ENG vs IRE Lords Test Ben Stokes: England beat Ireland by 10 wickets in the Lord’s Test. England had to score only 11 runs in the second innings to win the match. England won the match by scoring 12 runs without any loss. At the same time, a unique record has been registered in the name of England captain Ben Stokes. Actually, Ben Stokes has become the first captain in Test history, who neither batted nor bowled in a Test match, but apart from this the team won the match. This has happened for the first time in Test cricket history.
The condition of the match was like this
At the same time, in this match, England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Ireland team, which came out to bat first, was reduced to just 172 runs. In response, England declared their innings by scoring 524 runs for 4 wickets. Ollie Pope scored a brilliant double century for England. Oli Pope played an inning of 205 runs in 208 balls. He hit 22 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. Apart from this, Ben Duckett played an excellent inning of 182 runs in 178 balls. Andy McBurney took the most 2 wickets for Ireland.
Deadly bowling by Josh Tongue
Ireland scored 362 runs for 9 wickets in their second innings. In the second innings for Ireland, three batsmen crossed the figure of fifty runs. Apart from Harry Tector, Andy McBurney and Mark Eder played brilliant innings. Harry Tector, Andy McBurney and Mark Eder contributed 51, 86 and 88 runs respectively. While Josh Tongue took the maximum of 5 wickets for England. Apart from this, Stuart Broad, Matthew Potts, Jack Leach and Joe Root got 1-1 success.
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