Eng have announced their squad for the upcoming Test match against Ireland. Roy & Lewis Gregory got maiden test call. Stokes, Butler are rested & Wood, Archer are suffering with the injuries.Here is the squad
I don’t really care about England squad as I know they would easily win the test. However, what I like the most about these kind of tests are that they will be very very good for the Irish squad. The world champions facing them would give them a great level of confidence. Icc should arrange more of such tests where top teams face the so called associate nations. It would be very beneficial for these nations. If ICC would have taken such a call 15 years from how who knows eoin Morgan may still be playing for Ireland instead of leading England.
I think this will somehow help ENG also. They can test their debutant players and they can adopt themselves to test cricket format. Before the big Ashes series, I think this will help ENG