Ireland in England

England 524 for 4 dec (Pope 205, Duckett 182, Crawley 56, Root 56) and 12 for 0 (Crawley 12*) beat Ireland 172 (Broad 5-51, Leach 3-35) and 362 (McBrine 86*, Adair 88, Tector 51, Tongue 5-66) by 10 wicketsFour balls was all it took... four…

Lunch England 325 for 1 (Duckett 161*, Pope 97*, Crawley 56) lead Ireland 172 (McCollum 36, Broad 5-51) by 153 runsBazball and patience are polar opposites but even under the former's ethos, Ben Duckett continues to prove that old adage…

Lunch Ireland 78 for 4 (McCollum 29*, Broad 3-21) vs EnglandThree quick wickets to Stuart Broad consigned Ireland to a rough start in their Test against England at Lord's.Broad claimed his three in the space of eight deliveries as Ireland…

Big picture: Searching for the pinnacle"So Ben, what does the Ashes rivalry mean to you?"No disrespect was intended to England's actual opponents in tomorrow's one-off Test against Ireland, but nor was there any point in playing the…