England have received the toss and selected to bowl first towards Ireland of their one-off, four-day Test at Lord’s.
England, warming up for the Ashes collection, picked their crew on Tuesday and can debut Worcestershire seamer Josh Tongue.
Jonny Bairstow returns as wicketkeeper after lacking 5 Tests due to a damaged leg.
The England gamers’ bus was briefly delayed at their resort by protestors towards new fossil gasoline manufacturing.
Ireland will debut Fionn Hand because the third seamer.
The Irish misplaced Tests in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in April however achieved maiden centuries for Lorcan Tucker, Paul Stirling and Curtis Campher.
Tongue impressed in February in the course of the England Lions tour of Sri Lanka, and England coach Brendon McCullum referred to as him “a bit of rough diamond.”
England didn’t choose James Anderson, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Robinson, Chris Woakes, and Mark Wood.
Ireland have World Cup victories towards England within the 50-over and T20 tournaments however have by no means overwhelmed England in a Test.
In their solely earlier Test matchup in 2019 at Lord’s, Ireland gave England a scare after dismissing the house aspect for 58 within the first innings.
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, Josh Tongue, Matthew Potts.
Ireland: James McCollum, PJ Moor, Andy Balbirnie (captain), Harry Tector, Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker, Curtis Campher, Andy McBrine, Mark Adair, Fionn Hand, Graham Hume.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
