38 All Out: Team's Worst Nightmare at Lord's Test

New Delhi (The Uttam Hindu): The third test match between India and England is going to start from Thursday. This match will be played at the historic ground of Lord's, where India will play with the intention of winning the match and gaining a 2-1 lead in the series. Let us tell you that the record of scoring the highest runs in an innings at Lord's ground is in the name of Australia, which declared its innings here at a score of 729/6.

At the same time, the 'unwanted record' of lowest score in an innings on this ground is registered in the name of Ireland, whose entire team together could not even complete a half-century in that match. This match was played between 24-26 July in the year 2019. In the match, England won the toss and chose to bat first, but this decision proved costly. The host team was reduced to just 85 runs in 23.4 overs. Eight batsmen of the team could not even touch the double-digit mark. Tim Murtagh took the maximum of five wickets for Ireland, while Mark Adair took three wickets.

In response, England scored 207 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 122 runs. For the team, Andrew Balbirnie scored 55 runs in 69 balls, which included 10 fours. England learned from the mistakes of their first innings and scored 303 runs in the second innings. Opener Jack Leach scored 92 runs in this innings, while Jason Roy scored 72 runs.

Ireland got a target of just 182 runs to win. Fans felt that Ireland could easily win this match, but it was wrong to take England's bowling lightly.

Ireland lost its first wicket at a score of 11 in the second innings and the entire team was all out for 38 runs. This innings lasted only for 15.4 overs. James McCollum scored the highest 11 runs for Ireland, apart from him no batsman could reach double figures. For England, Chris Woakes took six wickets for 17 runs in 7.4 overs in this innings, while Stuart Broad took four wickets for 19 runs in 8 overs.