Ireland make the trip to London to face England in a four-day Test. Find out start times, location, TV and streaming information, form, squads, odds, weather and more...
England men take on Ireland in a one-off Test match at Lord's.
The match will take place between Thursday, June 1 and Sunday, June 4. The first ball will be bowled at 11am BST.
England: Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood
Ireland: Andrew Balbirnie (c), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Fionn Hand, Graham Hume, Tom Mayes, Andrew McBrine, James McCollum, PJ Moor, Conor Olphert, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young.
As news of England's historic Test series victory in Pakistan permeated the cricket world, it seemed that the sky was the limit for a world-conquering England team. Back in December, Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes urged players to enjoy the moment, rather than use a continuation of their new-found success as preparation for the upcoming blockbuster summer of cricket.
This may be something they come to regret. As impressive as their performances in Pakistan may have been, securing a 3-0 victory on Pakistan soil, questions still linger over their form heading into their first Test of the Summer.
Their success on the dusty pitches of Pakistan will feel very foreign when they turn up to a luscious Lord's pitch in June. There's no indication of complacency, but it's worth noting that England's preparations have seen players spread far and wide across various tournaments and formats.
Ireland, on the other hand, have not enjoyed anything like the success of their English counterparts coming into this fixture.
The margin of their defeats versus Sri Lanka, by an innings in both matches, would appear to be a chastening blow for Ireland's hopes of victory at Lord's.
That being said, if ultimately unsuccessful, a spate of bright performances in their most recent Test appearances against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the very least offers hope that Ireland can be the David to England's Goliath.
The two teams have met once before in a Test match, in 2019. England won by 143 runs despite being bowled out for 85 in their first innings, as the Irish were toppled for 38 in their fourth-innings chase.
Conditions are set fair in north London across the week of the game, with temperatures hitting 21 degrees Celsius, and very little chance of rain. Good weather for cricket.
England are firm favourites with the odds at 1/7 while the bookies see Ireland's victory as an extremely unlikey outcome with odds of as long as 22/1 in places. You can get 17/2 on the draw.
For fans in the UK Sky Sports will have live coverage of the first Test. NOW TV offers month-by-month subscription packages to Sky Sports.
BBC Radio Five Live and Five Live Sports Extra will carry updates and ball-by-ball commentary respectively. Sports Extra is available on digital radios and via the BBC Sport website.
The Cricketer will have reports and reaction from each day of the match, with chief correspondent George Dobell and magazine editor Huw Turbervill at Lord's. After each day's play, the two will field your questions in our Ask George roundup. Get your questions in via our social media channels.
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