Jayasuriya picks up ten in the Test as Sri Lanka roll Ireland over for innings victory

Ireland’s collapse rolled into day three in Galle, as Sri Lanka’s spinners scythed through them twice, to secure an innings-and-280 run victory with Prabath Jayasuriya claiming a 10-wicket haul.

Ireland were always likely to struggle here. They had never played in Sri Lanka before, and were thrust into unforgiving April heat, without so much as a practice match to acclimatize. But where they had given a decent account of their skills against Bangladesh, earlier this month losing the match in Mirpur by only seven wickets, they almost never strung together competitive passages in this Test.

Brief scores:

Sri Lanka 591 for 6 (Dimuth Karunaratne 179, Kusal Mendis 140, Sadeera Samarawickrama 104*, Dinesh Chandimal 102*) beat Ireland 143 (Lorcan Tucker 45, Prabath Jayasuriya 7-52) and 168 (Harry Tector 42, Ramesh  Mendis 4-76, Prabath Jayasuriya 3-56) by an innings and 280 runs