Sri Lanka elect to bat first

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in the first Test against Ireland at the Galle International stadium

The teams:

Ireland XI:  Murray Commins,  James McCollum,  Andy Balbirnie (c),  Harry Tector,  PJ Moor,  Curtis Campher,  Lorcan Tucker (wk),  Mark Adair,  Andy McBrine,  George Dock,  Ben White

Sri Lanka XI: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Nishan Madushka, Kusal Mendis  Angelo Mathews,  Dinesh Chandimal,  Dhananjaya de Silva,  Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk),  Ramesh Mendis  Prabath Jayasuriya  Vishwa Fernando  Asitha Fernando