England v Ireland First Test Report Card, Day One

Featuring skivvied Alfs, red leather, yellow leather and obese bonsai trees

Skivvied Alfs
Grade: B+

Our long IPL nightmare is over. Test cricket has followed the lead of both Alf and skivvies in the pop cultural lexicon by being back!

Not only back, but back in one of the great time slots. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Winter evening Test cricket is among the best things ever invented. Great work on both a latitudinal…