England v Ireland at Lord's, 24/7.

[sussexpob]

Got to love test cricket. Broad bounces Adair and rattles him in the helmet, Adair responds by smashing Broad into the crowd, Broad responds by removing his off stump.....

32/7

[backfootpunch]

Woakes averages 41 with the bat and 22 with the ball in home test matches

[sussexpob]

Woakes gets the name on the honours board.... 5/15 for him, Ireland 36/8.....

[sussexpob]

36/9..... my god, this has been a tragic effort

[bigfluffylemon]

Blimey. I went to get some lunch with Ireland 1 down, returned to see 24-4, then watched 3 more wickets go in quick succession.

Helpful conditions no doubt, but you've got to hit the right area, and they have done today, unlike the first part of the first innings.

Just hope they keep the discipline and don't try and get too cute with the tail. Keep it full and straight.

2 wickets down as I type this post!

Good catching by slips, by the way. There have been some tricky ones.

[bigfluffylemon]

Wonder what the lowest first innnings score in a match win is

Didn't Australia beat South Africa a few years back with something pretty tiny in the first innings.

[sussexpob]

currently 36 is the joint 4th worst effort in history.

To avoid the top 5, Ireland need 6 runs.... if they dont, it would be the worst score in tests in 64 years....

[Gingerfinch]

Wonder what the lowest first innnings score in a match win is

Didn't Australia beat South Africa a few years back with something pretty tiny in the first innings.

South Africa won, when scoring 90 odd, if that's the match you're thinking of?

[bigfluffylemon]

Wonder what the lowest first innnings score in a match win is

Didn't Australia beat South Africa a few years back with something pretty tiny in the first innings.

Nope, other way around. SA made 96 first dig, then bowled Australia out for 47 and won the game. 2011 Cape Town.

Bet there were some lower first innings totals to win games in the 1890s...

[sussexpob]

Wonder what the lowest first innnings score in a match win is

Didn't Australia beat South Africa a few years back with something pretty tiny in the first innings.

South Africa won, when scoring 90 odd, if that's the match you're thinking of?

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/127 ... ca-2011-12

Australia didnt win, and it was the second innings.....

No other innings featured on the list of all times ones of Cricinfo, but its tops at 80....

[bigfluffylemon]

FFS Broad bowl straight.

[sussexpob]

FFS Broad bowl straight.

Its 38/9.....

Maybe we can forgive our bowlers the odd loose one

[Gingerfinch]

Australia were 21-9 in that game

I didn't see Clarke's 150 but it was one of the best ever according to some at the time.

[sussexpob]

38 all out make that..... 5th worst score ever recorded. Worst in most of our life times too....(cut of summer of 1955).....

Well well....

[Gingerfinch]

38 all out make that..... 5th worst score ever recorded. Worst in most of our life times too....(cut of summer of 1955).....

Well well....

That'll teach them for daring they can beat the world champs!