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Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special
It's coming down really hard now.
Summary
England, chasing 158, reach 105-5 off 14.3 overs when rain arrives and no further play possible
Ireland win by five runs on Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method
Both sides have now won one, lost one
Ire 157 (19.2 overs): Balbirnie 62 (47); Livingstone 3-17, Wood 3-34
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Postpublished at 05:26 British Summer Time 26 October 2022
Rain stops playpublished at 05:26 British Summer Time 26 October 2022
Ire 11-0
Image source, Getty ImagesIt is pouring down, indeed. The covers are on, the players are off.
It's going to be one of those days, isn't it?
Postpublished at 05:25 British Summer Time 26 October 2022
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the MCGIt's pouring down.
Postpublished at 05:24 British Summer Time 26 October 2022
Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match SpecialThat's good batting from Stirling. He knows Woakes likes to swing the ball away and had already cleared the front leg early.
Ire 7-0published at 1.1 overs
And there's the first boundary.
Chris Woakes starts with a very wide one that Stirling carves past point for four. A freebie, really.
Ire 3-0published at 1 over
A quiet first over, Stokes giving nothing away and no real signs of aggression from Ireland yet.
Postpublished at 05:22 British Summer Time 26 October 2022
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the MCGThere's something very 2010-11 about hearing Jerusalem echoing around an empty MCG.
Ire 1-0published at 0.2 overs
First runs on the board as Stirling swipes at one outside off stump and takes a single down to third man.
Ire 0-0published at 0.1 overs
Solid in defence from Paul Stirling.
Postpublished at 05:18 British Summer Time 26 October 2022
Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match SpecialThis might be a good battle between Stokes and Stirling. Stokes will swing the ball away, which might suit Stirling.
Postpublished at 05:18 British Summer Time 26 October 2022
Here we go then. About 20 minutes late but we are ready to go.
Paul Stirling will face the first ball from Ben Stokes.
Postpublished at 05:16 British Summer Time 26 October 2022
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the MCGOff come the covers...
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Matt Mehdi-Daley: Many uni students pull all-nighters, but so far in my 2 1/2 years I’ve watched England play in Sri Lanka, India, The Ashes and now the T20 World Cup.
Pakistan and New Zealand left before I stop taking it for granted. Would be nice to watch England win once though.
Postpublished at 05:12 British Summer Time 26 October 2022
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the MCGAbout two minutes ago the drizzle became heavier and the groundstaff started to move in. Now it's lighter again but hasn't quite stopped.
Frustrating.
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Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the MCGIt's a lot calmer outside the ground today than Sunday before India played Pakistan.
They're hopeful of a crowd up towards 25,000 which wouldn't be a bad effort.
The Shane Warne statue has again had a lot of people stopping for photos.
Postpublished at 05:08 British Summer Time 26 October 2022
Good news!
The covers are off and we're going to start again in 10 minutes' time.
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Daphne Clifton: Glad to be awake for this. Let’s hope the rain holds off… or I go back to sleep.
From the press boxpublished at 05:04 British Summer Time 26 October 2022
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End of twitter postStart delayed due to rainpublished at 05:02 British Summer Time 26 October 2022
There is just a little bit of rain around so we're going to have a delayed start.
Hopefully it won't be too long...
Postpublished at 04:58 British Summer Time 26 October 2022
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the MCGIreland played a warm-up game here but this will be the first time have ever played a competitive occasion at the MCG.
A special day.