Ireland tour of Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka vs Ireland Match Preview, Ireland tour of Sri Lanka Series

2nd Test • Galle International Stadium • Galle

704/3d (151)

492 & 202/10 (77.3)

SL won by an inning and 10 runs

Info

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Scorecard

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Date & Time

24 Apr, 10:00 AM IST

Venue

Galle International Stadium

Match

2nd Test,

Ireland tour of Sri Lanka

Umpires

Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Paul Reiffel (Australia), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Ireland elected to bat

Pitch Report

1st Innings

358Avg Runs

10Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

294Avg Runs

10Avg Wkts

3rd Innings

237Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

4th Innings

172Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

SL

1- 0

IRE

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sri Lanka

W

L

L

W

L

Ireland

L

L

L

L

L

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Dimuth Karunaratne

SL . BAT

179 Runs

1 Match

Kusal Mendis

SL . WK

140 Runs

1 Match

Sadeera Samarawickrama

SL . WK

104 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Prabath Jayasuriya

SL . BOWL

10 Wkts

1 Match

Ramesh Mendis

SL . ALL

5 Wkts

1 Match

Vishwa Fernando

SL . BOWL

4 Wkts

1 Match

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Player of the Match Prabath Jayasuriya

5/174 & 2/88

IRE 1st

SL 1st

IRE 2nd

Info

Ireland 1st Innings

492/10 (145.3)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

10

28

2

0

35.71

c S Samarawickrama b P Jayasuriya

5

7

1

0

71.43

lbw b A Fernando

(C)

95

163

14

0

58.28

c D Silva b R Mendis

18

44

3

0

40.91

c D Chandimal b P Jayasuriya

103

181

9

4

56.91

c D Silva b A Fernando

80

106

10

0

75.47

b V Fernando

111

229

15

2

48.47

c D Silva b P Jayasuriya

35

59

3

1

59.32

c (sub D Hemantha) b V Fernando

6

23

1

0

26.09

lbw b P Jayasuriya

Matthew Humphreys

7

23

1

0

30.43

c R Mendis b P Jayasuriya

0

11

0

0

0.00

Not out

Extras

22

(B: 9, LB: 11, NB: 1, W: 1)

TOTAL

(145.3 Ov, RR: 3.38)

492/10

59

7

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

Vishwa Fernando

24

1

92

2

3.83

0

Asitha Fernando

22

4

78

2

3.55

1

Prabath Jayasuriya

58.3

13

174

5

2.97

0

27

4

108

1

4.00

1

Dhananjaya de Silva

14

5

20

0

1.43

0

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

lbw b A Fernando

1-12

3.4

c S Samarawickrama b P Jayasuriya

2-43

9.3

c D Chandimal b P Jayasuriya

3-89

23.1

c D Silva b R Mendis

4-232

67.3

b V Fernando

5-321

90.4

c D Silva b A Fernando

6-385

108.2

c (sub D Hemantha) b V Fernando

7-474

134.4

c D Silva b P Jayasuriya

8-476

137.3

lbw b P Jayasuriya

9-483

141.4

Matthew Humphreys

c R Mendis b P Jayasuriya

10-492

145.3

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

704/3d (151)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

Nishan Madushka

205

339

22

1

60.47

lbw b A McBrine

Dimuth Karunaratne

(C)

115

133

15

0

86.47

c M Humphreys b C Campher

245

291

18

11

84.19

c M Humphreys b GI Hume

100

114

6

4

87.72

Not out

Dinesh Chandimal

13

14

2

0

92.86

Retired hurt

Dhananjaya de Silva

12

17

2

0

70.59

Not out

Extras

14

(B: 2, LB: 8, NB: 2, W: 2)

TOTAL

(151 Ov, RR: 4.66)

704/3

65

16

Did not Bat

Sadeera Samarawickrama, Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Vishwa Fernando, Asitha Fernando

