England are taking rapid strides towards an emphatic win against Ireland at the home of cricket. Ben Duckett has raised an enterprising century in the morning session on Day 2 after the hosts polished off 152 runs for the loss of Zac Crawley by the draw of stumps on Day 1.
Stuart Broad’s 5 for 51 – his 20th five-wicket haul and third at Lord’s – skittled Ireland for 172 on Day 1 of the solitary four-day Test. He picked the first three wickets to fall as the scoreline read a grim 19/3. Paul Stirling and James McCollum weathered the storm with a 45-run stand for the fourth wicket before the former fell sweeping towards the end of the morning session.
Lorcan Tucker and McCollum waded through the remaining 25 minutes of play without any further damage and went to Lunch safely on 8 and 29 respectively. The hosts struck promptly post Lunch, dismissing McCollum, who had waded through the testing period in the morning session even as wickets tumbled from the other end. Just five overs later, Lorcan Tucker was adjudged lbw courtesy a missed a sweep off Jack Leach, taking a review along with him on his way out.
A promising innings from Andy McBrine came to an end on 19 when he went for a drive off Matthew Potts only to get a thick outside edge to the wicketkeeper. Mark Adair hung around for a while but England snuffed out the tail promptly to keep the tourists to a lowly first-innings total, Curtis Campher’s defiance notwithstanding.
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Ben Duckett in cruise control at Lord's 👏
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