It was a day of absolute carnage in London. We’re not talking about Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle, but Ireland’s bowling performance against England at Lord’s.
On the first morning of the four-day Test match England were skittled out for just 85 runs with Ireland’s Tim Murtagh doing the most damage by taking 5-13.
Metro described it as a “midsummer Murtagh” at Lord’s while the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror said England have gone from “champs to chumps”.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
The Cricket World Cup winners had a terrible day with the bat with Jason Roy scoring only five on his Test debut, captain Joe Root adding just two and Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali all dismissed for ducks.
In reply Ireland built a 122-run lead after scoring 207 and England finished the day’s play on 0-0 from one over of their second innings.
With the Ashes starting against Australia next week, England will hope to hit back in the final three days of the Test.
-
August 23 editorial cartoonsCartoons Saturday's political cartoons include deficit dimness, steamroller-in-chief, and more
-
5 museum-grade cartoons about Trump's Smithsonian purgeCartoons Artists take on institutional rebranding, exhibit interpretation, and more
-
Settling the West Bank: a death knell for a Palestine state?In the Spotlight The reality on the ground is that the annexation of the West Bank is all but a done deal
-
How should the cricketing world handle Afghanistan?Talking Point England under pressure to boycott upcoming men's match against the nation, which remains an ICC member despite Taliban ban on women's team
-
Graham Thorpe obituary: 'chameleon' batsman with 100 England capsIn depth Cricketer's 'bottle in abundance' endeared him to fans
-
The Ashes: can England mount a glorious comeback?feature ‘Herculean’ task follows ugly scenes at controversial second test
-
English cricket is ‘racist, sexist and elitist’, says independent reportSpeed Read Chair of governing body apologises after crushing indictment of the sport ‘at all levels’
-
England are the ‘undisputed kings’ of white-ball cricketfeature Ben Stokes scored the winning run as England beat Pakistan in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final
-
Ben Stokes and England set up a ‘grand finale’ against South Africafeature In an old-school Test victory at Old Trafford, England’s captain scored a century and took four crucial wickets
-
‘Alarm bells’ for authorities: is there too much cricket being played?Talking Point Ben Stokes quitting one-day internationals has sparked a debate over the packed schedule
-
‘Bazball’: England cricket’s glorious new lookIn the Spotlight A staggering turnaround has taken place under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes
