GALLE (Sri Lanka): Eire posted their perfect Take a look at ranking of 492 on Tuesday as Paul Stirling and Curtis Campher become simplest the 3rd and fourth Irishmen to collision centuries in cricket’s longest layout.
Prior to downpour prohibited play games on moment two in Galle, in answer Sri Lanka had been 81 with out loss, 411 runs in the back of, with Nishan Madushka unbeaten on 41 and Dimuth Karunaratne 39 now not out.
However the moment belonged to Eire, with Stirling scoring 103 and Campher 111 upcoming captain Andy Balbirnie made 95 on moment one.
Lorcan Tucker scored an invaluable 80 generation Prabath Jayasuriya, the house hero of the primary Take a look at, took 5 wickets for 174. Asitha Fernando and Vishwa Fernando took two wickets every.
Eire simplest received Take a look at situation in 2017 and feature misplaced all 5 video games to this point.
The former perfect Take a look at ranking was once 339 in opposition to Pakistan of their inaugural fit in 2018.
In punishingly scorching and humid statuses, Stirling had retired harm with cramps on Monday upcoming attaining 74, however got here again to the wrinkle on Tuesday upcoming Tucker fell.
Stirling reached his maiden Take a look at hundred in taste, upper-cutting Asitha Fernando for 6 over deep level. He now has centuries in all 3 codecs of the sport.
Quickly afterwards the similar bowler brushed aside Stirling for 103 because the batsman hooked a scale down supply into the fingers of Dhananjaya de Silva at the fine-leg boundary.
Campher was once smartly stuck via a diving De Silva in the beginning slip to offer Jayasuriya his 3rd wicket within the innings.
Sri Lanka’s openers negotiated the general consultation with out a lot hassle even though Eire’s quicks discovered the outdoor fringe of the bat of Madushka with the brandnew ball.
Eire misplaced the primary Take a look at via an innings and 280 runs.
Prior to downpour prohibited play games on moment two in Galle, in answer Sri Lanka had been 81 with out loss, 411 runs in the back of, with Nishan Madushka unbeaten on 41 and Dimuth Karunaratne 39 now not out.
However the moment belonged to Eire, with Stirling scoring 103 and Campher 111 upcoming captain Andy Balbirnie made 95 on moment one.
Lorcan Tucker scored an invaluable 80 generation Prabath Jayasuriya, the house hero of the primary Take a look at, took 5 wickets for 174. Asitha Fernando and Vishwa Fernando took two wickets every.
Eire simplest received Take a look at situation in 2017 and feature misplaced all 5 video games to this point.
The former perfect Take a look at ranking was once 339 in opposition to Pakistan of their inaugural fit in 2018.
In punishingly scorching and humid statuses, Stirling had retired harm with cramps on Monday upcoming attaining 74, however got here again to the wrinkle on Tuesday upcoming Tucker fell.
Stirling reached his maiden Take a look at hundred in taste, upper-cutting Asitha Fernando for 6 over deep level. He now has centuries in all 3 codecs of the sport.
Quickly afterwards the similar bowler brushed aside Stirling for 103 because the batsman hooked a scale down supply into the fingers of Dhananjaya de Silva at the fine-leg boundary.
Campher was once smartly stuck via a diving De Silva in the beginning slip to offer Jayasuriya his 3rd wicket within the innings.
Sri Lanka’s openers negotiated the general consultation with out a lot hassle even though Eire’s quicks discovered the outdoor fringe of the bat of Madushka with the brandnew ball.
Eire misplaced the primary Take a look at via an innings and 280 runs.
