England vs Ireland: England collapse for 85 to put visitors in control at Lord's
The two meet for the first time in a Test at Lord's
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England's World Cup honeymoon was gatecrashed in sensational fashion as Ireland skittled their hosts for a calamitous 85 before taking an 122-run first innings' lead at Lord's.
Just 10 days after their greatest achievement in one-day cricket, England were back at the scene of the triumph to face their neighbours for the first time in the Test arena, an occasion that immediately brought them crashing down to earth. Tim Murtagh, the 37-year-old Middlesex seamer who has spent a dozen years honing his craft at the home of cricket, led the Irish charge with a stunning return of five for 13 while Mark Adair and one-time England bowler Boyd Rankin shared the remaining scalps.
Andrew Balbirnie then passed 50 in response before debutant Olly Stone and Sam Curran took three wickets apiece to eventually dismiss the visitors for 207 on a day where 20 wickets fell.
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Welcome
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England: Joe Root (c), Moeen Ali, Rory Burns, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Joe Denly, Jack Leach, Jason Roy, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes.
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Who will impress?
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Full teams
England XI: Jason Roy, Rory Burns,Joe Denly, Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, Olly Stone.
Ireland XI: William Porterfield (c), Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie, James McCollum, Kevin O'Brien, Gary Wilson (wk), Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Stuart Thompson, Boyd Rankin, Tim Murtagh.
Jason Roy
Roy was a key part of England's World Cup success and will be given the opportunity to translate his success to the longer format at Lord's, partnering Surrey colleague Rory Burns as the search for a successful opening pair continues.
Captain Joe Root said at a pre-match press conference: "With Jason, we want him to be himself, express himself and trust his instincts as much as possible.
"He brings something different to our Test batting side, he's a proven performer in international cricket and fully capable of making big contributions.
"I hope he doesn't try to play differently, I hope he'll go and be himself."
For and against England
Boyd Rankin played one Test in the 2013-14 Ashes and becomes the first player to line up for and against England since the Nawab of Pataudi in 1946.
We're away!
It's so good to see a cherry-red ball and a slip cordon again in international cricket.
0.3 Rory Burns 1 Jason Roy 0
Naturally, it's Tim Murtah to open the bowling for Ireland. After just seeing what's what, Burn touches the ball into cover and gets off the mark.
1.0 England 3/0 Rory Burns 1 Jason Roy 3
Jason Roy gets faces his first delivery in international Test cricket and after getting that out the way tries to find the boundary with a neat driver along the floor through extra cover, but the fielder quickly makes up the ground as Roy comes back for three.
1.2 England 3/0 Rory Burns 1 Jason Roy 3
Bowling from the Pavillion end is Mark Adair on his Test debut.
His second ball is cracking towards point by Roy, but the fielding is very good to prevent any runs.
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