Mark Stringer: Nobody has mentioned Joe Denly at 3...really is he the best we have? Surely a great opportunity to blood somebody else.

Tim Fry: England's line up looks very bowler heavy. Would anyone else have gone for Ben Foakes and picked Jonny Bairstow as a specialist batsman?

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A couple of things to remember about today: 98 overs will be bowled in the day, rather than the usual 90, meaning the first two sessions will be two hours 15 minutes and the evening session two and a half hours.

Morning session: 11:00 -13:15

Afternoon Session: 13.55 - 16:10

Evening session: 16:30 - 18.30

Play can continue until 19:00 to allow the overs to be bowled.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Lord's

You could say it feels like the morning after the night before, but that would do the occasion an injustice. Yes, the pace is slower, the crowd not as urgent, and there is much more room in the press box. But it's certainly no less pleasant or exciting. Think Boxing Day, or the day after a wedding when everyone swaps drunken stories over a barbecue.

On an Ashes related note, Australia are currently warming up with a four day intra-squad match down in Southampton.

The Brad Haddin XI batted first and were bowled out for 105, and the Graeme Hick XI reached 96-7 at stumps in reply.

I guess what I'm saying is, day five Ashes tickets might not be the best investment...

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I might just start referring to the players by these names instead...

Moeen at six could very much go one of two ways...

England: Jason Roy, Rory Burns, Joe Denly, Joe Root (capt), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, Olly Stone.

Ireland: William Porterfield (capt), Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie, James McCollum, Kevin O'Brien, Gary Wilson (wk), Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Stuart Thompson, Boyd Rankin, Tim Murtagh.

Umpires: Aleem Dar, Ruchira Palliyaguruge.

TV umpire: Paul Wilson.

This is the first time England and Ireland have met in Test cricket - in fact, this is only Ireland's third outing with the red ball.

They were beaten by five wickets against Pakistan in May - although at one point they had Pakistan 14-3 - and they lost to Afghanistan in March earlier this year.

England, meanwhile, have played three Tests this year. They were beaten 2-1 by West Indies in the Caribbean back in February.

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Niall O'Brien
Former Ireland wicketkeeper on BBC Test Match Special

I never thought this day would happen. I didn't think Ireland would play Test cricket in my lifetime. But I'm here - my brother is playing, and my mum and dad are here.

William Porterfield confirms that Mark Adair will make his Test debut and off-spinner Andy McBrine will also feature.

England, as we know, have handed debuts to Jason Roy and Olly Stone.

Ireland captain William Porterfield: "There was a bit of discussion about what we might do. There might be a bit in it for the first few hours so hopefully we can utilise that. I think it might do a bit, we've just got to make the most of that. Quite a few guys have played a lot of county cricket around the country so that experience is there."

England captain Joe Root: "It looks quite dry underneath. We're playing two spinners so we need to make the most of that. Hopefully we can get ourselves in, make a big score and take the game from there."

Joe Root wins an awful lot of coin tosses, doesn't he?

"Heads" calls William Porterfield - and it's tails!

England will have a bat first.

Shall we have a coin toss?

Glorious weather at Lord's. Joe Root has the coin in his mitts...

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BBC Sport at Lord's

Busy at St John's Wood...

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