Taylor’s ‘new-era’ England face Irish ODI challenge (AFP)

James Taylor leads a much-changed side into what he says is a “new era” for England cricket when they face Ireland in a one-day international at Malahide, near Dublin, on Friday. After their underwhelming performance at the World Cup, when they lost their four games against Test nations and failed to reach the knockout stage, the England selectors have rung the changes with no fewer than six players in line to make their one-day international debut, five of whom have never represented England in any format. With regular one-day captain and former Ireland international Eoin Morgan allowed to miss this one-off game to play in the Indian Premier League, Taylor gets the chance to captain his country for the first time.