A good probing over from Leach, who is denied a maiden by Tector’s scrambled single off the last to retain the strike.

Broad’s biggest problem is the crease, as he gives a couple of extras away via no balls. Tucker pinches a couple of singles too.

Tector pinches a couple of singles down to long leg from what is surely Tongue’s final over the day, having bowled eight, and Leach then puts in a maiden. Stuart Broad will take up the ball for these final 15 minutes.

Jack Leach keeps a tight control on his length apart from one ball in the middle of the over which is too full, and Tucker slaps it away through midwicket for a boundary.

Lorcan Tucker is the man in next and he is quickly grounded by a bouncer which hits him flush on the helmet. After a check-up and a change of lid, he continues, and Ireland continue to play some expansive cricket as the evening draws in.

Paul Stirling gets tied up by a short ball veering down leg, and Tongue and Bairstow both celebrate passionately, convinced he edged behind. The umpire isn’t moved, but UltraEdge confirms the faintest of touches off the glove and Stirling walks.

Tector is taking on Josh Tongue – first he whips through midwicket for four before pulling a short one for six! Ireland are going down with a fight.

Into the attack comes Jack Leach after Matthew Potts took a bit of a pounding in his last over. Tector is tentative against Leach’s spin at first but finishes the over with a quickly run single.

Another wonderfully driven boundary by Stirling, who looks in the mood, crashing the ball through cover for four more. He adds a single and the over finishes with a flick off Tector’s hips for a single down at long leg to retain the strike.

A beautifully poised pair of boundaries by Paul Stirling, the first driven through cover and the second more square on the off-side, from his back foot. That’s lovely, and Ireland are getting into a bit of a groove here. Nice to see.