tuart Broad obtained England’s summer season off to a flying begin with three early wickets to push Ireland’s prime order to the brink of collapse on the primary morning of the one-off Test at Lord’s.
With James Anderson and Ollie Robinson not risked due to minor accidents – although each bowled on the outfield forward of the beginning of play in a constructive signal two weeks out from the Ashes – Broad shared the brand new ball with Matthew Potts and struck thrice in his first 4 overs to scale back Ireland to 19 for 3 after Ben Stokes had received the toss and inserted the guests.
