12-05-2018 20:03 via theguardian.com

Ireland make flying start in historic first Test before Pakistan fight back

• Pakistan 268-6 v Ireland• Two wickets each for Murtagh, Rankin, ThompsonSoon after 10am, the Irish players gathered together on the outfield while the chair of selectors, Andrew White, set down a scruffy cardboard box full of handsome new caps. He handed them out one by one, the first to captain William Porterfield, then the rest in alphabetical order, Andy Balbirnie, Ed Joyce, Tyrone Kane, Tim Murtagh, Kevin and Niall O’Brien, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson and Ga
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