Sri Lanka vs Ireland 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: SL Register Record-Margin Win Over IRE
Sri Lanka vs Ireland 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: Sri Lanka beat Ireland by an innings and 280 runs.
Sri Lanka vs Ireland 1st Test Day 3 Highlights:Sri Lanka defeated Ireland by an innings and 280 runs on Tuesday, in one of the biggest winning margins in Test history and the largest by the South Asian nation. In what was also Ireland's biggest defeat to date, the visitors were all out for 168 on day three in a hot and humid Galle International Stadium. Sri Lanka's previous biggest win was when they hammered Zimbabwe by an innings and 254 runs in 2004 in Bulawayo. Sri Lanka in their first innings declared on a mammoth 591 for 6. Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne top scored with 179 runs while Kusal Mendis posted 140. Dinesh Chandimal and Sadeera Samarawickrama then hit unbeaten hundreds. Sri Lanka then bowled out Ireland for 143 and enforced the follow-on, finishing the job just after tea on day three. (SCORECARD)
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Sri Lanka vs Ireland 1st Test Day 3
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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.
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.
Full and around off. White inside edges his push to square leg for one.
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.
Full and outside off. Adair works it to long off for one.
Down the leg side. Adair lets it go.
On middle, this is hit to square leg for one.
On middle, tucked to square leg for one.
This is full and outside off. Dockrell looks to defend but gets an outside edge just wide of the man at short gully.
FOUR! Good shot! Tossed up, outside off. Dockrell slams it past mid on for four.
On middle, defended out.
Full and on off, blocked.
On off, kept out.
Shorter and on off, punched to cover.
A single to end the over as this is hit to mid-wicket.
FOUR! Too much width! Full and outside off. Dockrell powers it down to long on for a boundary.
Tossed up on middle. Dockrell defends.
Full and on off, pushed to cover.
Flat and on off, kept out.
On middle, tucked to mid-wicket.
Full and on off, Adair skips down and hits it back to the bowler.
Full and on middle, blocked.
FOUR! This is flat and on middle. Adair reverse sweeps it through point for a boundary.
Full and on middle. Dockrell works it to square leg for one.
Full and on off, kept out.
On middle, blocked.
Around off, punched to mid on.
Fuller and outside off, lands and spins away. Adair looks to defend but is beaten.
Full and on off, pushed to mid off for a quick single.
Angles it outside off before it turns away. Dockrell lets it go.
Flat and on middle, nudged to short leg.
On middle, blocked.
Tossed up on off, kept out.
A single as this is pulled away to square leg.
Around off. Adair uses his feet and works it to long on for one.
Lands outside off and spins in. Adair blocks.
Outside off. Adair pads it away to point.
FOUR! Shorter and outside off, turns in. Adair whips it through mid-wicket for four more.
This one lands on off and spins away. Dockrell prods to defend but misses.
Tossed up on middle. Adair gets across and whacks it to square leg where a misfield allows three runs.
On the pads, kept out.
Flighted on middle, tucked to mid on.
Fuller and on middle. Adair flicks it to short leg.
Flat and on middle. Adair blocks.