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Ireland ‘A’ tour of Sri Lanka 2019 | 2nd Unofficial Test – Day 1

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The visiting Ireland ‘A’ team posted a formidable score of 286 runs losing just 4 wickets on the first day of the 2nd Unofficial Test against Sri Lanka ‘A’. The play was held at the Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota.

Home skipper Ashan Priyanjan won the toss and invited the visitors to take first lease of the wicket, with an unassailable 1-0 lead in the 2-match series. The first Unofficial Test saw the hosts thrashing the tourists by 10 wickets.

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The start for the Irish today, was also not the ideal one. Pacer Chamika Karunaratne, who is replacing Nisala Tharaka in the playing XI, provided Sri Lanka ‘A’ with an early breakthrough with the wicket of James Shannon for 13 runs in the 5th over of the innings.

Then onwards it was all about the Irish batsmen resisting and accumulating runs in unfavourable conditions against an attack born and bred in similar conditions. Opener James McCollum and Stephen Doheny guided their team safely towards lunch with a commendable score of 126/1 in 31 overs.

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McCollum did the bulk of the scoring as he contributed 57 runs for the 110-run 2nd wicket partnership with Doheny. Showing their lack of experience in this level of cricket, McCollum got out just after the lunch break for a well-made 72 courtesy a delivery from speedster Mohamed Shiraz.

Irish skipper Harry Tector was dismissed soon by left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya. Chamika Karunaratne who assisted his fellow Royalist taking the catch to dismiss Tector brought Sri Lanka back in to the game with the wicket of Doheny, who was batting on 58.

Having taken 3 quick wickets right after the break, Sri Lanka were expected to run through the inexperienced Irish batting line-up but wicket keeper batsman Locran Tucker and Neil Rock stood firmly for their team. From 158/4 in the 41st over, the duo batted on until the match was stopped due to bad light after 82 overs.

The left hand-right hand combination of Tucker and Rock stood against the Sri Lankans as both of them went on to score half-centuries. The partnership at stumps was 88* and Ireland’s score was at 286/4.

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The Sri Lankan XI for this game was with 3 changes to the XI which played the previous game. Centurion in that match, Milinda Siriwardena was replaced by Sammu Ashan while Chamika Karunaratne had been brought in for Nisala Tharaka. The interesting inclusion was of Tharindu Kaushal. He was not even named in the initial squad and replaced off-spinner Nishan Peiris for today’s match. Kaushal ended the day wicket-less giving away 48 runs in his 13 overs, but was superb in the warm-up match played before the 1st Unofficial Test with 3 scalps.









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Full Scorecard

Ireland A

508/8 & 89/3

(24 overs)

Result

Sri Lanka A

303/10 & 468/7

(105.1 overs)

match drawn

Ireland A’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
JNK Shannon c M Sarathchandra b C Karunarathne 13 13
JA McCollum c K Mendis b M Shiraz 72 105
S Doheny c M Sarathchandra b C Karunarathne 58 103
H Tector c C Karunarathne b L Embuldeniya 8 18
L Tucker lbw by A Priyanjan 80 171
N Rock c P Nissanka b L Embuldeniya 85 198
MR Adair c T Kaushal b C Karunarathne 32 38
JJ Garth c S Ashan b L Embuldeniya 45 85
J Cameron-Dow not out 76 95
J Little not out 11 11
Extras
28 (b 10, lb 5, nb 9, w 4)
Total
508/8 (138 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-24 (JNK Shannon, 4.2 ov), 2-134 (JA McCollum, 32.5 ov), 3-151 (H Tector, 37.3 ov), 4-158 (S Doheny, 40.1 ov), 5-321 (L Tucker, 96.2 ov), 6-367 (N Rock, 105.4 ov), 7-367 (MR Adair, 106.4 ov), 8-475 (JJ Garth, 134.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Chamika Karunarathne 25 1 99 3 3.96
Mohamed Shiraz 25 1 88 1 3.52
Lasith Embuldeniya 43 10 142 3 3.30
Tharindu Kaushal 20 1 85 0 4.25
Kamindu Mendis 7 0 38 0 5.43
Ashan Priyanjan 14 2 25 1 1.79
Angelo Perera 1 0 2 0 2.00
Shammu Ashan 3 0 14 0 4.67

