By Joe Rigby

Centurion: Eddie Byrom salutes his ton

IRELAND were given a stark reminder of how tough cricket at elite level will be by a player with an Irish passport as they drew with Somerset in a rain-affected four-day game at Taunton.
The Irish, having recently returned from agonisingly missing out on World Cup qualification in Zimbabwe, were using the game as a warm-up for their maiden Test when Pakistan visit Malahide, Dublin, next month. Ireland were trailing by 435 runs when play was abandoned after rain washed out the final day on Monday.
Ireland’s tormen...