END OF OVER:45 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 241/10 (137 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 5.35, RRR: 27.40)
- Boyd Rankin18 (18b)
- Angelo Mathews4-1-34-1
- Farveez Maharoof10-1-60-1
With that Sri Lanka complete a 2-0 series win, in truth they were much the better side over the 2 games and were deserved winners today. It was a great wicket to bat on with 618 runs in the match today, yet the Irish batsmen kept on finding ways to get out. If they were going to get close to the Sri Lanka target the top order had to fire, it didn't happen until McBrine came in and hit an excellent 79 off 64 balls.
Lakmal was the pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers and finished off with 4 wickets. Dasun Shanaka has just been named man of the series even though he didn't do much today.
So Sri Lanka will feel very happy to have won the series so comprehesively and get them in form for the 5 match ODI series against England starting on Tuesday.
For Ireland you will feel that they need to regroup quickly and work out what went wrong before Afghanistan come and visit for a 5 match ODI series starting on the 10th July in Stormont.
So that just leave me to thank you for following my commentary over the two days, hope that you enjoyed it. Until next time this is Justin Smyth saying good night from Malahide. Goodnight.
AR McBrine c Mendis b Mathews 79 (64b 7x4 2x6) SR: 123.43
END OF OVER:44 | 4 Runs | IRE: 226/9 (152 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 5.13, RRR: 25.33)
- Boyd Rankin17 (17b)
- Andy McBrine65 (59b)
- Farveez Maharoof10-1-60-1
- Suranga Lakmal10-1-38-4
Mathews has brought himself back on, can he get the final wicket.
END OF OVER:43 | 7 Runs | IRE: 222/9 (156 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 5.16, RRR: 22.28)
- Andy McBrine62 (56b)
- Boyd Rankin16 (14b)
- Suranga Lakmal10-1-38-4
- Danushka Gunathilaka7-0-40-1
END OF OVER:42 | 10 Runs | IRE: 215/9 (163 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 5.11, RRR: 20.37)
- Boyd Rankin15 (11b)
- Andy McBrine56 (53b)
- Danushka Gunathilaka7-0-40-1
- Suranga Lakmal9-1-31-4
END OF OVER:41 | 10 Runs | IRE: 205/9 (173 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 5.00, RRR: 19.22)
- Boyd Rankin7 (7b)
- Andy McBrine54 (51b)
- Suranga Lakmal9-1-31-4
- Farveez Maharoof9-1-56-1