An interview with long-standing captain William Porterfield ahead of Ireland’s first Test match, talking about his own journey, starting in the cricketing heartlands of Co Derry.

‘I would go along every Saturday, aged nine or 10, with my dad and if somebody didn’t turn up, I’d get a game’

Plus a piece with Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom about the implications of Ireland’s Test status

Making the most of new status