Sri Lanka beat Ireland by 10 runs and innings to clinch Test series 2-0

Galle [Sri Lanka], April 28 (ANI): Superb spells by Ramesh Mendis and Prabath Jayasuriya helped Sri Lanka thrash Ireland by an innings and 10 runs in the second Test to clinch the two-match Test series here at Galle International Stadium on Friday.

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The host team won all two games of the series at Galle 2-0, winning its 100th Test match and leaving the visitor still searching for their first triumph in cricket’s longest format. In an attempt to bat out a draw on the final day, Harry Tector scored 85 and put on a 41-run partnership for the ninth wicket, but Mendis got 5-64 as Ireland were bowled out for 202 in their second innings.

In order to put an end to Tector’s fight, Asitha Fernando bowled him with a yorker. The very next ball saw him dismiss the last batter Ben White, securing yet another convincing victory.

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Sri Lanka made their seventh Test total of 700 or more on day four against Ireland, declaring on 704/3 after taking a 212-run lead in the Test match.
On 54-2, Ireland resumed its second innings in an effort to secure a draw on a still favourable batting surface.

But in just seven Tests, Jayasuriya took out Paul Stirling in the fourth over of the morning to set a record for the fastest spinner to reach 50 wickets.
Alf Valentine of the West Indies, a fellow left-armer, reached the milestone eight games earlier, more than seven decades prior.

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Taking his third wicket of the innings when captain Andy Balbirnie drove one straight to Angelo Mathews at mid-off on 46, Mendis removed first-innings centurion Curtis Campher. Campher had swept one straight into the hands of Kusal Mendis.

Mendis then claimed his fourth five-wicket haul by bowling out Andy McBrine and Graham Hume in quick succession.
The first Test was won by Sri Lanka by an innings and 280 runs.