Sri Lanka crush Ireland by an innings & 280 runs with more than two days to spare, Lead the 02 match series 1 – 0
ICC Ireland Tour of Sri Lanka 2023 – Historic 01st Test between the two countries – Galle, Southern Province – concluded on the 03rd day
Sri Lanka electing to bat, 591 / 6 dec – ( 131 Overs ) Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne 179 ( 15×4, 235 balls ), Kusal Mendis 179 ( 1×6, 18×4, 193 balls ) – the pair put on 281 runs for the 02nd wicket – then lost the next 05 wickets for the addition of 63 runs – Sadeera Samarawickrama 104no ( 11×4, 114 balls ) – career best / maiden test century, Dinesh Chandimal 102no ( 12×4, 155 balls ) – Nishan Madushka 29, Prabath Jayasuriya 16 – career best – Dinesh Chandimal / Sadeera Samarawickrama 183 runs unbroken for the 07th wicket – Curtis Camphur 2 / 84, Lorcan Tucker 03 victims.
Ireland in reply, 143 all out – ( 52.3 Overs ) Lorcan Tucker 45, James McCollum 35, Harry Tector 34, James McCollum / Harry Tector 70 runs for the 03rd wicket – then lost the next 05 wickets for the addition of 34 runs – Lorcan Tucker / Andy McBrine 35 runs for the 08th wicket – 03 batters dismissed without scoring – Prabath Jayasuriya 7 / 52 – career best – Vishwa Fernando 2 / 38, Sadeera Samarawickrama 02 victims & f/o 168 all out – (54.1 Overs) Harry Tector 42, George Dockrell 32, Curtis Camphur 30, Mark Adair 23no, Extras 10 – Harry Tector / Curtis Camphur 60 runs for the 06th wicket, George Dockrell / Mark Adair 36 runs for the 09th wicket – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 40 runs, the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 68 runs – Ramesh Mendis 4 / 76, Prabath Jayasuriya 3 / 56, Vishwa Fernando 2 / 03, Dhananjaya De Silva & Nishan Madushka 02 catches each.
Player of the Match : Prabath Jayasuriya – Sri Lanka 02nd match bag of 10 wickets in tests
Report assisted by srilankacricket.lk
Photos courtesy SLC Media