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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ali Martin at Trent Bridge

Jacks and Hain shine as rejigged England clinch ODI against Ireland

Will Jackson hits a shot against Ireland during England's ODI victory.
Will Jacks hit four sixes against Ireland on a first outing for England. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

Figures of three for 66 may not leap off the page but for George Scrimshaw, one of four debutants in an England side that swept aside Ireland after a Will Jacks special, that wickets column was manna from heaven.

Presented with his cap before play by Dominic Cork, the last Derbyshire cricketer to represent England back in 2002, the wiry 25-year-old looked as if he wanted the ground to swallow him amid a harrowing start to his first bowl in one-day international cricket.

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