Sri Lanka 133 for 1 (Mendis 68, Asalanka 31) beat Ireland 128 for 8 (Tector 45, Theekshana 2-19, Hasaranga 2-25) by nine wickets.

SL Vs IRE Highlights

Sri Lanka’s bowlers stifled the Ireland batting execution, their spinners taking five wickets between them, as they limited the resistance to 128 for 8.

The objective was a walk around the top request driven once more by Kusal Mendis, who hit 68 not out off 43 balls. He hit his third six to bring Sri Lanka back home toward the finish of the fifteenth over, and that implies Sri Lanka not just take the two focuses from this game yet additionally see their net run rate take off to 2.467.

Ireland might mirror that they were absolutely outflanked, having decided to bat first (their successes in the past round had come while pursuing).

Opener Paul Stirling made a promising 34 off 25, yet was out with the score on 55, and no other player could dependably track down the limit, frequently dying in their endeavors to hit out. Harry Tector top-scored with 45, yet spent 42 balls. On a Hobart track that was good for batting, their complete never appeared to be adequate.

Sri Lanka’s quicks control the powerplay

In spite of the fact that Lahiru Kumara and Binura Fernando are Sri Lanka’s fourth and fifth-decision quicks, they consolidated pleasantly in the powerplay – Fernando getting great bob from a hard pitch, while Kumara upset Ireland with his speed.

Kumara took the wicket of Andy Balbirnie’s first ball when the hitter attempted to scoop him over the shoulder, yet Kumara shook the stumps all things being equal. Fernando didn’t get a wicket, yet surrendered just 12 from his initial two overs, stirring up his speed and lengths shrewdly. Chamika Karunaratne released 14 runs off his most memorable over, however even with that, Ireland was 40 for 2 toward the finish of the powerplay.

Spinners strike through the center

Mahesh Theekshana had guaranteed a wicket even inside the powerplay, and Ireland’s hitters found him truly challenging to move away when the field returned. Theekshana released just a solitary limit from his four overs, which went for only 19. He’d excused Lorcan Exhaust in his most memorable over, then eliminated George Dockrell in his last – the seventeenth of the innings

Wanindu Hasaranga offered 25 runs, surrendering a six. Be that as it may, he was no less prevailing, utilizing another round-arm conveyance to especially great impact, prior to taking two wickets in the nineteenth over.

Dhananjaya de Silva bowled just two overs, yet guaranteed the indispensable wicket of Stirling, who holed out to profound cover where Bhanuka Rajapaksa took a superb catch progressing.

Mendis races through the innings

It took four balls for Mendis to find his most memorable limit and his speed seldom let up from that point, as Sri Lanka sped to 50 for no misfortune toward the finish of the powerplay – de Silva making 28 of those runs. De Silva was out in the 10th over, the score on 63, yet Mendis set about laying out a bustling organization with Charith Asalanka, who didn’t hit a limit off the initial 19 balls he confronted, yet scored at in excess of a run-a-ball, while Mendis played more attacking at the opposite end.

The pair accelerated as Sri Lanka moved toward the objective, Mendis hitting two legside sixes in the fifteenth over. Their organization brought 70 runs off 40 balls. SL Vs IRE was a great match.

SL Vs IRE Pitch Report

Their contribution at Bellerive Oval Hobart is fantastic for batting. In any case, the spinners have additionally made progress with the old ball. Having said that, the chief winning the throw might choose to bowl first to use the batting-accommodating pitch and pursue the aggregate.

Playing XIs for SL Vs IRE

Sri Lanka:
Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Lahiru Kumara, Maheesh Theekshana, Binura Fernando

Ireland:
Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Exhaust (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Imprint Adair, Simi Singh, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little