Ireland get pleasure from Essex exercise with Paul Stirling century, Lorcan Tucker 97
Essex 343 and 59 for two (Das 27*, Hume 2-14) path Ireland 419 (Stirling 107, Tucker 97, McBrine 67, Richards 5-96) by 17 runs
Paul Stirling made a century and Lorcan Tucker 97 as Ireland recovered from a rocky begin to their first innings in opposition to Essex, finally being dismissed for 419 to take a lead of 76.
Graham Hume then pushed his claims for a spot within the XI at Lord’s subsequent week by eradicating each Essex openers in the identical over.
Stirling, who scored his first Test hundred in Galle final month, had been anticipated to overlook the sport in opposition to England due to a deal to play within the Blast for Birmingham Bears, however was picked within the squad after a change of coronary heart.
He solely joined the tour match in Chelmsford on Saturday, having turned out for Birmingham in Leicester lower than 24 hours beforehand, and was rapidly making the adjustment to dealing with a purple ball after strolling out within the sixth over of the morning.
Ireland have been 46 for 4 at that stage, and the rating quickly turned 65 for five as Jamal Richards and Mark Adair – the Ireland seamer who’s enjoying for Essex on this match – rattled the highest order.
However, Stirling and Tucker set about repairing the injury with a stand that was finally value 175 in 30.1 overs.
Stirling introduced up his half-century first, from 63 balls, with Tucker attending to the mark from 61 balls shortly after. Tucker, the wicketkeeper-batter, then accelerated in the direction of a century with a flurry of boundaries, however required therapy for an arm downside on 96 after which lower tamely to backward level a number of balls later.
With Stirling content material to weight anchor, Andy McBrine breezed to a 48-ball fifty in opposition to a tiring assault, as Ireland added 105 for the seventh wicket. Stirling introduced up his century from 137 balls shortly earlier than tea.
After the break, McBrine dragged on to his stumps at hand 18-year-old Noah Thaine a maiden first-class wicket, and Stirling miscued a pull off Richards with the second new ball. Fionn Hand‘s belligerent 48 not out from No. 9 prolonged Ireland’s lead earlier than Richards capped a formidable exhibiting by finishing a five-for on debut.
There was time for Essex to start their second innings, and Hume struck twice within the area of 5 balls – he had Nick Browne caught behind and Josh Rymell taken at slip – however first-innings centurion Robin Das as soon as once more performed his photographs to be 27 not out from 26 on the shut.