With this win, Ireland ends their group-stage campaign in fourth place in Group B, with one win and three losses. They have a total of only two points. UAE is at the bottom, having lost all of their four matches. Lanka end at the top of Group B with four wins in four games and a total of eig
Batting first, Ireland's top order collapsed against Brandon McMullen's lethal bowling. They were 33/4 after 8.2 overs. Paul Stirling and Andrew Balbirnie were dismissed on a golden duck by McMullen in consecutive balls. Harry Tector was also dismissed cheaply at 6 of 10.
Andrew Balbirnie will lead a strong Ireland squad that will take on England at Lord's in the one-off Test from June 1. Little, who returned from the IPL to play in the Bangladesh series, was rested for the Test considering the white-ball commitments in the near future.
Sri Lanka spinner Prabath Jayasuriya broke a 71-year-old record when he dismissed Ireland's Paul Stirling to claim his 50th Test wicket on the final day of the second Test in Galle on Friday.
Karunaratne, who had made 179 in the first Test at the same venue last week, stitched a 228-run opening stand with Nishan Madushka and made his 16th Test hundred in the process
The first Test was a one-sided affair as four Sri Lanka batters scored centuries and Ireland's spinners struggled to adjust to the conditions as the hosts cruised to an emphatic innings and 280-run victory. But Hauritz is confident Ireland will be more competitive when the second and final T
Ireland opener Paul Stirling had to participate in Ireland's tour of Bangladesh for the white-ball leg, but after changes to the schedule, he has made himself available for the Sri Lankan tour, which originally had a one-off Test and two ODIs, but giving preference to the longer format, an a