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    "title": "Sri Lanka Thrashed Ireland In Second Test To Seal Series",
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    "excerpt": "Ramesh Mendis took five wickets and Prabath Jayasuriya became the fastest-ever spinner to 50 Test wickets Friday as Sri Lanka thrashed Ireland by an innings and 10 runs in the second Test. SCORECARD S",
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    "editor1": "<p>Ramesh Mendis took five wickets and Prabath Jayasuriya became the fastest-ever spinner to 50 Test wickets Friday as Sri Lanka thrashed Ireland by an innings and 10 runs in the second Test. <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ovUgmv\">SCORECARD<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Sri Lanka vs Ireland, Second Test Report<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The hosts swept the two-match series in Galle 2-0, recording their 100th Test win and leaving the tourists still seeking a first victory in cricket&#39;s longest format.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Harry Tector fought a lone last-day rearguard action to try to bat out a draw, scoring 85 and mounting a 41-run stand for the ninth wicket, but Mendis took 5-64 as Ireland were bowled out for 202 in their second innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Asitha Fernando bowled Tector with a yorker to end the resistance and accounted for last man Ben White with the very next ball to wrap up another emphatic win in style.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The visitors posted 492 in their first innings -- among the highest-ever scores to be followed by an innings defeat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>After Sri Lanka declared on 704-3, Ireland resumed their second innings on 54-2, hoping to hold on for a draw on a track still good for batting.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><img alt=\"SL v Ireland\" src=\"https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SL-vs-Ireland-2nd-Test.jpg\" \/>But Jayasuriya dismissed Paul Stirling in the fourth over of the morning to become the quickest-ever spinner to take 50 wickets, in just seven Tests.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Fellow left-armer Alf Valentine of West Indies had taken eight games to the milestone more than seven decades earlier.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mendis removed first-innings centurion Curtis Campher when he swept one straight into the hands of Kusal Mendis at leg-slip, and took his third wicket of the innings when captain Andy Balbirnie drove one straight to Angelo Mathews at mid-off on 46.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mendis then dismissed Andy McBrine and Graham Hume in successive overs to claim his fourth five-wicket haul.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-series\/indian-premier-league-2023\/points-table\">IPL 2023 Points Table<\/a><\/p><p>Sri Lanka won the first Test by an innings and 280 runs.<\/p>\r\n",
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