Irish cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2022–23

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Irish cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2022–23
  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Cricket Ireland flag.svg
  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]

Contents

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

Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka [12] Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland [13]

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
v
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)

2nd Test

24–28 April 2023
Scorecard
v
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)

Statistics

Most runs

RankRunsPlayerTeamsInningsAverageHigh Score10050
1385 Kusal Mendis Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2192.5024520
2294 Dimuth Karunaratne Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2147.0017920
3234 Nishan Madushka 117.002051
4179 Harry Tector Flag of Ireland.svg 444.758501
5153 Curtis Campher 38.2511110
Last Updated: 28 April 2023

Most wickets

RankWicketsPlayerTeamsInningsBest (Inning)Best (Match)AverageEconomy5w
117 Prabath Jayasuriya Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 27/5210/10821.762.682
211 Ramesh Mendis Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 25/646/17226.183.251
36 Vishwa Fernando 2/34/3124.663.440
45 Asitha Fernando 3/305/10826.403.18
53 Curtis Campher Flag of Ireland.svg 42/842/8461.664.51
Last Updated: 28 April 2023

Notes

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

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