England vs Ireland - Only Test, Lord's, 24th-27th July 2019

[Milang_Panthers]

Ireland lead with 8 wickets in hand!

 

[Voice of the G]

And the Irish boys have hit the front only 2 wickets down.Keep it going lads and build a big lead.Run a ball stuff from Stirling to.Must admit I thought Ireland would have been 5 or 6 out by now.Good on them,good for the future of international test cricket.Last 10 overs 0 for 65.

 

[The Speaker]

Balbirnie and Stirling chuffing along without too much drama atm

 

[Milang_Panthers]

50 for Balbirnie!

 

[Bradesmaen]

I think what this shows is that pace is not everything. Too many people focussing on pace.. if you bowl at a decent speed and move the ball around it's difficult to play. It's how Sayers has got so many wickets and why we suck in England - we don't have bowlers who can move a ball with the exception of Starc who doesn't know where he is pitching it or swinging it 90% of the time.

 

[eth-dog]

One more boundary please

 

[VirgilHilts]

All Ireland today. Hats off to them. Almost everything has gone wrong for England, mostly their own fault.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Jhye Richardson swinging it both ways would be such an asset

And given his height - not too many would sail over the stumps either

Plus he handles the bat ok
Such a pity

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Obviously not paying attention - but what grounds did the ICC use to sanction this as a 4 day test ?

 

[Mateyman]

Obviously not paying attention - but what grounds did the ICC use to sanction this as a 4 day test ?

They passed rules that 4 day tests were allowed a while ago I think, just isn't usually atm used other than with the new full members.

 

[The Speaker]

South Africa vs Zimbabwe was a 4-day Test a couple of years ago

 

[The Falcon Strike]

They passed rules that 4 day tests were allowed a while ago I think, just isn't usually atm used other than with the new full members.

Ok cool - looks like they’re using the same rules as the women

Fair enough - especially with fledgling nations (despite this performance)

 

[Milang_Panthers]

Beautiful shot!

 

[The Speaker]

They'll be hoping for 250 at this rate...

 

[Milang_Panthers]

England on a roll now!

 

[Visions]

England will be batting again today.

Don’t worry about the 4 day test. This will be lucky to get to the end of 3.

 

[Blue Arrow]

Those scores from the Australian practice match are not looking so bad now. Imagine what Cummings, Pattinson & co would have done to the Poms.

 

[VirgilHilts]

When England finally got themselves together they bowled pretty well. Olly Stone has had a good debut so far. The trick with him will be keeping him fit.

 

[Richard Pryor]

Good stuff from Balbirnie and Big Man Stirling. Will be tough for them to skittle England again now that the pitch is probably a bit friendlier though.

 

[Voice of the G]

Sadly I still think England will still win from here,a pity Ireland did not get about 350

 

[dogs105]

Has anyone ever sent out a nightwatchman to protect an opening batsman before?

 

[corbies]

Has anyone ever sent out a nightwatchman to protect an opening batsman before?

This is the situation that it always occurs in. 1 over left in the day, if a wicket falls its stumps. I can think of this match where it happened and Dhammika Prasad was sent up to open for 1 over.

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[dogs105]

This is the situation that it always occurs in. 1 over left in the day, if a wicket falls its stumps. I can think of this match where it happened and Dhammika Prasad was sent up to open for 1 over.

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Pretty poor by openers though I think. It's part of the job description

 

[workhorse]

England still favourites for mine, unfortunately. They could easily make 300+ here as I can't see them getting stung twice. I wouldn't be confident of the Irish chasing more than 150ish in the second dig. Still, amazing first day. Good for cricket.

 

[The Speaker]

Good stuff from Balbirnie and Big Man Stirling. Will be tough for them to skittle England again now that the pitch is probably a bit friendlier though.

On one hand, yes. On the other hand, a lot of their success was due to poor batting from England - they've got problems. The most solid batsmen are probably Root and Woakes.