Sri Lanka In Strong Position Against Ireland On Day 2

SL vs IRE (Image Source: Google)

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.

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

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)

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