GALLE: Prabath Jayasuriya became the fastest spinner to reach 50 Test wickets and Ramesh Mendis claimed his fourth 5-wicket haul as Sri Lanka cruised to an innings and 10-run win over Ireland on Friday to seal the series 2-0. Resuming on 2-54, the Irish batters crumbled to 202 all out in extremely hot and humid conditions.

Sri Lanka won the first test by an innings and 280 runs. Friday’s victory was the country’s 100th test win. Ireland has now lost all six matches since making its test debut in 2018 against Pakistan in Dublin.

The way the bowlers bowled, it was really amazing,” Sri Lanka captain Dumuth Karunaratne said.”The fast bowler, spinners and Ramesh came back very well. The way Asitha (Fernando) bowled was really amazing. If we want to win away series, this is the kind of bowling we need. Ramesh could not do well in the first innings, but he bounced back well.”

The Irish fought hard against the strong bowling effort from the Sri Lankans, who worked to a concerted plan with Fernando generating seam and bounce on the fifth-day wicket and spinners getting some turn. One of those bouncers struck the helmet of Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie. He was taken off the field briefly but returned to bat at the fall of Curtis Campher’s wicket before the lunch break.

Balbirnie then made 46 before holing out Mendis to Angelo Mathews at mid-off to leave Ireland at 6-143. Paul Stirling (1), one of the two centurions in Ireland’s first innings, did little to keep the scoreboard ticking when Kusal Mendis completed an excellent low catch at extra-cover off leftarm spinner Jayasuriya. That was Jayasuriya’s 50th Test wicket in only his seventh Test match.

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