England vs Ireland, One-Off Test Day 1 Live Score: England Win Toss, Opt To Bowl vs Ireland

01.06.2023 - 10:03 sports.ndtv.com

ENG vs IRE, One-Off Test Day 1 Live Updates: England skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bowl against Ireland in a four-day one-off Test on Thursday.

England have selected just three frontline quicks, including debutant Josh Tongue, while the likes of James Anderson and Ollie Robinson are rested prior to the Edgbaston opener with Australia.

Stokes was one of the standout performers the last time the Ashes were staged in England four years ago, his superb unbeaten century guiding the hosts to an incredible one-wicket win at Headingley during a series that ended 2-2. (Live Scorecard) We are all set.

IRELAND (Playing XI) - James McCollum, Peter Moor, Andy Balbirnie (C), Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (WK), Curtis Campher, Fionn Hand, Graham Hume, Andy McBrine, Mark Adair.

Ben Stokes England Cricket Team win Test 1 score Joe Root James Anderson Ollie Robinson Stuart Broad Zak Crawley Jonny Bairstow Paul Stirling Harry Brook Curtis Campher Mark Adair Andy Balbirnie Andy Macbrine Harry Tector Jack Leach London Matthew Potts Australia Ireland county Stokes

England will have to make some tough decisions on the make-up of their bowling attack for the second Ashes Test at Lord's after Australia pulled off a tense two-wicket win in the series opener in Birmingham.

England vs Australia, 1st Ashes Test: Usman Khawaja, Pat Cummins Star As Australia Edge Past England By 2 Wickets

Australia beat England by two wickets to win a thrilling first Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Tuesday. Australia were struggling at 227-8, still 54 runs shy of a victory target of 281, when skipper Pat Cummins was joined in the middle by tailender Nathan Lyon. But the pair's unbroken stand of 55 saw Ashes holders Australia home, with Cummins hitting the winning boundary to finish on 44 not out after opener Usman Khawaja had made a painstaking 65 to follow his first-innings 141. Lyon was unbeaten on 16, with Australia now 1-0 up in this five-match series as they bid for a first Ashes campaign triumph on English soil in 22 years.

England vs Australia, 1st Ashes Test, Day 5, Live Score Updates: Usman Khawaja Key As Australia Chase 281-run Target

ENG vs AUS, 1st Ashes Test, Day 5, Live:Australia will begin the fifth and final day of the ongoing first Ashes Test against England from 107/3, with Usman Khawaja (34*) and Scott Boland (13*) standing unbeaten at the crease. The visitors need 174 runs to win on the final day with seven wickets in hand. Australia were making steady progress at 78-1 in pursuit of a victory target of 281 when Stuart Broad removed both Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith -- the world's two top-ranked Test batsmen -- to leave the Ashes holders 89-3. (Live Scorecard)

England vs Australia, 1st Ashes Test, Day 4: Usman Khawaja Keeps Australia In Hunt Despite Stuart Broad's Twin Strikes

England's Stuart Broad took two late wickets to pile pressure on Australia as the opening Ashes Test at Edgbaston headed for a dramatic finish. Australia were making steady progress at 78-1 in pursuit of a victory target of 281 when veteran paceman Broad removed both Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith -- the world's two top-ranked Test batsmen -- to leave the Ashes holders 89-3. At stumps on Monday, the World Test champions were 107-3, still needing a further 174 runs to win on Tuesday's final day.

Stuart Broad fires England’s hopes of first Test victory in Ashes with double strike

Stuart Broad lit the fuse on England’s victory push with two huge wickets as a compelling Ashes first Test built towards a thrilling conclusion at Edgbaston.

Stuart Broad strikes late for England to leave first Ashes Test on a knife edge

An opening Ashes Test already featuring more twists than a novelty cocktail straw now heads into a decisive final day in which all four results are possible and shades of 2005 abound. Australia have made inroads into a pursuit of 281 for victory but England, buoyed by the latest trademark Stuart Broad burst, still believe.The tourists had seemingly taken full control of the game’s destiny on a see-sawing, gripping fourth day. Led by four wickets from their blue-eyed captain, Pat Cummins, and supported by four more from Nathan Lyon, they rolled for England 273 all out, thus setting a target one run shy of their famously thwarted chase here 18 years ago. Though it would represent their second highest chase on these shores, the placid nature of this much-maligned pitch - and Moeen Ali’s issues with his spinning finger - are in their favour. They started their pursuit in good order too, first innings centurion Usman Khawaja surviving a chance fourth ball - an edge flying between Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root at first slip - before he and David Warner set about compiling a 61-run opening stand that calmed any Australian nerves.