On the day when Bethell grew to become the youngest participant to captain an English staff, his first act as Harry Brook’s stand-in skipper was to win the toss and put the hosts in to bat.

With all of the pre-match speak concerning the quantity of cricket, or lack thereof, performed by Eire within the build-up to this collection, there could have been loads of curiosity in how openers Paul Stirling and Ross Adair fared.

Whereas there have been definitely a number of situations when the pair seemed to be trying to find their rhythm within the early overs, Eire have been 49-0 on the finish of the powerplay, with Stirling particularly offering some large hitting.

Of the skipper’s quartet of sixes, two have been pushed onto the roof of the hospitality tent on the compact floor in north Dublin.

After offering the strong begin, the opening pair fell in fast succession with Adair caught on the boundary by Phil Salt within the eighth over when making an attempt a sweep over the leg aspect off the bowling of Liam Dawson.

9 deliveries and 10 runs later, Stirling adopted after swiping on the bowling of Adil Rashid with Will Jacks taking the catch.

The arrivals of Harry Tector after which Lorcan Tucker to the crease noticed Eire run an elevated variety of singles for the rest of their innings however Tector nonetheless added seven boundaries in his unbeaten 61 from 36 balls.

Tector, who introduced up his personal half-century with a drive for six, nearly lasted to the tip of the innings, solely to edge the penultimate supply into the gloves of Jos Buttler.