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

22

3

87

1

3.95

0

57

8

191

1

3.35

1

20

1

101

1

5.05

2

Matthew Humphreys

10

0

67

0

6.70

0

34

1

203

0

5.97

1

8

0

45

0

5.63

0

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Dimuth Karunaratne

c M Humphreys b C Campher

1-228

48.4

Nishan Madushka

lbw b A McBrine

2-496

114.6

c M Humphreys b GI Hume

3-629

139.5

Ireland 2nd Innings

202/10 (77.3)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

10

16

2

0

62.50

b R Mendis

19

39

1

2

48.72

c A Mathews b P Jayasuriya

(C)

46

101

5

0

45.54

c A Mathews b R Mendis

85

189

8

3

44.97

b A Fernando

1

5

0

0

20.00

c K Mendis b P Jayasuriya

13

23

2

0

56.52

b A Fernando

12

33

2

0

36.36

c K Mendis b R Mendis

10

19

2

0

52.63

c D Silva b R Mendis

0

8

0

0

0.00

c S Samarawickrama b R Mendis

Matthew Humphreys

4

31

1

0

12.90

Not out

0

1

0

0

0.00

b A Fernando

Extras

2

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(77.3 Ov, RR: 2.61)

202/10

23

5

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

Vishwa Fernando

6

1

15

0

2.50

0

Prabath Jayasuriya

32

9

88

2

2.75

0

27

6

64

5

2.37

0

Asitha Fernando

11.3

3

30

3

2.61

0

Dhananjaya de Silva

1

0

3

0

3.00

0

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

b R Mendis

1-10

4.2

c A Mathews b P Jayasuriya

2-38

13.2

c K Mendis b P Jayasuriya

3-61

25.2

b A Fernando

4-78

34.2

c K Mendis b R Mendis

5-103

45.3

c A Mathews b R Mendis

6-143

57.3

c D Silva b R Mendis

7-159

63.5

c S Samarawickrama b R Mendis

8-161

65.5

b A Fernando

9-202

77.2

b A Fernando

10-202

77.3

Match Info

Date & Time

24 Apr, 10:00 AM IST

Venue

Galle International Stadium

Match

2nd Test,

Ireland tour of Sri Lanka

Umpires

Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Paul Reiffel (Australia), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Ireland elected to bat

0 0 0 0 0 1

Over 75

Runs: 1

0 0 2 0 0 6

Over 76

Runs: 8

0 0 0 0 0 0

Over 77

Runs: 0

0 W W

Over 78

Runs: 0

All Overs

Player of the Match Prabath Jayasuriya

5/174 & 2/88

Commentary

With that, our coverage comes to an end. Thank you for joining us throughout the course of the test match. Do not forget to tune in to Sportskeeda for more live-action. Until then, this is Raghav Tikmany and Pragadeesh signing off!

As expected, Sri Lanka clinch a 2-0 victory over Ireland in the test series. Sri Lankan batters had a really good time with the bat. Karunaratne, Mendis and Madushka will take plenty of confidence from this series. The bowlers will also take back some fond memories from here. It was hard for Ireland to take some positives from the first test but they will definitely have some happy memories from this match, at least from the batting perspective.

Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka Captain): Yeah, the pitch was very different to the one we got in the first test. The bowlers were tested and they found solutions to the problems every time. We thought if they could get 500, we could cross 500. Nishan and I got off to a good start that gave us the impetus to score a big one. Runs always matter for batters and it gives them confidence. I told the bowlers that rain could take place anytime so we had to finish things off quickly in the third innings and Ramesh stepped up. The way he bowled today was incredible. Asitha was terrific as well, especially when he was reversing it. We need such type of performances in overseas tests as well.

Andrew Balbirnie (Ireland Captain): I am fine. It was a pretty good spell from Mendis. Harry batted really well. Taking the game to day 5 was a positive. We wanted to show the world that we can play red-ball cricket as well and we are really fortunate Sri Lanka gave us an opportunity. It is a lovely place to play cricket. Our boys have learnt a lot in these two weeks. Really grateful for the fans who showed up and I hope we made them proud as well as the Sri Lankan public.

