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Sri Lanka In Strong Position Against Ireland On Day 2

Sri Lanka are in a strong position on day two of the first test against Ireland at the Galle International Stadium in Galle on Monday. The hosts declared their first innings at 591/6 and then reduced

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AFP News
By AFP News
Apr 17, 2023 • 06:44 PM

Sri Lanka are in a strong position on day two of the first test against Ireland at the Galle International Stadium in Galle on Monday. The hosts declared their first innings at 591/6 and then reduced Ireland to 117/7 at stumps on Day 2.Ireland are still trailing by 474 runs.

AFP News
By AFP News
April 17, 2023 • 06:44 PM

Scorecard at stumps on the second day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Ireland at the Galle International Stadium on Monday:

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Sri Lanka first innings (overnight 386-4)

Nishan Madushka c Tucker b Campher       29

Dimuth Karunaratne c Tucker b Adair     179

Kusal Mendis lbw b Dockrell             140

Angelo Mathews c Tucker b White           0

Dinesh Chandimal not out                102

Prabath Jayasuriya lbw b Campher         16

Dhananjaya de Silva lbw b McBrine        12

Sadeera Samarawickrama not out          104

Extras: (b4, lb3, w1, nb1)                9

Total: (for 6 wickets, overs 131)     591/d

Did not bat: Ramesh Mendis, Vishwa Fernando and Asitha Fernando

Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Madushka), 2-345 (Mendis), 3-348 (Mathews), 4-373 (Karunaratne), 5-390 (Jayasuriya), 6-408 (de Silva)

Bowling: Mark Adair 24.3-3-95-1 (w1), Curtis Campher 21-2-84-2, Andy McBrine 40-2-162-1, Benjamin White 22-0-119-1 (nb1), George Dockrell 21.3-0-112-1, Harry Tector 2-0-12-0

Ireland first innings

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 not out                    21

George Dockrell lbw b Jayasuriya          2

Andy McBrine not out                      5

Extras: (nb2)                             2

Total: (wickets 7, overs 45)            117

To bat: Ben White, Mark Adair

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Cummins), 2-4 (Balbirnie), 3-74 (Tector), 4-74 (Campher), 5-85 (McCollum), 6-92 (Moor) 7-108 (Dockrell)

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Bowling: Asitha Fernando 5-2-9-0, Vishwa Fernando 6-1-22-2, Prabath Jayasuriya 19-9-42-5, Ramesh Mendis 14-3-40-0 (nb 2), Dhananjaya de Silva 1-0-4-0

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