England v Ireland at Lords

Ireland seem to be a lot poorer than last time we played them. Obviously we’ve got better, but this kind of mismatch can’t be good for international cricket. I guess they are guaranteed a day out at Lords every four years, have we ever played a Test over there?

Perhaps Test Cricket could adopt a Nations League type format?
 
Otto42 said:
Ireland seem to be a lot poorer than last time we played them. Obviously we’ve got better, but this kind of mismatch can’t be good for international cricket. I guess they are guaranteed a day out at Lords every four years, have we ever played a Test over there?

Perhaps Test Cricket could adopt a Nations League type format?
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There are only 12 test cricketing nations to begin with, so there's not much strength in depth in the sport.
 
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They haven't been playing any red ball cricket over there either, by all accounts. They're reintroducing it next year.

They managed a decent knock on a very good batting pitch in Sri Lanka a couple of months back but still lost both tests by an innings.
 
They need a proper red ball format in Ireland and a decent ground.
They have to build one as they have been picked to host some world cup games in a few years time
 
Cricket is is only a minority sport in ireland where only one man & his dog support it would like if ye gave Hurling a go we would walk all over ye I dont know why ireland plays your game as its only mostly played in dublin anyway .
 
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