Sri Lanka Thrash Ireland By An Innings And 280 Runs In First Test

Sri Lanka thrashed Ireland by an innings and 280 runs on Tuesday, in one of the biggest winning margins in Test history and the largest by the South Asian nation.

In what was also Ireland's biggest defeat to date, the visitors were all out for 168 on day three in a hot and humid Galle International Stadium.

It was the 12th-largest innings victory in Test history, behind England's win over the West Indies in 2007 by an innings and 283 runs.

Sri Lanka's previous biggest win was when they hammered Zimbabwe by an innings and 254 runs in 2004 in Bulawayo.

Sri Lanka in their first innings declared on a mammoth 591 for 6.

Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne top scored with 179 runs while Kusal Mendis posted 140. Dinesh Chandimal and Sadeera Samarawickrama then hit unbeaten hundreds.

Sri Lanka then bowled out Ireland for 143 and enforced the follow-on, finishing the job just after tea on day three.

Sri Lanka Vs Ireland, First Test Scorecard

Sri Lanka first innings 591/6 declared

(Karunaratne 179, Mendis 140, Chandimal 102 not out, Samarawickrama 104 not out)

Ireland first innings 143/10

• James McCollum b Jayasuriya 35
• Murray Commins b V. Fernando 0
• Andy Balbirnie c Madushka b V. Fernando 4
• Harry Tector c de Silva b Jayasuriya 34
• Curtis Campher c Mendis b Jayasuriya 0
• Peter Moor c Samarawickrama b Jayasuriya 14
• Lorcan Tucker lbw b Jayasuriya 45
• George Dockrell lbw b Jayasuriya 2
• Andy McBrine lbw b Mendis 7
• Mark Adair st Samarawickrama b Jayasuriya 0
• Ben White not out 0

Extras: (nb 2) 2

Total: (all out, overs 52.3) 143

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Commins), 2-4 (Balbirnie), 3-74 (Tector), 4-74 (Campher), 5-85 (James McCollum), 6-92 (Moor) 7-108 (Dockrell), 8-143 (Tucker), 9-143 (Adair), 10-143 (McBrine).

Bowling: Asitha Fernando 5-2-9-0, Vishwa Fernando 9-2-38-2, Prabath Jayasuriya 23-10-52-7, Ramesh Mendis 14.3-3-40-1 (nb 2) Dhananjaya de Silva 1-0-4-0.

Ireland Second innings 168/10

• James McCollum c Dhananjaya de Silva b Prabath Jayasuriya 8
• Murray Commins c R Mendis b Vishwa Fernando 0
• Andrew Balbirnie (c) c Dhananjaya de Silva b Vishwa Fernando 6
• Harry Tector run out (Karunaratne/Samarawickrama) 42
• Lorcan Tucker (wk) lbw b Prabath Jayasuriya 6
• Peter Moor c Nishan Madushka b R Mendis 0
• Curtis Campher c Nishan Madushka b R Mendis 30
• George Dockrell lbw b R Mendis 32
• Andy McBrine c Kusal Mendis b R Mendis 10
• Mark Adair not out 23
• Benjamin White lbw b Prabath Jayasuriya 1

Extras 10 (b 5, lb 3, w 1, nb 1, p 0)

Total 168 (10 wkts, 54.1 Ov)

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Bowling: Asitha Fernando 3-0-15-0, Vishwa Fernando 4-2-3-2, Prabath Jayasuriya 24.1-6-56-3, Ramesh Mendis 20-1-76-4 (nb 1) Dhananjaya de Silva 3-0-10-0.