Murtagh leads rout as Ireland thrive at Lord's

Jul 24, 2019

Barely a week after the World Cup final, Jason Roy's Test debut was confirmed when he received his cap from Sir Alastair Cook•Getty Images

Joe Root won the toss and chose to bat first on a baking hot day•Getty Images

It was a chastening debut for Roy, who also survived a plumb lbw because of a no-ball•Getty Images

Murtagh added the wicket of Rory Burns one over later ...•Getty Images

With 291 wickets at Lord's before this game, he was the perfect man for the occasion•Getty Images

...before being mobbed by his team-mates in celebration•Getty Images

Olly Stone's stumps were rearranged to end the innings•Getty Images

then added a second to give England a glimmer at 45 for 2•Getty Images

Olly Stone snared Balbirnie to take his first Test wicket, and added a second in the same over•Getty Images

...but Kevin O'Brien played a gritty innings, even after taking one in the ribs from Stuart Broad•Getty Images

Ashley Giles presented Olly Stone with his Test cap •Getty Images

But Tim Murtagh, a Middlesex stalwart, made early inroads for Ireland in a brilliant new-ball spell•Getty Images

Mark Adair, also on Test debut, bowled with accuracy and purpose•Getty Images

... before Joe Root became Adair's second wicket, lbw for 2•Getty Images

Moeen Ali became his fifth wicket in only his eighth over•Getty Images

Sam Curran launched a brief counter-attack•Getty Images

Murtagh led Ireland off after his five-wicket haul•Getty Images

But Paul Stirling bedded in on his home ground ...•Getty Images

but it was a chastening afternoon for Root and his team•Getty Images

He ended Roy's maiden Test innings on 5•Getty Images

...and bagged Joe Denly as his maiden Test wicket•Getty Images

Jonny Bairstow was bowled without scoring as Murtagh continued the rout•Getty Images

Murtagh takes the applause for his five-wicket haul•Getty Images

But Boyd Rankin's heavy artillery ended England's scant resistance•Getty Images

In reply, Sam Curran claimed a wicket with his first ball•Getty Images

... before Andy Balbirnie posted Ireland's first Test fifty at Lord's•Getty Images

Stuart Thompson was bowled shouldering arms...•Getty Images