Best performances - Batsmen
FDM Karunaratne
179(235) 15x4 - 0x6
Control %90%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 56 runs
- 4x4 - 0x6
BKG Mendis
140(193) 18x4 - 1x6
Control %95%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 37 runs
- 7x4 - 0x6
16/04Result
1st Test, Ireland tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Apr 16-18 2023
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
591/6d -
![Ireland]( "Ireland")
143 & 168 (54.1 ov) (f/o)
Player of the Match
16/04Result
1st Test, Ireland tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Apr 16-18 2023
-
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
591/6d -
![Ireland]( "Ireland")
143 & 168 (54.1 ov) (f/o)
Player of the Match
Best performances - Bowlers
Partnerships
- SL - 1st
- IRE - 1st
- IRE - 2nd
Sri Lanka - 1st - Innings
Ireland - 1st - Innings
Ireland - 2nd - Innings
Match Coverage
All Match NewsJayasuriya picks up ten in the Test as Sri Lanka roll Ireland over for innings victory
Ramesh Mendis returned four second-innings wickets to hasten the end and skittle Ireland for 168
Centurion Sadeera Samarawickrama 'learnt a lot after being dropped'
Returning as wicketkeeper-batter to the Test side after 2017, he hit his first hundred in the format
Jayasuriya five-for stuns Ireland after SL post 591
Chandimal and Samarawickrama slammed unbeaten centuries before left-arm spinner took charge
Kusal Mendis: 'Think the future of Test cricket is to not play out many dot balls'
He brings ODI tempo to Test cricket, hitting 140 at a strike rate of 73 on a day in which Sri Lanka scored at over four an over
Karunaratne and K Mendis tons drive Sri Lanka on opening day
Ireland picked up three quick wickets after separating pair in the final session
