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Alvin McCaig, Lauren McCann and Jonny Martin

  1. Ire 90-4

    Stephen Doheny flicks a Zak Foulkes delivery square for two before a play and miss.

    At least we got a couple of runs in that over.

  2. Ire 88-4

    Another maiden from Ben Sears as Ireland continue to struggle for runs.

  3. Ire 88-4

    Curtis Campher has to go off with that hand injury and he's replaced in the middle by Lorcan Tucker.

  4. Get Involved

    Maybe you could add teams like Ireland and Scotland to the County Championship in a three tier league. This would give them regular First Class action and still have a schedule to play white ball games, when the Blast and The Hundred are on,

    Charlie, Brighton

  5. Ire 88-4

    Curtis Campher is struck on the hand and needs treatment so we've a slight delay here.

  6. 50 runs

    50

    Ire 88-4

    It's been a resolute knock from Stephen Doheny, who hooks a short Zak Foulkes delivery to the boundary for his first half-century in Test cricket.

  7. Get Involved

    Obviously Ireland are without some key players and NZ are a very good team but what will Ireland learn from this single test? Test cricket is about 3/4/5 Test series. A single Test match tells you very little, especially when it is followed by T20s (not against NZ, I should add) Ireland are only going to improve by playing more of these games. Sort it out ICC!

  8. Ire 84-4

    Just 19 runs in over an hour of cricket as New Zealand keep the pressure on Ireland's batters.

    One run from Ben Sears' over.

  9. Ire 83-4

    A leg bye and a leg-before appeal from that Zak Foulkes over.

  10. Get Involved

    Ireland can't expect to compete at this level when their best players are not playing any red ball cricket, other than the inter-squad warm up game last week. Cricket Ireland need to provide a robust red ball pathway to give players a chance to develop in this format.

    Ryan, Comber

    Blair TicknerInpho

  11. Ire 82-4

    Three more for Stephen Doheny as he steers a Ben Sears delivery to deep cover.

    Curtis Campher gets his first runs with a fine four thanks to a nice cut through point.

  12. Ire 75-4

    Curtis Camper gets away with a play and miss off Zak Foulkes, who begins his spell with six dot balls from the Dundonald End.

  13. Ire 75-4

    Ben Sears replaces Nathan Smith at the City End and starts with a tidy maiden.

  14. Get Involved

    For Ireland, we are just happy to be here playing. We have been starved of top-class cricket for years. Yesterday, both men and women played on the same day. This is our path to reach the upper echelons of world cricket, rather than short 20/20, formats which don't test or challenge your cricketing abilities.

    Daithi, London

  15. Ire 75-4

    Two off the over but Blair Tickner has his first wicket of the day and third of the innings.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Tector c Latham b Tickner 2 (Ire 75-4)

    Harry Tector's nervy and brief stay ends as he fends a lifting Blair Tickner ball to Tom Latham at second slip.

    Not the start Ireland wanted or needed.

    Harry TectorInpho

  17. Ire 73-3

    A fourth straight maiden for Nathan Smith, who also picked up the wicket of Tom Mayes.

    It's slow stuff this morning with just eight runs scored in the first 35 minutes.

  18. Ire 73-3

    Harry Tector swings the bat but luckily misses as the ball from Blair Tickner flies to the keeper.

    Tector looks uncomfortable out there and needs to settle quickly - it's another maiden over

  19. Ire 73-3

    It's tense stuff out there - Nathan Smith seems to threaten with each delivery but Doheny is up to the task as another maiden is clocked up.

  20. Ire 73-3

    Stephen Doheny, who is joined in the middle by Harry Tector, drives down to long-on for three runs off Blair Tickner.

    It's a testing start for Tector but he survives.