Sri Lanka v Ireland: Tourists post highest Test score of 492

Curtis Campher top-scored for Ireland successful their archetypal innings with 111

Ireland posted their highest Test people of 492 arsenic Paul Stirling and Curtis Campher became the 3rd and 4th Irishmen to deed centuries successful the game's longest format.

Nishan Madushka was unbeaten connected 41 and Dimuth Karunaratne 39 not out.

Stirling scored 103 and Campher 111 aft skipper Andy Balbirnie made 95 connected the opening day.

Lorcan Tucker scored a utile 80 portion Prabath Jayasuriya, the location leader of the archetypal Test, took 5 wickets for 174.

Asitha Fernando and Vishwa Fernando took 2 wickets each.

Ireland lone gained Test presumption successful 2017 and person mislaid each 5 games successful the red-ball format.

Their erstwhile highest Test people was 339 against Pakistan successful their inaugural lucifer successful 2018.

In punishingly blistery and humid conditions, Stirling retired wounded with cramps connected time 1 aft reaching 74, but came backmost to the crease the pursuing greeting aft Tucker fell.

Stirling reached his maiden Test period successful style, upper-cutting Asitha Fernando for six implicit heavy point.

The batter present has centuries successful each 3 formats of the game.

Soon afterwards the aforesaid bowler dismissed Stirling for 103 arsenic helium hooked a abbreviated transportation into the hands of Dhananjaya de Silva connected the fine-leg boundary.

Campher was good caught by a diving De Silva astatine archetypal gaffe to springiness Jayasuriya his 3rd wicket successful the innings.

Sri Lanka's openers negotiated the last league without overmuch trouble, though Ireland's quicks recovered the extracurricular borderline of the bat of Madushka with the caller ball.

Ireland way 1-0 successful the two-match bid aft losing the archetypal Test by an innings and 280 runs.