Sri Lanka A’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Pathum Nissanka c Tucker b Young 4 11
Avishka Fernando c Adair b Young 13 18
Ashan Priyanjan c Young b Garth 27 50
Angelo Perera c Tucker b Young 127 161
Kamindu Mendis c Shannon b Cameron-Dow 17 16
Sammu Ashan c Young b Cameron-Dow 72 118
Manoj Sarathchandra c Hector b Garth 9 22
Chamika Karunarathne c Adair b Cameron-Dow 13 20
Tharindu Kaushal c Hector b Cameron-Dow 0 3
Mohomed Shiraz lbw by Cameron-Dow 9 24
Lasith Embuldeniya not out 0 3
Extras
12 (b 2, lb 2, nb 6, w 2)
Total
303/10 (73.1 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-9 (P Nissanka, 2.4 ov), 2-18 (WIA Fernando, 6.2 ov), 3-99 (SMA Priyanjan, 22.6 ov), 4-137 (PHKD Mendis, 29.4 ov), 5-227 (AK Perera, 50.1 ov), 6-247 (DM Sarathchandra, 58.1 ov), 7-270 (C Karunaratne, 63.5 ov), 8-282 (PHT Kaushal, 65.4 ov), 9-298 (M Shiraz, 71.4 ov), 10-303 (S Ashan, 73.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
CA Young 15 2 76 3 5.07
Joshua Little 10 2 44 0 4.40
Mark Adair 11 1 25 0 2.27
James Cameron-Dow 25.2 1 99 5 3.93
Jonathan Garth 12 1 55 2 4.58

Sri Lanka A’s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
Pathum Nissanka c Rock b Garth 217 274
Avishka Fernando c Tucker b Little 15 14
Manoj Sarathchandra lbw by Garth 28 47
Ashan Priyanjan c Garth b Cameron-Dow 7 27
Angelo Perera lbw by Garth 19 25
Kamindu Mendis c Young b Adair 53 106
Shammu Ashan c & b Adair 14 18
Chamika Karunarathne not out 100 106
Tharindu Kaushal not out 6 19
Extras
9 (lb 3, nb 5, w 1)
Total
468/7 (105.1 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-29 (WIA Fernando, 4.3 ov), 2-80 (DM Sarathchandra, 19.2 ov), 3-98 (SMA Priyanjan, 26.6 ov), 4-139 (AK Perera, 35.1 ov), 5-293 (PHKD Mendis, 70.2 ov), 6-315 (S Ashan, 74.6 ov), 7-417 (P Nissanka, 95.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Joshua Little 11 0 49 1 4.45
Mark Adair 18 1 65 2 3.61
James Cameron-Dow 24 1 115 1 4.79
CA Young 11 0 57 0 5.18
Jonathan Garth 33.1 1 140 3 4.23
Harry Tector 4 0 11 0 2.75
S Doheny 2 0 10 0 5.00
JA McCollum 2 0 18 0 9.00

Ireland A’s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
JNK Shannon lbw by L Embuldeniya 0 2
JA McCollum not out 45 65
S Doheny c K Mendis b A Priyanjan 18 12
H Tector c P Nissanka b L Embuldeniya 0 6
L Tucker not out 22 60
Extras
4 (lb 3, nb 1)
Total
89/3 (24 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-0 (JNK Shannon, 0.2 ov), 2-27 (S Doheny, 3.5 ov), 3-28 (H Tector, 4.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Lasith Embuldeniya 10 1 37 2 3.70
Mohamed Shiraz 1 0 9 0 9.00
Ashan Priyanjan 4 1 5 1 1.25
Tharindu Kaushal 6 0 17 0 2.83
Kamindu Mendis 2 0 9 0 4.50
Angelo Perera 1 0 9 0 9.00