Ben Stokes became the first non wicket-keeping captain to win a Test without bowling or batting when England beat Ireland at Lord's in June. #ENGvIRE #TestCricket

Ireland's eventual 362 was their second-highest Test total, passing 339 against Pakistan on their debut at Malahide in 2018 - but a long way behind their best, 492 against Sri Lanka at Galle in April.
#EngvIre #TestCricket #CricketStatistics

Ireland's eventual 362 was their second-highest Test total, passing 339 against Pakistan on their debut at Malahide in 2018 - but a long way behind their best, 492 against Sri Lanka at Galle in April.
#EngvIre #TestCricket #CricketStatistics

I believe we've just seen England's only ever Test match in which the captain did not at any point bat, bowl or keep wicket. #EngvIre #cricket

Mark Adair has gone past Andy Balbirnie's 55 four years ago as Ireland's highest Test score v England. And of course Ollie Pope (205) and Ben Duckett (182) have relegated Jack Leach's 92 in 2019 to England's third-best score v Ireland.
#EngvIre #TestCricket #CricketStatistics

Mark Adair has gone past Andy Balbirnie's 55 four years ago as Ireland's highest Test score v England. And of course Ollie Pope (205) and Ben Duckett (182) have relegated Jack Leach's 92 in 2019 to England's third-best score v Ireland.
#EngvIre #TestCricket #CricketStatistics

The quiet joy of tuning into a test match at Lords in what feels like the middle of winter after dinner. London doing it’s damp and cool summer, the calming accents of Yorkshire and Somerset and Middlesex sending me off to sleep.

This is a gentle MCC test match in a gentle land, after the drama of the IPL and the scorching southern hemisphere summer cricket

#cricket #ENGvIRE

Just watching the highlights of the test match today. I'm an England fan, but both the wife and I quite like the Irish cricket jumpers.

#ENGvIRE #cricket

It’s 12°C and I’ve got the heater on, under a blanket. It’s winter in Melbourne but SUMMER’S BACK BABY #cricket #ENGvIRE

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇫🇷 :irish_rugby: 🇮🇹 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Congrats to Sexton as he becomes the greatest scorer in #SixNations history #ENGvIRE

As we head toward the end of this year's #6nations rugby finale and maybe a #GrandSlam I want to say a huge #Croeso to all our rugby community that are new here this year, we are so glad to have you!

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#rugby #ENGvIRE Mais qu'est ce que c'est lent. J'ai cru que j'avais réduit la vitesse sans faire exprès.

Right, time to switch gears. Top 'o the afternoon to you. #ENGvIRE

#ENGvIRE all outcomes have a silver lining.

Draw: Ireland denied slam, England denied a win 🍾🍾

Ireland lose, denied slam 🍾

England lose,🍾

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#GrandSlam for #Ireland? Here are this weekend's #6Nations #Rugby hashtags:

#SCOvITA #FRAvWAL #ENGvIRE

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🇫🇷 #ECOvITA #FRAvGAL #ANGvIRE

🇮🇹 #SCOvITA #FRAvGAL #INGvIRL

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New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2023/01/21/england-u19-women-start-super-sixes-in-the-same-vein-as-they-ended-first-round/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #U19T20WorldCup #ENGvIRE A look at England's fabulous start to the Super Six stage of the tournament and at a couple of similarly named but unrelated players who both fared well today. Also some of my #photographs.

I’m really not sure that @IrishRugby@twitter.com needed to be 15 against 14 on the field to win the match 😬🏉 #ENGvIRE

#ENGvIRE was a rough, breathless match to watch, lots of unsupported Green breakdowns. #WALvGEO now kicking off, hopefully some good #rugby from both sides at Parc Y Scarlets

This is painful watching #ENGvIRE

🏉 #ENGvIRE Match Thread 73m

Into the last ten minutes at Twickenham. Ireland's fresh blood is hammering away with some nice lines, but England's line speed continues to muffle most efforts. It all ends sadly as England turn it over at the breakdown and this game is pretty much done. The real question now is whether or not Ireland can keep the bonus point away from England.

🏉 #ENGvIRE Match Thread 60m

Last quarter now and Ireland show no sign of defending their Grand Slam chances. I think this is the year for France...