Ireland v Sri Lanka, Galle

Ireland 492/10 & 202/10

Sri Lanka 704/3

Sri Lanka won by 10 runs

Ireland v Sri Lanka 2023 · 2nd Test Galle International Stadium, Galle 24–28 Apr 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Ireland had it far tougher than Sri Lanka.

Ireland

0.87× -13%

Sri Lanka

1.21× +21%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, Sri Lanka led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

BKG Mendis Sri Lanka

245 +260

C Campher Ireland

123 +207

KNM Fernando Sri Lanka

205 +199

HT Tector Ireland

103 +186

A Balbirnie Ireland

141 +186

Best bowling

Top match figures

RTM Mendis5/64

NGRP Jayasuriya5/174

AM Fernando3/30

AM Fernando2/78

Top score

245

BKG Mendis · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

268

2nd wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–18

3 wkts for 18 · Ireland

Match facts

TossIreland, bat

ResultSri Lanka won by 10 runs

Length5 days

Ireland

492 /10 (145.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA McCollum	c S Samarawickrama b NGRP Jayasuriya	10	28	2	0	35.71
PJ Moor	lbw b AM Fernando	5	7	1	0	71.43
A Balbirnie	c DM de Silva b RTM Mendis	95	163	14	0	58.28
HT Tector	c LD Chandimal b NGRP Jayasuriya	18	44	3	0	40.91
PR Stirling	c DM de Silva b AM Fernando	103	181	9	4	56.91
L Tucker	b MVT Fernando	80	106	10	0	75.47
C Campher	c DM de Silva b NGRP Jayasuriya	111	229	15	2	48.47
AR McBrine	c MADI Hemantha b MVT Fernando	35	59	3	1	59.32
GI Hume	lbw b NGRP Jayasuriya	6	23	1	0	26.09
MJ Humphreys	c RTM Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya	7	23	1	0	30.43
B White*	not out	0	11	0	0	0.00

Extras 22 (b 9, lb 11, w 1, nb 1)

Total 492/10 (145.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MVT Fernando	24.0	1	92	2	3.83
AM Fernando	22.0	4	78	2	3.55
NGRP Jayasuriya	58.3	14	174	5	2.97
RTM Mendis	27.0	4	108	1	4.00
DM de Silva	14.0	5	20	0	1.43

Fall of wickets

1-12 (PJ Moor, 3.4)·2-43 (JA McCollum, 9.3)·3-89 (HT Tector, 23.1)·4-232 (A Balbirnie, 67.3)·5-321 (L Tucker, 90.4)·6-385 (PR Stirling, 108.2)·7-474 (AR McBrine, 134.4)·8-476 (C Campher, 137.3)·9-483 (GI Hume, 141.4)·10-492 (MJ Humphreys, 145.3)

Sri Lanka

704 /3 (151.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KNM Fernando	lbw b AR McBrine	205	339	22	1	60.47
FDM Karunaratne	c MJ Humphreys b C Campher	115	133	15	0	86.47
BKG Mendis	c MJ Humphreys b GI Hume	245	291	18	11	84.19
AD Mathews*	not out	100	114	6	4	87.72
LD Chandimal*	not out	13	14	2	0	92.86
DM de Silva*	not out	12	17	2	0	70.59

Extras 14 (b 2, lb 8, w 2, nb 2)

Total 704/3 (151.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
GI Hume	22.0	3	87	1	3.95
AR McBrine	57.0	8	191	1	3.35
C Campher	20.0	1	101	1	5.05
MJ Humphreys	10.0	0	67	0	6.70
B White	34.0	1	203	0	5.97
HT Tector	8.0	0	45	0	5.62

Fall of wickets

1-228 (FDM Karunaratne, 48.4)·2-496 (KNM Fernando, 114.6)·3-629 (BKG Mendis, 139.5)

Ireland

202 /10 (77.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA McCollum	b RTM Mendis	10	16	2	0	62.50
PJ Moor	c AD Mathews b NGRP Jayasuriya	19	39	1	2	48.72
A Balbirnie	c AD Mathews b RTM Mendis	46	101	5	0	45.54
HT Tector	b AM Fernando	85	189	8	3	44.97
PR Stirling	c BKG Mendis b NGRP Jayasuriya	1	5	0	0	20.00
L Tucker	b AM Fernando	13	23	2	0	56.52
C Campher	c BKG Mendis b RTM Mendis	12	33	2	0	36.36
AR McBrine	c DM de Silva b RTM Mendis	10	19	2	0	52.63
GI Hume	c S Samarawickrama b RTM Mendis	0	8	0	0	0.00
MJ Humphreys*	not out	4	31	1	0	12.90
B White	b AM Fernando	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 2 (lb 2)

Total 202/10 (77.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MVT Fernando	6.0	1	15	0	2.50
NGRP Jayasuriya	32.0	9	88	2	2.75
RTM Mendis	27.0	6	64	5	2.37
AM Fernando	11.3	4	30	3	2.61
DM de Silva	1.0	0	3	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-10 (JA McCollum, 4.2)·2-38 (PJ Moor, 13.2)·3-61 (PR Stirling, 25.2)·4-78 (L Tucker, 34.2)·5-103 (C Campher, 45.3)·6-143 (A Balbirnie, 57.3)·7-159 (AR McBrine, 63.5)·8-161 (GI Hume, 65.5)·9-202 (HT Tector, 77.2)·10-202 (B White, 77.3)