Ireland captain Paul Stirling: "It's late September, been some rain around, so hopefully we can get something from the pitch.

"It was a real disappointment [not reaching the World Cup] but we have regrouped well and looking forward to getting back out there in this format.

"We really enjoying playing ODI cricket and it's a great venue today in Nottingham and an opportunity to test ourselves against England.

"I am enjoying the captaincy, we are in a bit of a rebuilding phase but it's been good as we look ahead to our next World Cup."

Ireland's players, led out by captain Paul Stirling, make their way on to the field in a quite leisurely fashion with Trent Bridge bathed in glorious sunshine this morning.

Phil Salt and Will Jacks to open for England.

England captain Zak Crawley: "We were going to have a bat actually, it looks like a good wicket.

Opportunities for players: "Absolutely, every time you play for England is a great chance and we want to score runs and play well.

Being captain for this series: "I feel like I've grown in confidence this year and hopefully I can do it as the years go on.

Who are making their debuts today?: "We've got George Scrimshaw, Jamie Smith, Sam Hain and Tom Hartley, hopefully they can all go well today."

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After the match at Headingley fell victim to the weather Zak Crawley will finally get his opportunity to captain England having been named skipper for this ODI series against Ireland.

Crawley has played 39 Tests for England but has not been part of a white-ball team who are world champions in both limited-overs format.

The Kent opening batter played three ODIs for England in 2021, when Ben Stokes led a hastily-assembled squad after many of the team's white-ball regulars were ruled out because of a Covid outbreak.

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I noticed a billboard the other day saying Neighbours is making a comeback. Well this week or so has been a bit of a soap opera for England.

Jason Roy was not due to play in this series against Ireland, then England skipper Jos Buttler said Roy might play after he might after he missed all four of their ODIs against New Zealand through injury.

Harry Brook was selected for the whole series, then withdrawn after he named in England's squad for the tournament in India ahead of 2019 World Cup winner Roy.

Roy then turned down the chance of featuring in the second and third ODI against the Irish.

Oh, and Joe Root was inked in to play the first ODI at Headingley to get some extra time in the middle, but despite that being abandoned without a ball being bowled he preferred to rest than play today at Trent Bridge or next Tuesday Bristol.

The knock-on affect of which has been Tom Kohler-Cadmore's call up to the squad. Although he's not been named in the team today.

England: Phil Salt (WK), Will Jacks, Zak Crawley (C), Ben Duckett, Sam Hain, Jamie Smith, Brydon Carse, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Matthew Potts, George Scrimshaw.

Ireland: Paul Stirling (C), Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (WK), George Dockrell, Andy McBrine, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young, Josh Little.

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The breaking team news is England have handed debuts to batters Jamie Smith and Sam Hain, left-arm spinner Tom Hartley and paceman George Scrimshaw.

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England captain Zak Crawley has tossed the coin and Ireland counterpart Paul Stirling called heads - which is correct.

Ireland are going to have a bowl at sunny Trent Bridge.

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England have already named their 15-man squad for the World Cup in India which starts on 5 October so you might think there is not much riding on some late September ODIs against Ireland.

Think again.

England selector Luke Wright has said rather than naming travelling reserves for the tournament he has told a cache of batters and bowlers to "keep ticking over" in case they need to be summoned to India at short notice.

Can someone make an impact in these next two matches against the Irish to ensure they are the next cab off the rank if there's an injury?

Welcome to live text commentary of the second ODI between England and Ireland from Trent Bridge.