Summary

  • 20 wickets fall on thrilling day

  • England 85 all out before lunch

  • Murtagh 5-13, Adair 3-32

  • Ireland slip from 132-2 to 207 all out

  • Balbirnie 55, Stirling 36

  • Curran 3-28, debutant Stone 3-29

  • England's last match before Ashes

  • Four-day Test, Lord's; Eng won toss

  1. Postpublished at 18:07 British Summer Time 24 July 2019

    Moeen Ali is on.

    Still absolutely no chance of getting these 23 overs in before 19:00.

  2. Ire 173-7published at 51 overs

    Lead by 88

    Kevin O'Brien miscues as he hoicks a hook shot away. Cries of catch but the ball lands safe.

  3. Postpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 24 July 2019

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Stuart Broad won't like that...

  4. Ire 171-7published at 50.2 overs

    Stuart Broad beats Kevin O'Brien's bat before the Ireland batsman slices the next ball away for four off a thick outside edge.

  5. Ire 167-7published at 50 overs

    Lead by 82 runs

    A wayward bouncer from Sam Curran is called wide by Aleem Dar, which brings about a wry grin from Joe Root at first slip.

    Curran ends the over with a yelping appeal against Andy McBrine, but umpire Dar is unmoved.

  6. Postpublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 24 July 2019

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Ireland lead England by 80 on the first day of a Test match. It has been the most bizarre day.

  7. Postpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 24 July 2019

    In theory, there's 25 overs left today.

    Realistically, there's an hour's worth of play still to come. Here's SCurran.

    Sam CurranImage source, Reuters
  8. Postpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 24 July 2019

    The drinks break - and Sam Curran - strike...

  9. Ire 165-7published at 49 overs

    Lead by 80 runs

    Short from Chris Woakes - and Andy McBrine somehow gets it over Jonny Bairstow's head and away for four!

    That wasn't convincing by McBrine, pulling out more of a flap than a convincing pull, but he's managed to clear Bairstow and get the ball down to the boundary.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 24 July 2019

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    Don't worry everyone... Australia are 396-31!

    James in Sheffield

  11. Postpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 24 July 2019

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    There's a strong possibility that England's openers could come out to bat again today.

  12. Ire 160-7published at 48 overs

    Lead by 75 runs

    Sam Curran, three wickets to his name, sneaks a delivery past Andy McBrine's outside edge, before McBrine thumps a solid drive just short of Stuart Broad at cover.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 24 July 2019

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    Sam Curran will be better than Flintoff.

    Fraser in Tetbury

  14. Postpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 24 July 2019

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    The state of the match is brilliant because England - the favourites beforehand - have a deficit and they still have to find a way to play Tim Murtagh better in the second innings. It's going to be an intriguing match.

  15. Ire 158-7published at 47 overs

    Chris Woakes teases Andy McBrine's outside edge with a couple of deliveries that swing across him, before a big drive and a solid edge adds four runs to the total.

  16. Postpublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 24 July 2019

    Meanwhile, in Australia v Australia, where 31 wickets have fallen in two days...

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 24 July 2019

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    Big Surrey fan but what is Joe Selwood on? Batty is second choice at Surrey, hardly played a game during the Championship-winning season last year and was again outbowled by Virdi when he returned from injury.

    Michael Shaw, Plymouth

    Can I remind people that Gareth Batty has a test average of over 60...

    Joe, Coventry

  18. Ire 153-7published at 46 overs

    Lead by 68 runs

    Whoops. Sam Curran has a shy at the stumps in his follow through but it's so wild and wayward that not even a diving Jonny Bairstow can cut it off, and Ireland sneak a bye.

    Bairstow shakes his head at Curran as he lays sprawled on the floor.

  19. Postpublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 24 July 2019

    It is very much a day for breaking 19th-century records.

  20. How's stat?!published at 17:37 British Summer Time 24 July 2019

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    The most wickets on the first day of a Lord's Test is 18, in 1896.