England to play four-day Ireland Test before 2019 Ashes series
- From the section Cricket
England will play their first ever Test match against Ireland in July 2019, before the start of the Ashes series.
They begin the summer on 5 May with a Twenty20 international against Pakistan, followed by a five-match one-day international series, and then the World Cup starting on 30 May.
England face Ireland at Lord's in a four-day match from 24-27 July - their first Test of fewer than five days since the tour of New Zealand in 1971.
The Ashes series starts on 1 August.
More to follow.
