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England beat Ireland by 10 wickets
The target of 11 runs was in front of the hosts.
New Delhi. England has registered a thumping victory in the only Test match against Ireland (IRE vs ENG) before the upcoming Ashes series against Australia. The team led by Ben Stokes captured the Lord’s Test within 3 days. With this victory, English captain Ben Stokes registered a special record in his name. Stokes has become the first captain in Test history who did neither batting nor bowling nor wicketkeeping in this Test. Nevertheless, his team was successful in registering a victory with a big margin. Oli Pope, who scored a double century, was adjudged Player of the Match.
This is England’s 11th Test win out of 13 under the captaincy of Ben Stokes. In this Test match, Ireland had set a target of 11 runs in front of England. The hosts managed to register victory within 4 balls. Opener Jack Crowley returned unbeaten after scoring 12 runs off 4 balls, while Ben Duckett returned unbeaten on a personal score of zero. Batting first, Ireland scored 172 runs in the first innings. Opener James McCullum scored the highest innings of 36 runs while Kurtis Campher contributed 33 runs while Paul Stirling scored 30 runs. In the first innings for England, Pacer Stuart Broad took maximum 5 wickets while spinner Jack Licht took 3 wickets.
In response, England declared the first innings at 524 for 4 on the basis of Oli Pope’s 205 and Ben Duckett’s 182 runs. Joe Root played an inning of 56 runs. In this way, England got a lead of 352 runs in the first innings. The Irish team scored 362 runs for 9 wickets in the second innings. In the second innings, Mark Eder scored 88 while Andrew McBirney scored 86 not out. Harry Tector played an inning of 51 runs. Tong made debutant pacer Josh Tong take 5 wickets in the second innings.
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Tags: ben stokes, England, Stuart Broad
FIRST PUBLISHED : June 03, 2023, 23:19 IST
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