England have done what they set out to do. No one who was in attendance in the Lord’s crowd on day two could go home saying they were not entertained by England’s show with the bat.
They were not reckless, the first six of the day came just before 2pm, from Ben Duckett who was on 176 at the time. England just looked comfortable, and the batting looked easy as they amassed 524-4 in reply to Ireland’s 172 all out.
