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Despite a valiant effort from Harry Tector, Ireland was unable to stop Sri Lanka from winning the Test series 2-0
On day four in Galle, Ireland’s bowlers struggled to take wickets as Sri Lanka declared at 704-3, led by Kusal Mendis’ 245, before the hosts took two early wickets to help set up an exciting fifth day
The third day of play at Galle saw Ireland put up a fight against Sri Lanka, with Curtis Campher taking the lone wicket that fell before rain forced an early end
On day two in Galle, Ireland achieved a record total thanks to hundreds from Paul Stirling and Curtis Campher, who both played in their first Tests
Lorcan Tucker eclipsed Andrew Balbirnie as Ireland’s top Test run-scorer after hitting a brilliant 95 on the first day as they scored 319 for 4 wickets
Day two saw Sadeera Samarawickrama and Dinesh Chanidmal score centuries as Sri Lanka continued to dominate with the bat. Ireland, however, lost five wickets in the penultimate session to end the day on 117-7 and trail by 474 runs
Even though Sri Lanka had a strong first day in Galle, two late wickets offered Ireland confidence. The home team amassed 386 runs with the loss of four wickets thanks to centuries from Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis
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