Kusal Mendis (Man of the Series) - It was a challenging wicket and I changed my style of batting. I want to be a bit aggressive these days to take on the bowlers and it really worked

Prabath Jayasuriya (Man of the Match) - Yeah, Thank you. This is a different wicket to the first match and it's a batting-friendly wicket. We did the basic things bowling here. Patience is very important to bowl in these wickets. My shoulder is good

Time for presentations

Ramesh Mendis: I am really happy with my performance and the team's efforts. I love bowling here at Galle International. Today I kept my line and length consistent which was rewarding. It's a proud moment for us(on Sri Lanka registering 100 wins in test cricket).

Sri Lanka win by an innings and 10 runs and complete a 2-0 whitewash over Ireland.

Ireland (1st innings) 492
Sri Lanka (1st innings) 704-3d
Ireland (2nd innings) 202 all out
Harry Tector 85(189) | Ramesh Mendis 5/64(27) | Asitha Fernando 3/30(11.3)

Another comprehensive victory for Sri Lanka over Ireland but this time they had to work really hard for this one as the Irish men dragged the match till the second session of the fifth day. It was a pretty flat surface which barely had anything for the bowlers. Ireland capitalized on a crucial toss and put on 492 after opting to bat first. Stirling and McBrine contributed with centuries while Balbirnie missed out on one by 5 runs. Jayasuriya's marathon spell in the first innings helped Sri Lanka in restricting Ireland under 500.

Sri Lanka came out to bat as if they had no scoreboard pressure. Karunaratne and Madushka were scoring at a really high pace. The rain breaks did not break their momentum as they continued to attack the bowlers. Karunaratne could not convert his hundred into a big one but Madushka and Mendis did manage to bring up their double tons. Mathews after a rare failure in the first test, registered a hundred and that's when Karunaratne declared the innings.

Ireland were trailing by 212 runs and with 120 overs remaining in the match, they had no option but to survive. The pitch still hadn't opened up and despite the two overnight wickets, Ireland had a decent chance of drawing this game. However, Mendis broke through the Irish middle order with his relentless consistency and bagged five scalps. Tector worked hard for his half-century and switched gears once he was running out of partners but Asitha Fernando hit the final nail in coffin by removing him with an inswinging yorker. He ended his spell with three wickets and helped his side register an innings victory.

Two in two for Asitha! He does the job and makes sure that his side registers an innings victory. This is now Sri Lanka's 100th victory in test cricket.

77.3 Asitha Fernando to Ben White, BOWLED! SRI LANKA WIN THE SERIES 2-0. On a good length and makes the ball to zip back sharply, White defends and the ball sneaks through between bat and pad. It ricochets off the back pad to hit the middle stump

Ben White, RHB, comes to the crease

There is nothing Tector could do about it. A sharp inswinging yorker from Asitha that would have gone through the gates of some of the best batters in the world. Sri Lanka are just one wicket away now.

77.2 Asitha Fernando to Harry Tector, BOWLED! Fernando roars in delight. Nails the yorker and it swings back very late, Tector clears the front leg and swings but didn't get any contact. The ball hits the base of the middle stump and Tector walks back to a standing ovation from some of the Irish fans sitting at the stands

Harry Tector b Asitha Fernando 85 (189b, 8x4, 3x6)

77.1 Asitha Fernando to Harry Tector, yorker length tailing back, Tector swings but the ball ricochets off his boot to roll behind square on the off-side

Another over safely negated by Humphreys. He is playing a crucial role here by giving Tector the support which some top-order bats failed to.

77

overs

202 /8 score

0

0

0

0

0

0

runs

Matthew Humphreys *

4 (31)

Harry Tector

85 (187)

Prabath Jayasuriya

2 /88

76.6 Prabath Jayasuriya to Matthew Humphreys, stands in his crease and plays a solid front foot defense

76.5 Prabath Jayasuriya to Matthew Humphreys, quicker on a good length and it's been smothered to short extra cover

76.4 Prabath Jayasuriya to Matthew Humphreys, quicker on a good length angling on middle stump, Humphreys goes back to defend it to the off-side