The home team Sri Lanka batted beautifully in their first innings against the Irish bowlers. The opener of the team Nishan Madushka scored 29 runs and out. Angelo Mathews has gone with duck, Prabath Jayasuriya contributed 16 runs and Dhananjaya de Silva added 12 runs to his team’s scorecard. The captain of the team Dimuth Karunaratne scored 179 runs off the 235 balls he faced. Dinesh Chandimal faced 155 deliveries and scored 102 runs. Sadeera Samarawickrama † scored 104 runs off 114 balls. Sri Lanka declared their innings with 591 runs on the board with six wickets down.
Sri Lanka vs Ireland Highlights today, Monday 17-4-2023. 1st Test, Ireland tour of Sri Lanka 2023, Galle International Stadium.
Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to bat!
Sri Lanka team: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (c), 2 Nishan Madushka, 3 Kusal Mendis 4 Angelo Mathews, 5 Dinesh Chandimal, 6 Dhananjaya de Silva, 7 Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk), 8 Ramesh Mendis 9 Prabath Jayasuriya 10 Vishwa Fernando 11 Asitha Fernando
Ireland team: 1 Murray Commins, 2 James McCollum, 3 Andy Balbirnie (c), 4 Harry Tector, 5 PJ Moor, 6 Curtis Campher, 7 Lorcan Tucker (wk), 8 Mark Adair, 9 Andy McBrine, 10 George Dockrell, 11 Ben White
Head to Head In Test’s: 0
Sri Lanka Won: 0
Ireland Won: 0
Sri Lanka Test Rankings: 7th
Ireland Test Rankings: 12th
Form guide
(last five completed Tests, most recent first)
Sri Lanka LLWLW
Ireland LLLL
Match Timings: 4:30 AM | 10:00 AM Local
Umpires – Adrian Holdstock, Kumar Dharmasena
TV Umpire – Paul Reiffel
Match Referee – Javagal Srinath
Reserve Umpire – Prageeth Rambukwella
Match number – Test no. 2502
