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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Ireland overcame the late withdrawal of captain Paul OConnell to beat Scotland 28-6 in their Six Nations opener at Lansdowne Road on Sunday. OConnell picked up a chest infection on Saturday night, but the hugely influential lock wasnt missed for once as his replacement, Dan Tuohy, helped mince up the Scotland lineout in the first half and stand-in skipper Jamie Heaslip led by example with a try and high workrate. Ireland bridged halftime with tries by winger Andrew Trimble and Heaslip, and Jonathan Sexton added 13 points to overtake Michael Kiernan and become his countrys third highest point-scorer in tests. Fullback Rob Kearney, marking his 50th cap, added a late try when the result was already in Irelands grasp. Without OConnell, Sean OBrien and Gordon DArcy, three big contributors in the heart-breaking loss to New Zealand in the last outing in November, there was enough doubt about Irelands ability and mindset to achieve another good start in the last Six Nations for Brian ODriscoll. But the doubts proved unnecessary, as Ireland had enough class and nous for a Scotland still lacking a killer touch, and won its tournament opener for the 10th time in the last 11 years. Even so, Heaslip said coach Joe Schmidt tore into them after the game, saying they needed "huge improvements." The trouble with Ireland is finishing what it starts, unlike its next opponent, Wales, a slow Six Nations starter but fast finisher. The defending champion comes to Dublin next Saturday. "Massive, massive challenge coming," Kearney said. "We have to recover really well now. Weve only got six days, theyve had an extra day. Theyre going for three championships in a row, so were under no illusions." Heaslip and Schmidt said they were shocked to discover OConnell became ill overnight, hardly slept, and saw a doctor at 4:30 a.m. Schmidt said he expected OConnell, plus DArcy, to be available for the Wales game. "Its a relief to me that weve got through the game and got a win on the board," he said. Scotland coach Scott Johnson rued his sides naivety. "We may have to go to some dark places and bring some torches," Johnson said. "Theres a naivety there that well overcome by having some time in the saddle. They dont understand they are doing the hard bits quite easily, but its the finishing off." Scotland began the match by doing what it does best, holding the ball. The Scots worked 11 phases into the Ireland 22 until they were harshly penalized for holding too long. Then Greig Laidlaws long-range penalty hit the left upright. Sexton and Laidlaw swapped penalties, and Ireland ended up leading 6-3 into the second quarter. Not until the last 10 minutes did the heart-rate rise. No. 8 David Denton came closest to a Scotland try when he burst blindside off a ruck 10 metres out and was trying to reach out to the line when he was bowled into touch by scrumhalf Conor Murray and flanker Peter OMahony. As Ireland loosened Scotlands pressure -- winning four Scottish throw-ins helped -- Scots and Lions winger Sean Maitland landed awkwardly on his right ankle from jumping for an up and under and limped off with concussion. Sexton put the pressure back on Scotland by carving past tackles in midfield, and gave Heaslip a shot in the left corner, but the No. 8 stepped over the sideline just before he touched down. Ireland failed twice from five-meter lineouts with seconds to go and Scotlands defence looked like holding, but quick rucks helped Ireland find Scotland short on the right wing, where Kearney gave Trimble the overlap to score for an 11-3 halftime lead. "That gave us a little bit of breathing space," Kearney said. Soon after the restart, Laidlaw cut the deficit to five, but Ireland put the game away in the 47th when Tuohys lineout take was mauled by Ireland and Heaslip scored too easily. Sexton converted for 18-6 and added a third penalty before the hour. Ireland controlled possession throughout the half, and inevitably notched a third try to Kearney, who exploited a tiring defence when he slipped off replacement Alasdair Dickinson and dragged flanker Ryan Wilson to the tryline nine minutes from time. Scotland hosts England next Saturday. Aaron Donald Rams Jersey . The game marks the rare occasion when two homegrown running backs, Jon Cornish of the Calgary Stampeders and Andrew Harris of the B.C. Lions, will start in the West Divisions battle for a Grey Cup berth. Andrew Whitworth Rams Jersey . 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Joe Root (53) hit fifty, but holed out long-off to a Ravichandran Ashwin delivery; a superfluous shot and a wicket symptomatic of an erratic final session from the visitors where they lost four wickets for 29 runs in a 15-over spell. Alastair Cooks off-stump is broken in two by a jubilant Mohammad Shami on day two in Visakhapatnam After Alastair Cook was dismissed before tea - his stumps broken by Mohammed Shami - Hasseb Hameed (13) was needlessly run-out, Ben Ducketts flaws against off-spin were again exposed, and Moeen Ali fell lbw on review.England had earlier done well to dismiss their hosts for 455, with Virat Kohli (167) adding only 16 runs to his overnight score.Moeen impressed with three wickets, including that of Kohli - Ben Stokes taking the catch at slip after putting down Ashwin on 17, a ball earlier. v Live Test Cricket India vs England November 19, 2016, 3:45am Sky Sports 2 HD Get a Sky Sports Pass Upgrade to Sky Sports Ashwin (58) kicked on through to an eighth Test fifty, and then took 2-20 with the ball as England struggled through to stumps on a pitch that is now starting to crack up.India, resuming the day on 317-4, breezed through the first hours play unscathed, with England unable to find the same swing with the second new ball that was there the previous evening.Eventually, England turned to spin, and Moeen (3-98) made immediate inroads, with the wicket of Kohli in his second over, and the strikes of Wriddhiman Saha (3) and Ravindra Jadeja (0) lbw in his fourth, although Jadeja would have survived had he opted to review. Ben Stokes drops Ravichandran Ashwin on 17, who went on to score fifty for India Ashwin and Jayant Yadav (35), on debut, rallied the innings with their 64-run stand for the eighth wicket either side of lunch, though soon after Ashwin reached his half-century, Stokes (1-73) atoned for his earlier error at slip and picked him up caught behind.dddddddddddd.Adil Rashid (2-110) then took two well-deserved wickets to end the innings, with Jayant Yadav top-edging an attempted slog-sweep, and Umesh Yadav (13) picking out the man at deep midwicket.Cook fell in the third over of Englands reply, bowled by a beauty from Shami (1-15) that split his off-stump in half, though Hameed and Root dug in and stuck it out till tea. Watch the best of the action from Day Two of the Second Test in Visakhapatnam But Hameeds run out - courtesy of some terrific work in the deep from Jayant Yadav and a fantastic flick onto the stumps from Saha - early in the final session, signalled a big momentum shift in the match.A jubilant Indian outfit made further inroads on a pitch that seems now to be offering considerable turn for the spinners, and variable bounce for the seamers.Duckett (5) again showed too much off his stumps to the off-spin of Ashwin and was beaten, bowled, while Roots dismissal would have been the most disappointing - a miscued drive over the top picking out the man at long-off. Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates the wicket of Ben Duckett, one of two he picked up in the evening session on day two Jayant Yadav (1-11) then picked up a wicket with just his eighth delivery in Test cricket, Moeen falling lbw on review after initially being given not out by the umpire.Stokes (12no) and Jonny Bairstow (12no) safely negotiated the final 14.4 overs in the day, though India were convinced they had the former out caught behind off Jadeja, and wasted a review, with replays showing there was no edge.Live coverage of the second Test between India and England from Visakhapatnam continues with day three, on Sky Sports 2 from 3.45am on Saturday. ' ' '