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 45.5Tim Murtagh bowls short of length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 45.6Tim Murtagh bowls short of length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 46.3Stuart Thompson bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 46.4Stuart Thompson bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.Single

Over 46.6Stuart Thompson bowls short of length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 47.3Tim Murtagh bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 47.4Tim Murtagh bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 47.5Tim Murtagh bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 47.6Tim Murtagh bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 48.3Stuart Thompson bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 48.4Stuart Thompson bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 48.5Stuart Thompson bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 48.6Stuart Thompson bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.Noball + No runs off the bat

Over 48.6Stuart Thompson bowls good length delivery to Joe Root, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 50.1 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets a good stride forward to defend.

Over 50.2 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, gets forward and jams it towards mid-on and calls Denly across for the single. The throw is at the bowler's end and that saves Denly who was slow to start with.

Over 50.4 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets reaches out and wrists it towards mid-on.

Over 50.5 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, camps back and punches it in front mid-off, also promptly calling Denly across.

Over 51.1 Mark Adair bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root,1 run, backs away in the crease and guides it in front of backward point.

Over 52.1 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, hangs back and blocks it down the pitch.

Over 52.2 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Joe Root, out Denly Run Out!! This was knocked off the back foot towards mid-wicket by Root and that initial stutter of his meant that Denly came charging for a single that was always going to be risky. What's worse is that his skipper then backs off, leaving him to cover more than half of the pitch back to the non-striker's end. 

Over 52.3 Andy McBrine slips in a full toss to Joe Root, no run, goes on to the back foot and wristed to short mid-wicket who gets a hand to palm it to mid-on

Over 52.4 Andy McBrine bowls it flat in the air to Joe Root, no run, camps back and gets his bat down to dab it to mid-wicket.

Over 52.5 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, goes back in the crease and works it to short fine leg.

Over 52.6 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Joe Root, no run, stays on the front foot and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 54.1 WB Rankin bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets forward and defends it to point with an open face bat.

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 54.3 WB Rankin bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root,1 run, shuffles across to clip it down to fine leg.

Over 55.6 Mark Adair bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, no run, gets forward and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 56.3 WB Rankin bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root, 2 runs, gets forward and works it along the ground to deep square leg and picks up a couple of runs.

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