Chris Stocks reflects on a rather straightforward series for England – but much tougher challenges lie in wait

Chris Stocks

As historic as Ireland’s first matches against England in England were, these opening two ODIs of the summer were really all about how Eoin Morgan’s side are shaping up ahead of next month’s Champions Trophy.
To that end, they really couldn’t have done much more. Ireland are sadly a shadow of the team that beat a much less dynamic England at Bangalore at the 2011 World Cup.
There were seven Irish survivors from that me...