Galle (Sri Lanka), April 18 (Ians) Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya picked up his second ten-wicket haul in a Test match as Sri Lanka defeated Ireland by an innings and 280 runs in the first Test here on Tuesday.
Unbeaten hundreds from Dinesh Chandimal (102*) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (104*) after Dimuth Karunaratne (179) and Kusal Mendis’ (140) massive knocks had given Sri Lanka a big total of 591/6 declared on Day Two.
Prabath Jayasuriya then went on to dominate the Ireland batters, taking a five-wicket haul on day two and ending with a seven-fer (7-52) in the innings. Bowled out for 143, Ireland couldn’t do much better following on, finishing on 168 with Harry Tector, Curtis Campher and George Dockrell getting starts.
In the second innings on Tuesday, Jayasuriya claimed 3-56 in 24.1 overs. Ramesh Mendis was the wrecker-in-chief in the second innings, claiming 4-76 in 20 overs while Vishwa Fernando claimed 2-3 in four overs.
For Ireland, Harry Tector top...
Unbeaten hundreds from Dinesh Chandimal (102*) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (104*) after Dimuth Karunaratne (179) and Kusal Mendis’ (140) massive knocks had given Sri Lanka a big total of 591/6 declared on Day Two.
Prabath Jayasuriya then went on to dominate the Ireland batters, taking a five-wicket haul on day two and ending with a seven-fer (7-52) in the innings. Bowled out for 143, Ireland couldn’t do much better following on, finishing on 168 with Harry Tector, Curtis Campher and George Dockrell getting starts.
In the second innings on Tuesday, Jayasuriya claimed 3-56 in 24.1 overs. Ramesh Mendis was the wrecker-in-chief in the second innings, claiming 4-76 in 20 overs while Vishwa Fernando claimed 2-3 in four overs.
For Ireland, Harry Tector top...
- 4/18/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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