Murtagh took five wickets for 13 runs in nine overs as Ireland made a sensational start to the Lord's Test.
Ireland have made terrific progress against England at Lord’s on the first morning of the four-day Test match, courtesy Tim Murtagh who unravelled the home team’s innings in a crippling spell of 5/13. Murtagh, who will turn 38 next month, used all his experience of playing at Lord’s for Middlesex to produce sharp seam movement...
In their maiden Test assignment, against Pakistan last year, Ireland recovered from a poor first innings batting display to leave quite an impression.
Paceman Yamin Ahmadzai and off-spinner Mohammed Nabi took three wickets each to rattle the opposition batting after Ireland elected to bat first.
Tim Murtagh and George Dockrell led a brilliant rearguard to push Ireland to 172-all out.
After suffering an initial collapse, Afghan and Zadran showed a lot of character to pull off a rescue effort with a 117-run partnership.
Chasing 183, Ireland squeaked home thanks to 60 from Andy Balbirnie and Simi Singh's unbeaten 36.
Despite restricting Afghanistan to a below-par total on Monday, Ireland failed to chase down the target to concede a 0-1 lead in the three-match series. After opting to bowl first in the first ODI in Belfast, the pace duo of Tim Murtagh and Boyd Rankin shared seven wickets between them as the visitors managed 227/9...
Ireland, made to follow on, scented a dramatic victory in their debut men's Test as they reduced Pakistan to 14 for three inside five overs.
Having played the first game at the same venue, the Irishmen will have a fair idea about the conditions and will hope to put up a better performance this time around against Australia.