England 42-6 against Ireland and............

[MacAdder]

67 for 9 now!
Murtagh 5 wickets.
Interestingly England still massive odds on to win.

Atherton saying England should not have played so soon after the world cup "no time to process what has happened"

[qccfc]

67 for 9 now!
Murtagh 5 wickets.
Interestingly England still massive odds on to win.

Atherton saying England should not have played so soon after the world cup "no time to process what has happened"

I would tend to agree. after all the focus on the world cup, and then winning it. It would have been very difficult to then get up for a game against Ireland at Lords. Added to that the change in focus and technique to go from the one day game to the longer game.

That being said with the Ashes coming up this game is very much needed and the performance is well under par.