Cricket: Pope, Duckett put rampant England on verge of win over Ireland

Cricket - England v Ireland - Lord's Cricket Ground, London, Britain - June 2, 2023 England's Ben Duckett celebrates reaching his century with Ollie Pope Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge

(Reuters) - England's Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett struck record-breaking centuries and debutant Josh Tongue picked up his first wickets as the hosts took complete control of their warm-up test against Ireland on the second day at Lord's on Friday.

Pope's 205, the fastest test double ever in England, and Duckett's career-best 182 - the quickest 150 in a test at Lord's - helped England rack up a huge first innings total of 524-4, declaring after tea.