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COLOMBO : Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya finished with a match haul of 10 wickets as Sri Lanka crushed Ireland by an innings and 280 runs inside three days of the opening test in Galle on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka vs Ireland 1st Test Day 3 Live Cricket Score:Sri Lanka look to cement their position on Day 3 of the first Test encounter against Ireland on Tuesday. Earlier. Sadeera Samarawickrama and Dinesh Chandimal hit unbeaten centuries before Prabath Jayasuriya claimed a five-for as Sri Lanka put visitors Ireland to the sword on the second day of the first Test in Galle on Monday. Sri Lanka declared their first innings on a mammoth 591-6 before reducing Ireland to 117-7, still needing another 274 to avoid the follow-on. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Ireland face a battle to avoid defeat in their first-ever Test against Sri Lanka, who tightened their stranglehold on the second day of the series opener in Galle.
Rajasthan Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara feels captain Sanju Samson's three sixes on the trot against Gujarat Titans premier leg-spinner Rashid Khan proved to be the game changer during their successful run chase in the Indian Premier League in Ahmedabad. Samson (60 off 32 balls) hit three successive sixes off Rashid in the 13th over of RR's chase of 178 to bring down the asking rate. The Royals eventually overhauled the target with four balls to spare on Sunday, with Shimron Hetmyer smashing unbeaten 56 off just 26 balls down the order.
Sri Lanka sit in a comfortable position, after putting a solid total of 386 runs on the board on Day 1 of the first Test against Ireland at Galle. Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis scored a century each on the opening day. As the second day resumes, Dinesh Chandimal and Prabath Jayasuriya would look to restart from where the Lankans left off on the first day. Ireland would hope to strike early on Day 2 if they stand any chance of limiting the damage that the Lankans have already done. (LIVE Scorecard)
Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis both scored centuries as Sri Lanka dominated the opening day against Ireland in the first-ever Test between the nations.
Centurions Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis made Ireland's wayward bowlers toil on Sunday to put Sri Lanka in a commanding position on day one of the first Test in Galle. At stumps in hot and humid conditions in the sides' first Test series, the hosts were 386 for four with Dinesh Chandimal unbeaten on 18 and night-watchman Prabath Jayasuriya 12 not out. After winning the toss and opting to bat, captain Karunaratne completed his 15th Test hundred before making 179 while Mendis scored 140, his eighth ton in the five-day format.
Legendary Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has thrown his support for India batter Prithvi Shaw, who has been struggling in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after months of scoring runs in domestic cricket, saying that the young batter is as skilled as any batter in India and should be allowed to make full use of it without any fear of mistake or dismissal. Used as an 'Impact Player' during Delhi Capitals' loss to Royal Challengers Banglore (RCB), Shaw looked cold after not taking to the field during the fielding and was run out for a duck.