England Vs Ireland Only Test 01 June 2023

Only Test, Lord's, London

Ireland

172/10 & 362/10 (86.2)

England

524/4 & 12/0 (0.4)

ENG won by 10 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Ollie Pope

205(208)

Ireland 1st Inn

172/10 (56.2)

England 1st Inn

524/4 (82.4)

Ireland 2nd Inn

362/10 (86.2)

England 2nd Inn

12/0 (0.4)

Batters

Zak Crawley *

300.00

Not out

Ben Duckett

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(0.4 Ov, RR: 18)

12/0

Did not Bat

Ollie Pope , Joe Root , Harry Brook , Ben Stokes , Jonny Bairstow , Stuart Broad , Jack Leach , Matthew Potts , Josh Tongue

Bowlers

EXT

Mark Adair

0.4

18.00

Player of the Match Ollie Pope

205(208)

Commentary

MATCH OVER!

England won by ten wickets!

Ireland 1st Inns 172-10
England 1st Inns 524-4 d
Ireland 2nd Inns 362-9

England 12-0

Zak Crawley 12 (4b)

An easy victory in the end for England although they would have liked to done it without coming to bat again. It just took four balls for Zak Crawley to score the 12 runs and finish the game off. Credit should go to Ireland considering they dragged the game this late into the day after starting it in a lot of trouble.

The game was, however, done in the first innings as Ireland only managed 172 with Stuart Broad taking a five-wicket haul under helpful conditions. As usual, the English batters came out with a lot of aggression with Ollie Pope registering a double century while Ben Duckett made 182 off just 178 balls. On the whole, England made 524-4 off just 82.4 overs before Ben Stokes decide to declare. Just like the first innings, Ireland's top-order struggled while things were made worse with James McCollum retiring hurt with an ankle injury. The young pair of Lorcan Tucker and Harry Tector saw Ireland through on Day 2 but the former got out six short of the fifty-run mark as Jack Leach struck the first blow on Day 3.

On the other hand, Harry Tector did reach the milestone but he was soon dismissed by Josh Tongue. A couple of deliveries later, Joe Root struck as Curtis Campher was sent back with Ireland on the verge of a collapse. Yet, the all-round duo of Mark Adair and Andy McBrine batted positively to ensure that they registered fifties and also went close to getting their names on the honours board. Unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be as Matthew Potts had Adair caught-behind with a short delivery while the seamer also removed Fionn Hand a few overs later. Ireland eventually took a lead and went to Tea but Stuart Broad bowled a beauty to get rid of Graham Hume to set-up a 11-run target for his side. From there on, it didn't take much time for the all-aggressive English side to complete the formalities!

0.4 Mark Adair to Zak Crawley, FOUR! IT'S ALL OVER! England thrash Ireland by 10 wickets, but take no credit away from Ireland for that fight they put up in the second innings. Crawley walks across the line and smacks it past the diving mid-on fielder to seal the game.

0.3 Mark Adair to Zak Crawley, FOUR MORE! No hanging around there, short and well outside the off-stump, Crawley punched on the backfoot, through covers and races away through the hill for another boundary.

0.2 Mark Adair to Zak Crawley, length delivery on the off-stump, Crawley presses to defend it into the off-side.

0.1 Mark Adair to Zak Crawley, FOUR! SHOT! Crawley wasting no time there. Short into the batter, Crawley pulled that one firmly behind square, races away and finds the ropes. This could be done and dusted in this over itself!

Welcome back to the final innings of this solitary Test between England and Ireland. The hosts only require 11 runs to win this match. So, this should be done pretty quickly! Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett stride out to open!

What a beauty from Stuart Broad and Graham Hume's stumps have been pegged back. James McCollum can't come out to bat. So, Andy McBrine will unfortunately be stranded on 86! Meanwhile, England will have to come out and get 11 runs to register a victory here!

