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 0.1 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to WTS Porterfield, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 0.2 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to WTS Porterfield, no run, gets cover the off stump line and shoulders arms to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 0.3 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to WTS Porterfield, no run, gets across the line and works it down the leg side with soft hands.

Over 0.4 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to WTS Porterfield, no run, gets behind the line on the back foot and tries to play inside the line, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 0.5 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to WTS Porterfield, no run, comes on to the front foot and watches it along with going through to the keeper.

Over 0.6 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to WTS Porterfield, no run, comes on to the front foot and punches it straight back to the bowler.

11:45 Local Time, 10:45 GMT: Right now, the rain is falling pretty steadily and the full covers are on.

Over 2.1 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to WTS Porterfield, no run, gets forward and looks to play inside the line, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 2.2 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to WTS Porterfield, no run, gets forward and looks to defend on the offside, the ball goes off the pads towards slip.

Over 2.3 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to WTS Porterfield,1 bye, gets forward and misses the flick and the ball beats the keeper and they pick up a bye.

Over 2.4 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to James McCollum, no run, gets back in the crease and tries to play across the line but misses and the ball struck on the pads down the leg side.

Over 2.5 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to James McCollum, no run, gets forward and misses the defence and the ball struck on the pads but its going down leg.

Over 2.6 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to James McCollum, Boundary! Gets forward and driven beautifully along the ground through cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 4.1SCJ Broad bowls good length delivery to James McCollum, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 4.2SCJ Broad bowls good length delivery to James McCollum, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 4.3SCJ Broad bowls good length delivery to James McCollum, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 4.4SCJ Broad bowls good length delivery to James McCollum, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 4.5SCJ Broad bowls good length delivery to James McCollum, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 4.6SCJ Broad bowls good length delivery to James McCollum, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 6.1 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to James McCollum,1 run, gets forward and works it past the man at mid-wicket and picks up an easy single.

Over 6.2 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Andrew Balbirnie, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 6.3 SCJ Broad bowls it short of length to Andrew Balbirnie,1 run, goes deep inside the crease and went for a pull, the ball takes the top edge and landed safely.

Over 6.4 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to James McCollum,1 run, goes back in the crease and clipped away behind square on the leg-side.

Over 6.5 SCJ Broad bangs it short onto the pitch to Andrew Balbirnie, no run, stays deep inside the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

Over 6.6 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Andrew Balbirnie,  out Caught by Root!!  Balbirnie to play at it and this just seams away late to take the outside edge. Regulation takes for Root in the cordon.

Over 8.1 SCJ Broad bowls a short and rising delivery to James McCollum, no run, gets forward and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 8.2 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to James McCollum,1 run, goes on to the back foot and nudges it away through mid-wicket and picks up a quick single.

Over 8.3 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to KJ OBrien, Boundary! Gets forward and drives it square of the wicket on the off-side and the ball raced away to the third man fence for four.

Over 8.4 SCJ Broad bangs it short onto the pitch to KJ OBrien, no run, stays deep inside the crease and tries to ducks under it but the ball struck on the helmet.

Over 8.5 SCJ Broad bangs it short onto the pitch to KJ OBrien, no run, goes deep inside the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

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