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 21.1 Andy McBrine bowls it short of length to Jason Roy, 2 runs, rock back in the crease and cuts it hard through cover and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 23.1 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jason Roy, no run, comes on to the front foot and pushed out into the off-side.

Over 23.2 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jason Roy,1 run, skips down the track and clip drives the ball away to long-on for a single.

Over 23.3 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, comes on to the front foot and pushed out into the off-side.

Over 23.4 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, Boundary! Came down the track. That was loopy and Jack Leach got to the pitch of the ball to loft it away to deep mid-wicket and get a boundary.

Over 23.5 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

Over 23.6 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, prods forward and ekes out an inside edge on it to survive a bigger appeal as the keeper did come up with a squeak.

Over 25.1 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jason Roy, Boundary! Goes down on his knee and swept it beautifully through the short fine leg and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 25.2 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jason Roy, no run, stays on the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 25.3 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jason Roy, 3 runs, goes back in the crease and plays it late down to the third man and picks up three runs.

Over 25.4 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, gets forward and pushes it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 25.5 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, gets forward and pushes it straight back to the bowler.

Over 25.6 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, lunges forward and pushes the ball out into the off-side.

Over 27.1 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jason Roy,1 run, chips down the track and whips the ball away to long-on for a single.

Over 27.2 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, stays on the front foot and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 27.3 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jack Leach, no run, skips down the track a bit and pushes the ball back to the bowler.

Over 27.4 Andy McBrine bowls it flat in the air to Jack Leach, no run, pushed away into the covers as the flatter delivery was bowled.

Over 27.5 Andy McBrine bowls it flat in the air to Jack Leach, 3 runs, goes deep inside the crease and clips it down to fine leg and picks up three runs.

Over 27.6 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Jason Roy, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it straight down the ground and picks up a couple of 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 50.3 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Joe Denly, no run, goes deep inside the crease and works it towards square leg.

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 50.6 Andy McBrine tossed up delivery to Joe Denly, no run, came down the track and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

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.

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