(^56) DAILY MIRROR WEDNESDAY 24.07.2019
DM1ST
CRICKET
ENGLAND V IRELAND
TEST MATCH, LORD’S, STARTS 11AM
HEADS
WE
WIN
innings
wasn’t it?”
admitted
Root. “It was
disappoint-
ing, but it
would be great
to start here
with a big
score.”
Probable
teams:
ENGLAND:
Roy, Burns,
Denly,
Root (c),
Bairstow (wk),
Moeen, Woakes,
Curran, Broad, Stone,
Leach. IRELAND: Porterfield
(c), Stirling, Balbirnie, McCollum,
O’Brien, Wilson (wk), Adair, McBrine,
Young, Murtagh, Rankin.
capable of making
big contributions
at the top of
the order.”
With
senior players
Ben Stokes
and Jos Buttler
handed a deserved rest following
the World Cup final win over
New Zealand, it will be up to
those carrying on, such as
Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes
and Root himself to show
the way at Lord’s.
The skipper had a
magnificent World Cup,
even if his performance
in the final in scoring seven from
30 balls was way below his usual
standards. “It was more of a Test
we got our heads
around this week
and what was to
come.”
And the
selection of
Roy is part
of England’s d e s i r e
to get on the front foot from the
word go, with Root telling the
Surrey man to do what he does
best and play his natural game.
“With Jason, I want him to just
go out and be himself,” he added.
“I want him to express himself
and just trust his instincts.
“He reads the game very well
and he’ll bring something
different to our Test batting side.
“He’s a proven performer in
international cricket, so fully
batsman Jason Roy and fast
bowler Olly Stone, while Jack
Leach, Rory Burns and Joe Denly
will make home Test debuts.
Ireland are competing in only
their third Test match, and Root
insists the charge for the Ashes
starts here.
“Setting the tone is definitely
what we are looking to do,” said
Root. “It’s a great chance. We
don’t want to sleepwalk into this.
“Any Lord’s Test at the start is
a good chance to set a precedent
for the way we want to play for
the rest of the summer.
“Coming after the World Cup,
it is something we addressed as
a squad. We knew that, after
such an emotional final, in
particular, that it was important
Root demands England go
out and batter Ireland to
steel themselves for Ashes
JOE ROOT has told his Test
hopefuls to set the tone for
the Ashes with a thumping
display over new boys Ireland.
The first four-day Test to be
played in England since 1947 is
widely viewed as an Ashes
warm-up and a chance for some
World Cup heroes to dip their
toe into red-ball waters before
the real business begins.
But Root is rightly having
none of it and has demanded his
team hit the ground running
against Ireland before turning
their attention to the trophy that
matters the most.
England are handing debuts to
when I started playing
cricket to play a Test at
Lord’s, although I didn’t
think it would be against
England. I’d like to think it
means as much to me as it
does to the other guys – we
want to do Ireland proud.”
the best end of the deal with
me coming to play for them
and Eoin (left) going the
other way. I was so happy
for him to lift the World Cup,
it doesn’t happen to many
people and he fully deserves
it. It was always the dream
(right) now has the chance
to etch his name into
proud Irish history, and
on a ground he knows
so well as a Middlesex
veteran of 12 years.
He joked: “I’ve always
said that Ireland have got
The London-born bowler had
always hoped he
would get to play
Test cricket at
Lord’s, albeit in a
different shirt to
the one he will wear
this week. But Murtagh
BY DEAN WILSON
TIM MURTAGH can make
himself as big a hero to Irish
sports fans as Eoin Morgan
is to English ones if he can
rip through their line-up.
I’M DOIN’ A EOIN IN REVERSE SAYS TIM
BY DEAN WILSON
Cricket Correspondent
@CricketMirror
Root with a header
as England have a
football kickabout
during training
yesterday
IT’S JUST
NOT CRICKET!
EXCLUSIVE
How England have
dominated the past..
TESTS
No meetings
ODIs
June 2006: Belfast, England won by 38
runs
March 2007: Guyana, Eng won by 48
runs (World Cup)
Aug 2009: Belfast, Eng won by 3 runs
Mar 2011: Bengaluru, Ire won by 3
wickets (World Cup)
Aug 2011: Dublin, Eng won by 11 runs
Sep 2013: Dublin, Eng won by 6 wickets
May 2015: Dublin, NR
May 2017: Bristol, Eng won by 7 wickets
May 2017: Lord’s, Eng won by 85 runs
May 2019: Dublin, Eng by 4 wickets
T20s
May 2010: Providence, NR (World T20)
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