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England began their Test summer on a positive not, ending day one just 20 runs shy of Ireland's 172-all-out first innings score. 

Stuart Broad took five wickets for the 20th time in his career, leading the attack in the absence of Jimmy Anderson, who is being wrapped up in cotton wool ahead of the Ashes.

The hosts were typically aggressive with the bat after scything through the visitors batting line-up, making their 152 for one loss in rapid time. 

Zak Crawley passed 50 but failed to record a sizeable score that would have likely answered several questions ahead of the Ashes.

Here, Mail Sport's Lawrence Booth takes you through some of the stats from a thrilling day of Test cricket at Lord's.