SCORECARDCOMMENTARY
SL WON
Test
SL beat IRE by an innings and 280 runs
Man of the Match - Prabath Jayasuriya
SL
591-6
143-10 &
168/10
IRE
Ireland in Sri Lanka, 2 Test Series, 2023 |1st Test |4/16/2023
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Commentary
- That concludes this match! These two will meet again on the 24th of this month for the final Test. A chance for Ireland to draw things. Do join us at 1000 IST (0430 GMT). Do join us early for the build up. Cheers!
- Dimuth Karunaratne says he wanted to make sure he gets a big one. Adds he has been getting starts but not a big score and he got that here. Says Ireland is a good team, they are a side which is learning and they’ll improve. States the wicket was a good one to bat on early on and they know how to bat here and they used that to their advantage. Credits the way Sadeera Samarawickrama played and hopes he continues to do well and also says the fielding was good overall. Ends by saying Prabath Jayasuriya always does well and he hopes he keeps doing his job.
- Andy Balbirnie says they are happy to play Test cricket, it has not been easy but they’ll learn from it and will try to do better going ahead. Mentions they played one in Bangladesh but he feels it is not enough but they need to find a way to compete. States they need to find a way to adapt to the longer format.
- Prabath Jayasuriya is the Man of the Match. He says he always tries to give his 100 percent and tries to stick to the basics. Adds this wicket was similar to the one they played on against Australia and Pakistan.
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- In reply, Ireland were bowled out for just 143. A few batters got off to starts but none went onto make it big. Prabath Jayasuriya was the star with the ball for the hosts with a seven-fer. Sri Lanka then enforced the ball and it took them just over 54 overs to bowl the Irish out for the second time. This time the wickets were shared between the two spinners, Prabath Jayasuriya and Ramesh Mendis. They took 7 in total with Jayasuriya taking 10 in the whole game. Quite a one-sided win for the hosts to take a 1-0 lead in this series.
- An emphatic win for the Lankans and to be honest, this was quite expected. Anything other than a convincing win for the Lankans would have surely been a surprise. They have dominated the Test right from Day 1. After electing to bat, they batted for around 130 overs and scored 9 short of 600 before declaring. 4 of their batters scored tons. Dimuth Karunaratne was the top scorer with 179.
- 54.1WPrabath Jayasuriya to Benjamin White, OUT! LBW! That should do it! White though takes the review. Tossed up angling on middle. White defends with his bat in front of the pads and gets beaten on the outside edge to get hit on the back pad. An appeal and up goes the finger. No bat on UltraEdge. Ball Tracking shows three reds yet again. Out it is. Sri Lanka win by an innings and 280 runs.
- END OF OVER 54 | 4 Runs & 2 Wkt | IRE 168/9
- 53.61Ramesh Mendis to Benjamin White, Full and around off. White inside edges his push to square leg for one.
- 53.5WRamesh Mendis to George Dockrell, OUT! LBW! Dockrell is given out but he will review this one! Tossed up, full and on off, it lands and spins in. Dockrell leans to defend but misses and gets hit on the pads. No bat involved. Ball Tracking shows THREE REDS. Wonderful bowling from Mendis who gets rid of Dockrell.
- 53.41Ramesh Mendis to Mark Adair, Full and outside off. Adair works it to long off for one.
- 53.30Ramesh Mendis to Mark Adair, Down the leg side. Adair lets it go.
- 53.21Ramesh Mendis to George Dockrell, On middle, this is hit to square leg for one.
- 53.11Ramesh Mendis to Mark Adair, On middle, tucked to square leg for one.
- END OF OVER 53 | 4 Runs & 0 Wkt | IRE 164/8
- 52.60Prabath Jayasuriya to George Dockrell, This is full and outside off. Dockrell looks to defend but gets an outside edge just wide of the man at short gully.
- 52.54Prabath Jayasuriya to George Dockrell, FOUR! Good shot! Tossed up, outside off. Dockrell slams it past mid on for four.
- 52.40Prabath Jayasuriya to George Dockrell, On middle, defended out.
- 52.30Prabath Jayasuriya to George Dockrell, Full and on off, blocked.
- 52.20Prabath Jayasuriya to George Dockrell, On off, kept out.
- 52.10Prabath Jayasuriya to George Dockrell, Shorter and on off, punched to cover.
- END OF OVER 52 | 5 Runs & 0 Wkt | IRE 160/8
- 51.61Ramesh Mendis to George Dockrell, A single to end the over as this is hit to mid-wicket.
- 51.54Ramesh Mendis to George Dockrell, FOUR! Too much width! Full and outside off. Dockrell powers it down to long on for a boundary.