Sri Lanka beat Ireland by an innings & 10 runs, Hosts sweep the historic first series against the Visitors 2 – 0 for their 100th Test Win
ICC First Ever Ireland Tour of Sri Lanka 2023 – 02nd Test Galle, Southern Province – concluded
Ireland electing to bat, 492 all out – ( 145.3 Overs ) – their highest ever total in the 11th innings of the 06th test – Curtis Campher 111 ( 2×6, 15×4, 229 balls ) – career best, maiden test century – Paul Stirling 103 ( 4×6, 9×4, 181 balls ) – career best, maiden test century – Skipper Andrew Balbirnie 95 – career best – Lorcan Tucker 80, Andrew McBrine 35, Extras 22 – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 77 runs – Andrew Balbirnie / Harry Tector 46 runs for the 03rd wicket, Andrew Balbirnie / Paul Stirling 115 runs for the 04th wicket, Lorcan Tucker / Curtis Campher 89 runs for the 05th wicket, Curtis Campher / Paul Stirling 64 runs for the 06th wicket, Curtis Campher / Andrew McBrine 89 runs for the 07th wicket – the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 18 runs – Prabath Jayasuriya 5 / 174, Asitha Fernando 2 / 78, Vishwa Fernando 2 / 92, Dhananjaya De Silva 03 catches & 202 all out – ( 77.3 Overs ) Harry Tector 85, Skipper Andrew Balbirnie 46 – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 93 runs, the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 59 runs – Ramesh Mendis 5 / 64, Asitha Fernando 3 / 30, Prabath Jayasuriya 2 / 88 – 02nd fastest to 50 wickets in tests, tied with 03 others to complete the feat in his 06th test – Angelo Mathews & Kusal Mendis 02 catches each.
Sri Lanka in reply, 704 / 3 dec – ( 151 Overs ) Kusal Mendis 245 ( 11×6, 18×4, 291 balls ) – career best, first double century in tests, equal 02nd highest 06s in a test innings, highest for a Sri Lankan – Nishan Madushka 205 ( 1×6, 22×4, 339 balls ) – career best, converted his maiden test half century into a century & double century – the 02nd Sri Lankan opener to do so after Brendon Kuruppu on test debut – Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne 115 ( 15×4, 133 balls ),
Angelo Mathews 100no ( 4×6, 6×4, 114 balls ) – Nishan Madushka / Dimuth Karunaratne 228 run opening stand, Nishan Madushka / Kusal Mendis 268 runs for the 02nd wicket, Kusal Mendis / Angelo Mathews 133 runs for the 03rd wicket – Graham Hume 1 / 87, Curtis Campher 1 / 101, Matthew Humphreys 02 catches on first class / test debut. This was the highest total in an innings during a test match at Galle.
Player of the Match : Prabath Jayasuriya – Sri Lanka
As a spinner, became the fastest to complete 50 wickets in 07 tests
Player of the Series : Kusal Mendis – Sri Lanka
Report assisted by slcscorers.com
Photos courtesy SLC Media