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Lords Test: England vs Ireland (Day 1, Report)

London, July 25 - Ireland, led by veteran pacer Tim Murtagh's maiden five-for in international cricket, stunned the cricketing world with their performance as they ended day 1 with a 122-run lead

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By Cricketnmore Editorial July 25, 2019 • 09:22 AM
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England pulled things back just after the break, with Broad trapping Stirling (36) in front. Stone then sent Balbirnie's middle stump cartwheeling to remove the dangerman. 

Veteran Kevin O'Brien remained not out on 28 but around him wickets fell in a cluster.Murtagh swung his bat around for a 10-ball 16 helping Ireland cross the 200-run mark.

Brief scores: England 1st innings 85 all out in 23.4 overs; Joe Denly 23, Tim Murtagh 5/13, Mark Adair 3/32) vs Ireland 207 all out in 58.2 overs (Andy Balbirnie 55, Sam Curran 3/28, Olly Stone 3/29, Stuart Broad 3/60) England 2nd innings 0/0 in 1 over (Jack Leach 0 batting, Rory Burns 0 batting)


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