England vs Ireland Only Test at London, 24 Jul, 2019

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 85/10 (23.4)  &  303/10 (77.5)
Ireland 207/10 (58.2)  &  38/10 (15.4)
England won by 143 runs
Man of the Match: Jack Leach
  • WB Rankin 0 * (5)

Over 2.6 Tim Murtagh bowls a good length delivery to Jack Leach, Boundary! Gets into playing at that, gets a thick edge and the ball squeezed into the gap between third slip and gully.

Over 10.2 WB Rankin bowls it short of length to Jack Leach, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and cracks it behind square on the off-side for a boundary.

Over 11.1 Mark Adair bowls a pitched up delivery to Jack Leach, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and driven beautifully through cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 11.4 Mark Adair bowls a pitched up delivery to Jason Roy, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and smashes it straight down the ground for four.

Over 11.6 Mark Adair bowls a half volley to Jason Roy, Boundary! Gets well forward to this half-volley and caresses the drive wide of mid-off. Timing and placement, top-notch!

Over 12.1 WB Rankin bowls a pitched up delivery to Jack Leach, Boundary! Gets forward and present the full face of the bat and driven straight down the ground for four.

Over 12.2 WB Rankin bowls a pitched up delivery to Jack Leach, Boundary! Leans into the drive and plays it beautifully through cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 12.4 WB Rankin bowls it short of length to Jack Leach, Boundary! Hangs back and across to clip this through square leg. Again, it's all about the timing and the outfield does the rest.

Over 14.2 WB Rankin bowls a half volley to Jason Roy, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and driven along the ground to sweeper cover fence for four.

Over 15.6 Tim Murtagh bowls a pitched up delivery to Jason Roy, Boundary! Gets forward and smashes it along the ground to sweeper cover fence for four.

Over 20.6 Stuart Thompson bowls a pitched up delivery to Jack Leach, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and punches it straight down the ground for four.

Over 22.3 Stuart Thompson bowls a pitched up delivery to Jack Leach, Boundary! Gets forward and went hard on the drive, the ball takes the outside edge and goes wide of 2nd slip and raced away to the fence for four. Half-century for Leach 

Over 23.4 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, Boundary! Came down the track. That was loopy and Jack Leach got to the pitch of the ball to loft it away to deep mid-wicket and get a boundary.

Over 24.5 Stuart Thompson bowls a pitched up delivery to Jason Roy, no run, gets forward and  drives the ball uppishly for the man at cover to jump up but he failed to get any touch on it.

Over 25.1 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jason Roy, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and swept it beautifully through the short fine leg and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 28.5 Stuart Thompson bowls it short of length to Jason Roy, Boundary! Rock back in the crease and punches it hard through point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 32.1 WB Rankin bowls a good length delivery to Jack Leach, Boundary! Gets across the line on the back foot and flicks it down to the fine leg fence for four.

Over 34.4 WB Rankin bowls it short of length to Jack Leach, Boundary! Shuffled across on the pull, gets a big inside edge and it flew even before the fielder could react

Over 35.5 Mark Adair bowls a pitched up delivery to Jack Leach, Boundary! Gets reaches out for it and drives it along the gorund to deep point fence for four.

Over 37.2 Mark Adair bowls a good length delivery to Jason Roy, Boundary! Pressed forward with a big stride and then crashes the ball wide of cover, no need to run for those.

Over 38.1 WB Rankin bowls it short of length to Jack Leach, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and slashes over the man at the point and they get a four straightaway after drinks. Hopped up, got on top of the bounce and slashed it.

Over 39.1 Tim Murtagh bowls a good length delivery to Jack Leach, Boundary! Get early into the drive and gets it over Rankin at mid-off. Rankin leaped up but failed to get there.

Over 39.4 Tim Murtagh bowls a pitched up delivery to Jack Leach, Boundary! Gets forward and drives the ball between cover and mid-off and the ball races away to the fence for a four. Was nicely driven on the up.

Over 41.5 Tim Murtagh bowls a pitched up delivery to Jack Leach, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and drives it hard through extra cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 54.2 WB Rankin bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Gets wait for the ball on the back foot and plays it down to the third man fence for four.

Over 57.6 Tim Murtagh bowls it short of length to Joe Root, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches it square of the wicket on the off-side, the ball raced away to the third man fence for four.

Over 61.1Tim Murtagh bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.Boundary!

Over 62.4WB Rankin bowls pitched up delivery to Chris Woakes, leans forward and drives it gloriously past covers for a boundary.Boundary!

Over 62.5WB Rankin bowls good length delivery to Chris Woakes, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.Boundary!

Over 65.3Mark Adair bowls pitched up delivery to Sam Curran, gets forward and drives it straight down the groundBoundary!

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