NEWS:
Ireland’s fantasy of pulling off probably the greatest stun in the historical backdrop of test cricket by beating England at Lord’s was broken as they fallen to 38 hard and fast to lose by 143 keeps running on Friday. On a cloudy morning, Ireland made a fantasy begin when Stuart Thompson finished England’s second innings on 303 with the principal bundle of the day, clean bowling Olly Stone to leave themselves two days to knock off 182 runs. After a downpour defer they started the pursuit in empowering style, achieving 11 without misfortune, yet the wheels tumbled off in breathtaking design as they posted the least ever test aggregate at Lord’s, giving in 15.4 overs.
Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad exploited ideal bowling conditions to take every one of the wickets. Woakes put Ireland out of their hopelessness, thumping back Tim Murtagh’s leg stump to complete with the awesome figures of six wickets for 17 with Broad taking four for 19.
It was a pitiful end to what had been an incredible exertion by William Porterfield’s brave side in just Ireland’s third test match and first against England.
They had bowled England out for 85 preceding lunch on the opening day of the four-day test on Wednesday and constrained another breakdown in the home positions in sweltering warmth on Thursday to set themselves up for an improbable first test triumph.
At last, in any case, the class of Broad and Woakes demonstrated a lot as England effectively shielded their most reduced aggregate since 1998 in Melbourne and their least ever at Lord’s.
Ireland in any event maintained a strategic distance from the lowness of breaking the record for the most minimal test score which is as yet held by New Zealand who were skittled for 26 against England in 1955.
“We set ourselves in a place to win – that is for what reason we’re so gutted up there,” Porterfield, whose expulsion flagged the beginning of the breakdown, said.
“We realized it would have been intense with the lights on and sprinkle noticeable all around. In any case, we needed to burrow profound and get past that. Reasonable play to the two fellows to how they bowled – they made it troublesome.”
Britain’s left-arm spinner Jack Leach was named man of the counterpart for his 92 in England’s second innings as a nightwatchman.