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)
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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