Mendis fifer powers SL to massive win

Driven by Ramesh Mendis' fifer, Sri Lanka packaged out Ireland for 202 in their second paper to enlist a pounding triumph, by an innings and 10 runs, at the Galle Global Arena on Friday.

Continuing the fifth day on 54 for 2, the guests were hit right on time, with Andrew Balbirnie experiencing a blow on his cap with an Asitha Fernando bouncer that he neglected to pull. He needed to stroll off the field briefly subsequent to getting a blackout check. The hosts hit not long after with Paul Stirling neglecting to oppose the of driving Prabath Jayasuriya to the defender at cover, giving the left-arm spinner his 50th Test wicket - making him the quickest Sri Lankan to the imprint.

Fernando's short-pitched ploy from round the wicket grieved the hitters and even had Harry Tector almost offering a catch to the forward short leg defender. He also was hit on the protective cap by the pacer however batted. In any case, while he endure the testing spell, he continued to lose accomplices from the opposite end. Lorcan Exhaust's visit didn't keep going long in the wake of taking a couple of passes on his body over Fernando before at last he inside edged the ball on to his stumps.

While Fernando was removed from the assault before long, Mendis and Jayasuriya didn't offer many scoring valuable open doors to the Irish players, bowling in testing channels. Camphor turned into the third hitters to leave in the first part of the day meeting when he gloved a slip to the leg slip defender, falling on 12.

Diminished to 103 for 5, Balbirnie got back to bat and steadied the innings momentarily in the organization of Tector, taking Ireland securely to Lunch. Be that as it may, he fell not long after the Mid-day break, on 46, driving Mendis to the mid off defender.

Tector proceeded to enlist his 50 years however continued to lose his accomplices as his innings advanced. Andy McBrine and Graham Hume edged Mendis to slips, offering the workplace his fourth and fifth wickets of the innings. Fernando got back to the assault, however he also was crushed for a six over the mid wicket locale, before at last pushing over Tector and Benjamin White's stumps in one over to end Ireland's subsequent innings.

Brief Scores: Ireland 492 & 202 (Harry Tector 85, Andrew Balbirnie 46; Ramesh Mendis 5-64, Asitha Fernando 3-30) lost to Sri Lanka 704/3 decl. (Kusal Mendis 245, Nishan Madushka 205, Dimuth Karunaratne 115; Graham Hume 1-87) by an innings and 10 runs