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Five-star Tongue takes England to victory
England overpowered Ireland by 10 wickets to win their Ashes warm-up Test at Lord’s on Saturday.
England overpowered Ireland by 10 wickets to win their Ashes warm-up Test at Lord’s on Saturday.
England continued to dominate their Ashes warm-up against Ireland on Friday’s second day at Lord’s.
Ben Duckett’s dashing unbeaten fifty took England to within sight of a first-innings lead over Ireland on the opening day of their Ashes warm-up Test at Lord’s on Thursday.
Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie says beating England in a Test would “easily be our best achievement in cricket”.
Najmul Hossein hit a maiden ODI century before Mushfiqur Rahim ensured Bangladesh chased down 320 with three balls left in a tense three-wicket win over Ireland on Friday.
The Proteas qualified directly for the 2023 World Cup after the first ODI between Ireland and Bangladesh in Chelmsford was cut short by rain.
Ireland could gain automatic qualification for this year’s World Cup at South Africa’s expense with a 3-0 ODI series win against Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka thrashed Ireland by an innings and 10 runs in the second Test on Friday.
Nishan Madushka and Kusal Mendis both made double centuries against Ireland on Thursday.
Dimuth Karunaratne and Nishan Madushka both hit centuries as they amassed a record Sri Lankan opening stand in Galle of 228 in the second Test against Ireland on Wednesday.
Ireland posted their highest Test score on Tuesday as Paul Stirling and Curtis Campher became only the third and fourth Irishmen to hit centuries in cricket’s longest format.
A career-best 95 by Andy Balbirnie helped Ireland reach 319-4 at stumps on day one of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.
Ten wickets from Prabath Jayasuriya helped Sri Lanka thrash Ireland by an innings and 280 runs on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka put Ireland to the sword on the second day of the first Test in Galle.
Centurions Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis put Sri Lanka in a commanding position on day one of the first Test against Ireland in Galle.