An England loss was always on the cards!

Having just checked the score and seeing that Ireland must now be favourites (49/4), I feel duty bound to say that I've been telling anyone that I discussed it with today that England beating Ireland was not even close to guaranteed. They would win 10 out of 10 Test matches against Ireland and possibly even 10 out of 10 ODIs, but 9 or possibly 8 out of 10 Twenty20s against Ireland, as the shortest form of the game is such a lottery.

It's looking like it could be the one or two in 10 that they lose today by the looks of it....