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Patna : Replying to England’s 85 all out in just 23.4 overs in their first innings at Lord’s, London, Ireland were all out for 207 in 58.2 overs their first innings in the one-off test on day 1 on July 24, 2019, night, with Andrew Balbirnie scoring 55, Paul Stirling 36, Kevin O Brien 28, and fast bowler Tim Murtagh 16. For England, fast bowlers Stuard Broad, Olly Stone, and Sam Curran took 3 wickets each while spinner Moeen Ali took one wicket.
Earlier, electing to bat first after winning the toss, England were all out for only 85 in their first innings in the first session of the play with Joe Denly scoring 23, Sam Curran 18 and Olly Stone 19 For Ireland, fast bowler Tim Murtagh took 5/13 in 9 overs while Mark Adair took 3/32 in 7.4 overs. Boyd Rankin took 2/5 in 3 overs.
At stums on day 1, England were 0/0 after in 1 over in their second innings. Twenty wickets fell on the first day of the test with 10 falling in the first session of the play.