Irish cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2022–23

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Irish cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2022–23

	Sri Lanka	Ireland
Dates	16 – 28 April 2023
Captains	Dimuth Karunaratne	Andrew Balbirnie
Test series
Result	Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Kusal Mendis (385)	Harry Tector (179)
Most wickets	Prabath Jayasuriya (17)	Curtis Campher (3)
Player of the series	Kusal Mendis (SL)

The Ireland cricket team toured Sri Lanka in April 2023 to play two Test matches.^[1]^[2]^[3] This was Ireland's first ever Test series consisting of more than a single match.^[4]

Initially, Ireland were scheduled to play a Test match along with two One Day International (ODI) matches.^[5]^[6] In March 2023, following a request from Sri Lanka Cricket,^[7] the schedule was changed to include a second Test instead of the two ODI matches.^[8]^[9]

Sri Lanka defeated Ireland in a one-sided contest in the first Test match.^[10] Sri Lanka also won the second test and claimed the series 2–0.^[11]

Squads

Sri Lanka^[12]	Ireland^[13]
Dimuth Karunaratne (c) Dinesh Chandimal Dhananjaya de Silva Lasith Embuldeniya Asitha Fernando Vishwa Fernando Dushan Hemantha Prabath Jayasuriya Nishan Madushka (wk) Angelo Mathews Kamindu Mendis Kusal Mendis Ramesh Mendis Milan Rathnayake Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk)	Andrew Balbirnie (c) Mark Adair Curtis Campher Murray Commins George Dockrell Fionn Hand Graham Hume Matthew Humphreys Thomas Mayes Andy McBrine James McCollum PJ Moor Paul Stirling Harry Tector Lorcan Tucker (wk) Ben White

Paul Stirling was selected in the Ireland's Test squad only for the second Test.^[14]

Test series

1st Test

16–20 April 2023^{[n 1]}
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	Ireland
591/6d (131 overs) Dimuth Karunaratne 179 (235) Curtis Campher 2/84 (21 overs)		143 (52.3 overs) Lorcan Tucker 45 (73) Prabath Jayasuriya 7/52 (23 overs)
		168 (54.1 overs) (f/o) Harry Tector 42 (95) Ramesh Mendis 4/76 (20 overs)

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 280 runs
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Player of the match: Prabath Jayasuriya (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
Sadeera Samarawickrama (SL) scored his first century in Tests.^[15]
Sadeera Samarawickrama also achieved the highest score by a Sri Lankan player while batting at number 8 or lower in Tests.^[16]
This was Sri Lanka's biggest win by an innings in terms of runs.^[17]

2nd Test

24–28 April 2023
Scorecard

Ireland	v	Sri Lanka
492 (145.3 overs) Curtis Campher 111 (229) Prabath Jayasuriya 5/174 (58.3 overs)		704/3d (151 overs) Kusal Mendis 245 (291) Graham Hume 1/87 (22 overs)
202 (77.3 overs) Harry Tector 85 (189) Ramesh Mendis 5/64 (27 overs)

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 10 runs
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Prabath Jayasuriya (SL)

Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
13.5 overs of play was lost on day 2 due to bad light.
31.1 overs of play was lost on day 3 due to rain.
Matthew Humphreys (Ire) made his Test debut.
The 115-run stand between Andy Balbirnie and Paul Stirling in the first innings of the match was the highest partnership for Ireland in Tests, in terms of runs.^[18]
Paul Stirling, Curtis Campher (Ire) and Nishan Madushka (SL) all scored their first centuries in Tests.^[19]^[20]^[21]
Paul Stirling also became the second Irish cricketer to score a century in all three international formats.^[22]
Ireland's total in the first innings of the match was their highest innings total in Tests (492).^[23]
Nishan Madushka and Kusal Mendis (SL) both scored their maiden double century in Tests.^[24]
Prabath Jayasuriya (SL) became the quickest spinner to take 50 wickets, in terms of number of tests played (7).^[25]
This was Sri Lanka's 100th Test win in their history.^[26]

Statistics

Most runs

Rank	Runs	Player	Innings	Average	High Score	100	50
1	385	Kusal Mendis	2	192.50	245	2	0
2	294	Dimuth Karunaratne	2	147.00	179	2	0
3	234	Nishan Madushka	2	117.00	205	1	0
4	179	Harry Tector	4	44.75	85	0	1
5	153	Curtis Campher	4	38.25	111	1	0
Last Updated: 28 April 2023

Most wickets

Rank	Wickets	Player	Innings	Best (Inning)	Best (Match)	Average	Economy	5w
1	17	Prabath Jayasuriya	2	7/52	10/108	21.76	2.68	2
2	11	Ramesh Mendis	2	5/64	6/172	26.18	3.25	1
3	6	Vishwa Fernando		2/3	4/31	24.66	3.44	0
4	5	Asitha Fernando		3/30	5/108	26.40	3.18
5	3	Curtis Campher	4	2/84	2/84	61.66	4.51
Last Updated: 28 April 2023

Notes

^ While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the first test reached a result in three days.

References

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^ "Wicketkeeper returns after six-year hiatus as Sri Lanka name squad for Ireland Test". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
^ "Tweak to Sri Lanka tour schedule sees Ireland Men set to play two-match Test series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^ "Paul Stirling to join Test squad for Sri Lanka tour". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
^ "Jayasuriya five-for stuns Ireland after SL post 591". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ "Sadeera Samarawickrama ends 7-year drought by scoring his maiden century, ruins this player's career". BabaCric. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ "1st Test: Sri Lanka hammer Ireland by an innings and 280 runs". Times of India. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ "Balbirnie helps Ireland bounce back in Sri Lanka Test". Business Recorder. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "Paul Stirling joins elite group after hitting century as Ireland impress on day two of Sri Lanka Test". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ "Stirling and Campher post centuries in Galle run fest". CricketEurope. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ "Rain interrupts Madushka & Mendis' promising stand". ThePapare. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ Fernando, Andrew Fidel (25 April 2023). "Openers lead strong Sri Lankan reply after Stirling, Campher centuries". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "Ireland post record Test score". The Daily Star. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ "Nishan Madushka spearheads Sri Lanka with maiden double century". Adaderana. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
^ "Prabath Jayasuriya becomes quickest spinner to 50 Test wickets". Sportstar. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ "100 up: Victory against Ireland marks landmark moment for Sri lanka". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

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