1st Test: Jayasuriya bags five-for as Sri Lanka devastate Ireland | Cricket News – Act Daily News

GALLE (Sri Lanka): Sadeera Samarawickrama and Dinesh Chandimal hit unbeaten centuries earlier than Prabath Jayasuriya claimed a five-for as Sri Lanka put guests Ireland to the sword on the second day of the primary Test in Galle on Monday.
Sri Lanka declared their first innings on a mammoth 591-6 earlier than lowering Ireland to 117-7, nonetheless needing one other 274 to keep away from the follow-on.
Lorcan Tucker was batting on 21 on the shut, with Andy McBrine alongside him on 5.
Playing solely their fifth-ever Test, and looking for their first win since attaining the standing in 2017, Ireland may solely show their weak point towards a workforce ranked seventh on this planet within the five-day format.

Left-arm seamer Vishwa Fernando — enjoying his first Test in 10 months — dismissed Murray Commins for a golden duck and captain Andy Balbirnie in simply the second over of the Ireland innings.
Harry Tector (34) and James McCollum (35) put collectively a 70-run partnership earlier than left-arm orthodox spinner Jayasuriya wreaked havoc with a double wicket maiden, claiming the scalps of Tector and Curtis Campher.
In his subsequent over, Jayasuriya cleaned up prime scorer McCollum with a peach of a supply that pitched on center stump, spun previous the bat and clipped prime of off-stump.
Jayasuriya subsequent had Peter Moor caught behind and accomplished his fifth five-wicket haul when George Dockrell was trapped leg earlier than wicket.
Earlier, wicketkeeper-batsman Samarawickrama celebrated his return to Test cricket with a maiden hundred after final that includes in a Test in 2017.
His 104 not out was the primary time a Sri Lankan wicketkeeper has made a century in Test-match cricket in seven years, the earlier being Kusal Perera in 2016.
Chandimal was unbeaten alongside him on 102 on the declaration, posting his 14th Test ton towards drained Irish bowlers who toiled in scorching circumstances.
The pair added an unbroken 183 runs for the seventh wicket, after skipper Dimuth Karunaratne (179) and Kusal Mendis (140) posted centuries earlier within the innings.
Chandimal, 18 in a single day, was the primary to achieve three figures with a sublime punch for 4 by further cowl.
The 27-year-old Samarawickrama joined him within the subsequent over, his 104 the best rating by a Sri Lankan quantity eight.
The match is the first-ever Test between Sri Lanka and Ireland, who’ve misplaced all 4 of their earlier Tests, together with towards Bangladesh this month.