Match Day

Report

2417dThe Report by Ger Siggins

Sri Lanka leave Ireland bereft

Ireland might have enjoyed a golden era but they have still not beaten a top nation at home, Sri Lanka extending that record with a comfortable ODI win in Clontarf

2417dGer Siggins

Emergency thermals for Sri Lankans

Sri Lanka's young squad smiled broadly when the thermal underwear arrived ahead of their first ODI against Ireland in Clontarf

Preview

1950dAndrew Fidel Fernando and David Hopps

First audition for Atapattu

ESPNcricinfo previews the first ODI between Ireland and Sri Lanka

Ireland INNINGS		R	B
WTS Porterfield	caught	37	87
PR Stirling	bowled	4	6
EC Joyce	caught wk	0	6
NJ O'Brien	lbw	33	39
GC Wilson	run out	3	2
KJ O'Brien	caught	0	1
SR Thompson	lbw	1	7
AR Cusack	bowled	10	16
MC Sorensen	lbw	17	35
GH Dockrell	not out	18	27
TJ Murtagh	lbw	10	13
EXTRAS	(lb 3, w 4)
TOTAL	140 (all out; 39.5 ovs)

Sri Lanka BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	8.0	1	29	3	3.62	(1w)
KMDN Kulasekara	8.0	3	30	2	3.75
AD Mathews	2.0	0	6	0	3.00
SMSM Senanayake	7.5	1	27	1	3.44
BAW Mendis	10.0	1	27	3	2.70	(2w)
SMA Priyanjan	3.0	0	11	0	3.66	(1w)
KDK Vithanage	1.0	0	7	0	7.00

Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	WTS Porterfield	PR Stirling
2nd	1	EC Joyce	WTS Porterfield
3rd	58	NJ O'Brien	WTS Porterfield
4th	4	GC Wilson	WTS Porterfield
5th	3	KJ O'Brien	WTS Porterfield
6th	4	WTS Porterfield	SR Thompson
7th	12	WTS Porterfield	AR Cusack
8th	11	AR Cusack	MC Sorensen
9th	28	GH Dockrell	MC Sorensen
10th	15	TJ Murtagh	GH Dockrell