IRE vs SL

Sri Lanka 704 for 3 dec beat Ireland 202 (Tector 85, Balbirnie 46, Mendis 5-64, Fernando 3-30) and 492 by an innings and 10 runsOnly Harry Tector had mounted any serious resistance, batting out 189 balls for his 85, though Andy Balbirnie…

Ireland 492 and 54 for 2 (Moor 19, Balbirnie 18*, Ramesh 1-17) trail Sri Lanka 704 for 3 dec (Kusal 245, Madushka 205, Mathews 100*, Hume 1-87) by 158 runsDay four was the day in which Sri Lanka put themselves in a position to push hard for…

Sri Lanka gathered 276 brisk runs for the loss of just the wicket of Dimuth Karunaratne, as they eased into control of the second Test, on a rain-curtailed day. Nishan Madushka's maiden Test century was a highlight, as he added 108 to his…

Sri Lanka 81 for 0 (Madushka 41*, Karunaratne 39*) trail Ireland 492 (Campher 111, Stirling 103, Jayasuriya 5-174) by 411 runsPaul Stirling and allrounder Curtis Campher struck their nation's third and fourth Test hundreds respectively, as…

Ireland 319 for 4 (Balbirnie 95, Tucker 78*, Stirling 74) vs Sri LankaLed by Andy Balbirnie's 95, Ireland's batters put together their best day yet on their tour of South Asia, finishing on 319 for four, though they'd been 89 for 3 in the…