86.2 Stuart Broad to Graham Hume, OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! That's it, Ireland resistance is over. This one tailed back in late, Hume gets forward to play but sneaks past the outside edge and knocks off the off-stump as Broad picks up his first wicket. McBrine walks back as he falls short of 14 of a milestone!

Graham Hume b Stuart Broad 14 (33b, 3x4, 0x6)

86.1 Stuart Broad to Graham Hume, FOUR! Frustration continues for England as Broad walks back shaking his head. Hume leans to defend with soft hands, runs down to third-man and finds the ropes.

Good over from Matthew Potts constantly testing both the edges of Graham Hume. Interesting that Hume has taken strike now

overs

358 /8 score

runs

Graham Hume *

10 (31)

Andy McBrine

86 (115)

Matthew Potts

1 /77

85.6 Matthew Potts to Graham Hume, OH! This one tailed back in sharply on the stumps. Hume brings his bat down in time to clip it past mid-wicket for one.

85.5 Matthew Potts to Graham Hume, back of a length into the batter on the stumps, Hume on his toes defends it into the on-side.

85.4 Matthew Potts to Graham Hume, back of a length, angled in on the middle and off. Hume gets rushed as he defends it into the on-side.

85.3 Matthew Potts to Graham Hume, touch wider on the sixth stump this time, Hume at the last second brings bat out of the way to leave that one alone.

85.2 Matthew Potts to Graham Hume, back of a length delivery, shaping in on the fifth stump. Hume on the backfoot allows it to go past him to the keeper.

85.1 Matthew Potts to Andy McBrine, back of a length, shapes back in on the off-stump. McBrine gets back to defend but skews off the inside edge into the on-side for one.

The final session on Day 3 is about to start now. Andy McBrine will be on strike with Graham Hume for company. Matthew Potts is ready to re-start play!

Session 3, Day 3!

Hello and welcome back to Sportskeeda's live coverage of the third and final session on Day 3 here at Lord's. Right then. Who would've thought after that first innings drubbing, Ireland would get past England lead in the second innings. Some remarkable rear guard action put on by Mark Adair who went on to score his career best 88 and Andy McBrine still out there fighting out.

Ireland are only just 4 runs ahead but this is a mighty effort from the visitors who have frustrated England a little bit. The test match will be over at some stage of this last session but Ireland can bow out with head held high. So, sit back, relax as I, Pradeep along with Karthik Raj still here to take you through everything that transpires till the end of the day!

TEA ON DAY 3!

Ireland lead by 4 runs!

Ireland 1st Inns 172-10
England 1st Inns 524-4 d

Ireland 2nd Inns 356-8

Andy McBrine 85* (114b) | Mark Adair 88 (76)

Josh Tongue 21-2-66-5 | Matthew Potts 20-3-75-1

What an admirable comeback from Ireland as they stretch this game to the final session on Day 3. The visitors re-started after Lunch at 215-6 with the duo of Mark Adair and Andy McBrine starting off against Stuart Broad and Jack Leach. The Irish pair was particularly aggressive against Leach as they slog-swept multiple boundaries while Broad wasn't as threatening too. This forced Stokes to bring on Potts from the end Broad was bowling from even though there wasn't much help for the bowlers.

Potts bowled testing line and lengths while he also kept Adair on his toes with short deliveries. His efforts' finally paid off as Adair's attempt to play an upper-cut only resulted in an outside-edge to Jonny Bairstow with the all-rounder falling 12 short of what would have been a maiden Test century. Fionn Hand came in and played defensively for a while but a rare try to play a cover drive only produced an outside-edge to Zak Crawley as Josh Tongue brought up a five-wicket haul on his debut. Thereafter, the duo of Graham Hume and McBrine saw out the session with gritty defense while the former also brought out some lovely cover drives.

England will be frustrated but they will want to get this final wicket with James McCollum unable to bat. On the other hand, Hume will be determined to hang on at least till McBrine gets to a century. Stay tuned and join myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Pradeep for the final session too!

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