Cricket News: England lets nightmare begin against Ireland while batsmen capitulate

England made a terrible start to their test against Ireland in the worst possible preparation for the upcoming Ashes, just 10 days after winning the World Cup.

The Irish, who played this format for only two years and faced their neighbors for the first time, astonished the Lord's crowd and traveled through England. The pathetic innings ended for lunch, with the hosts falling 85. At one point they were 43-7.

World Cup heroes Jason Roy, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Chris Woakes fell for a combined score of seven and their joy over the unforgettable ODI triumph turned into abject misery.

Roy got an early chance to prove his credentials, with England choosing to hit first.

So useful when landing the trophy on the same ground 10 days ago, Roy made his test debut at the top of the order and many gave him as the man to take the fight to Australia when the first Ashes test starts next Thursday.

It wasn't long before Roy came under pressure, with two shock movements in as many balls. HHe was then pinned in front of the stumps, an lbw that would certainly have been given if bow teacher Mark Adair had not been called up for a no-ball. Roy's short and restless stay ended in the next over, Tim Murtagh catches the outside edge and Paul Stirling hung on a low catch on the first slip.

Joe Denly made 23, including two sweet cover-driven fours but lots of careful poking and uncertain moments, before becoming Adair & # 39; s first scalp.

The Irish attack continued when Middlesex sailor Murtagh doubled his count on the ground he has been calling home for twelve years.

He hung one over Burns, who had pulled six to the fold in almost an hour, and found the outside edge with a ball that came in at just under 74 km / h.

Gary Wilson stooped for the catch and England was 36 for three, with their World Cup winning Yorkshiremen Root and Bairstow in the fold.

A large part of the burden lay with Captain Root, but he only lasted seven births, two of which, before Adair zoomed one off the surface and knocked on his back cushion.

The decision on the field was not over, but visiting skipper Will Porterfield decided after referral, a call that paid rich dividends when replays made the ball crash into the stumps.

The buzz around Lord & # 39; s grew, believing that something remarkable was going on.

The atmosphere peaked when Murtagh landed the sweetest moment so far and pulled one back between bat and toad while Bairstow wanted to shift the momentum over the infield with a mow.

The application was bad and Murtagh hit his stumps for a duck, leaping for joy after he had created such a perfect image.

Two balls later, Murtagh won another lbw against Chris Woakes, the all-rounder who only fought via DRS for ball tracing to seal his fate with a narrow margin.

Murtagh completed a sensational five-wicket haul by pulling Moeen Ali to follow Wilson and leave without scoring.

That left England 43 for seven and in growing need. A delay followed but it was only short. Boyd Rankin took four balls to find the edge of Stuart Broad & # 39; s bat and bring England back to 58-8.

Sam Curran cut off a short leg that took a neat catch and England then trailed nine for 67.

Olly Stone showed the highest order of how it should have happened with a late revival and some nice blows from the offside. But he finished before 19 and England & # 39; s misery was complete before lunch. All out for 85, after just 128 minutes of playing on the first morning of a test match at Sunny Lord's.