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The Nigels bottling the cricket is it?
Spectacularly so, you would think this was Sabina Park with Curtly & Courtney rumbling in.
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Ireland 127-2 at tea. Carried a wee bit of luck but have also played some lovely shots. No coincidence that they are going well with 2 batsmen who have played for Middlesex, and Murtaugh certainky made the most of his knowledge of his home pitch with the ball in hand.

Broad the pick of England's bowlers, even though Curran took both wickets, couple of chances missed off him.

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Andy Zaltzman pulling some fine/mental stats out for this.

- England's numbers 4 to 7 scored two runs. Joint third worst in Test history.

- England did not lose 10 wickets in a session between 1938 and 2016. They have done this 4 times in their last 34 Tests:
v Ban Mirpur 2016
v NZ Auckland 2018
v Ind Nottingham 2018
v Ire Lord's 2019

- 3rd time since start of 2018 that a team batting 1st has been bowled out in under 25 overs in a Test. 6th time since 2008. Had only happened 3 times before then. This was England's 2nd shortest opening innings (23.4 overs), behind their 124gball capitulation in Auckland last year

All of the above would be bad enough against peak McGrath, Warne, Lee etc but Ireland??? [emoji1]

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Andy Zaltzman pulling some fine/mental stats out for this.

- England's numbers 4 to 7 scored two runs. Joint third worst in Test history.

- England did not lose 10 wickets in a session between 1938 and 2016. They have done this 4 times in their last 34 Tests:
v Ban Mirpur 2016
v NZ Auckland 2018
v Ind Nottingham 2018
v Ire Lord's 2019

- 3rd time since start of 2018 that a team batting 1st has been bowled out in under 25 overs in a Test. 6th time since 2008. Had only happened 3 times before then. This was England's 2nd shortest opening innings (23.4 overs), behind their 124gball capitulation in Auckland last year

All of the above would be bad enough against peak McGrath, Warne, Lee etc but Ireland??? [emoji1]
Murtagh also set a record today with his 5-13 being the most economical figures to go on the honours board at Lords.
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1 hour ago, peasy23 said:
1 hour ago, ArabGaz said:
Andy Zaltzman pulling some fine/mental stats out for this.

- England's numbers 4 to 7 scored two runs. Joint third worst in Test history.

- England did not lose 10 wickets in a session between 1938 and 2016. They have done this 4 times in their last 34 Tests:
v Ban Mirpur 2016
v NZ Auckland 2018
v Ind Nottingham 2018
v Ire Lord's 2019

- 3rd time since start of 2018 that a team batting 1st has been bowled out in under 25 overs in a Test. 6th time since 2008. Had only happened 3 times before then. This was England's 2nd shortest opening innings (23.4 overs), behind their 124gball capitulation in Auckland last year

All of the above would be bad enough against peak McGrath, Warne, Lee etc but Ireland??? emoji1.png

Murtagh also set a record today with his 5-13 being the most economical figures to go on the honours board at Lords.

And it was also the earliest 5 for in a test at Lords too.

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England going along nicely today but Burns not exactly cementing himself as an opener in future...
I love the stats they dig up during games, 2 regarding Leach.

Only the second batsman ever to bat at number 11 and open on the same day on a Test match.

He has now got the 4th highest score of any English opener since Cook retired.
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28 minutes ago, Tarmo Kink said:

England going along nicely today but Burns not exactly cementing himself as an opener in future...

Looks like a choice between Dominic Sibley & Leach atm, seriously though, incredible how much this pitch has changed in the space of 24 hours but I think Ireland's chance is gone here. Cannot see Root, Bairstow et al failing so spectacularly again.

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I love the stats they dig up during games, 2 regarding Leach.

Only the second batsman ever to bat at number 11 and open on the same day on a Test match.

He has now got the 4th highest score of any English opener since Cook retired.
3rd highest score now, also the first bespectacled England batsman to score 50 since Paul Allott got 51 against the Aussies at Old Trafford in 1981. I can remember watching that live. [emoji33]
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54 minutes ago, peasy23 said:

3rd highest score now, also the first bespectacled England batsman to score 50 since Paul Allott got 51 against the Aussies at Old Trafford in 1981. I can remember watching that live. emoji33.png

I know Burns best is 84 so he is closing in on that now as well.

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