Summary

  • Foakes hits unbeaten 61 and Curran 47 not out as England win by four wickets

  • Surrey pair take England to victory from perilous 101-6

  • Ireland bowled out for 198

  • Plunkett takes four wickets, three for Curran

  • Archer removes Adair with 90mph yorker for maiden ODI wicket

  • Match reduced to 45 overs per side after rain delayed start

  1. Postpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 3 May 2019

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Wow! What a shot! That came out of nowhere. Mark Adair does indeed have something about him.

  2. 6 runs

    Ire 150-6published at 31.3 overs

    What a shot!

    Oh, Mark Adair has absolutely mullered Tom Curran for six. It's short and Adair gets himself into position so quickly, moving onto his back foot and swinging the ball high, high, high over cow corner and into the crowd.

  3. Postpublished at 14:59 British Summer Time 3 May 2019

    A reminder that the bowlers have nine overs each, rather than 10, due to the ever-so-slightly shortened match.

  4. Postpublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 3 May 2019

    Ian Bell
    Former England batsman on TMS

    I played with Mark Adair at Warwickshire for a couple of years and he is a talented all-rounder. He can swing the new ball as well.

  5. Ire 142-6published at 31 overs

    There's something fascinating about Jofra Archer. His run-up is quite short; all the speed and power comes from his bowling arm as he wheels his arm over.

    Mind you, that's a shot and a half from Mark Adair, leaning back to get hold of a short ball and swat it past Archer and down the ground for four. Archer responds with a bouncer, directed into George Dockrell's body, and Dockrell wisely gets himself out of harm's way.

  6. How's stat?!published at 14:54 British Summer Time 3 May 2019

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Ben Foakes is only the second England wicketkeeper after Bob Taylor to take a stumping on both his Test and ODI debuts.

  7. Ire 133-6published at 30 overs

    Tom Curran goes full and straight, spearing the ball in at George Dockrell's toes, and he and Adair flick a couple of leggy singles here and there.

  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 3 May 2019

    #bbccricket

    Grumpydoug: And that is why you should always pick the best wicketkeeper!

    Mark Hayden: In terms of the spirit of the game, how is Foakes waiting for the batsman to lift his foot different to Ashwin's Mankad on Buttler?

  9. Ire 129-6published at 29 overs

    Archer 5-0-26-0

    Mark Adair thuds his bat down on to Jofra Archer's first couple of deliveries, before he and George Dockrell work a sneaky single from the third.

    Shot! That's lovely from Adair, leaning back and using Archer's extra pace to run the ball down towards point. Joe Root comes scampering around to cut the ball off and keep it to just two.

  10. Postpublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 3 May 2019

    ArcherImage source, AFP

    Jofra Archer is coming back into the attack for England.

  11. Postpublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 3 May 2019

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    That was a totally fair stumping. A batsman has to stay in his ground.

  12. Ire 124-6published at 28 overs

    If anyone out there knows the laws better than me then please, get in touch - #bbccricket or text 81111. Personally, I think it is a fair stumping. I don't think Foakes waited an exceptionally long time - Balbirnie was over-balancing slightly.

    Back on the pitch, Tom Curran wheels through a tidy over.

  13. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 3 May 2019

    #bbccricket

    KP Bowman: Why was there no consideration to the ball being dead in that stumping? Seems to me that the ball was finally settled in the keeper's hands (given the pause in Foakes' movements) and then Balbirnie lifted his foot.

  14. Postpublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 3 May 2019

    A bit of a Sydney Harbour Bridge?!

    Tom Curran's coming on for a bowl.

  15. Postpublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 3 May 2019

    Alan Lewis
    Ex-Ireland captain and chairman of selectors on BBC Test Match Special

    I don't think Eoin Morgan will be happy with Tom Curran for his fielding there. It was a bit of a Sydney Harbour Bridge.

  16. Ire 121-6published at 27 overs

    Dockrell 2, Adair 7

    Loose from Joe Denly, serving up a friendly full toss, but George Dockrell's sweep is cut off by David Willey at backward square.

    Oh, there's no stopping that though - that's four! Mark Adair takes a wander down the wicket and cracks Denly back down the ground and beyond Tom Curran.

  17. Postpublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 3 May 2019

    Michael McNamee
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Balbirnie won't be making a mistake like that again - it'll be burned into his memory.

  18. Ire 114-6published at 26 overs

    Adil Rashid continues, slip in place, and he's wristily worked away for a single by Mark Adair.

    George Dockrell clatters another one through backward point as Rashid whirls his way through another sedate over.

  19. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 3 May 2019

    #bbccricket

    Rich Kisbee: Great glovework from Foakes...

  20. Ire 112-6published at 25 overs

    Run rate 4.48

    We've seen a couple of slow-mos of that stumping - it really is terrific awareness from Ben Foakes.

    Mark Adair pushes a single to get off the mark, but that's all Ireland can conjure from this Joe Denly over.