'im, McCollum drags on! Curran the man again for England........

JA McCollum b Curran 19

Day 1: Ireland lead by 42 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the innings

Bilbirne 51* Stirling 36*

138 - 5

36.5
Stone to Wilson, OUT, gottim, fended to slip! Stone roars again, gets his second of the over with an 89mph

GC Wilson c Root b Stone DUCK

36.1
Stone to Balbirnie, Middle stump out of the ground! Peach of a nut from Stone, and he has his first Test wicket...

A Balbirnie b Stone 55

207 all out

Broad 3, Stone 3, Curran 3, Ali 1

Stumps, Day 1:

England trail by 122 runs with 10 wickets remaining

England lead by 13 runs with 9 wickets remaining :
Day 2 - Session 2 ~

135 - 1 after 34 overs

JJ Roy 60*, MJ Leach 64*

37.5
Adair to Roy,, comes down the pitch, ducks under the bouncer and... Roy has lost his shoe! Bizarre moment,

as his right boot comes clean off while running down the track, and Roy has to be quick to get back as Wilson

throws at the stumps