{"id":310972,"date":"2023-04-18T10:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T10:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/18\/1st-test-sri-lanka-hammer-ireland-by-an-innings-and-280-runs-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T10:54:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T10:54:02","slug":"1st-test-sri-lanka-hammer-ireland-by-an-innings-and-280-runs-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/18\/1st-test-sri-lanka-hammer-ireland-by-an-innings-and-280-runs-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"1st Test: Sri Lanka hammer Ireland by an innings and 280 runs | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Four tons by the batters in the first innings followed a superb spin bowling show as Sri Lanka blew away a clueless Ireland inside three days in first Test in Galle on Tuesday. <br \/>Sri Lanka&#8217;s margin of win &#8212; an innings and 280 runs &#8212; is now one of the biggest winning margins in Test history and also the largest by a South Asian nation. <br \/>With Ireland bundling out for another lowly total of 168 after following-on, the visitors were also handed their biggest defeat to date. <br \/>On a hot and humid day at the <!-- -->Galle International Stadium<!-- -->, the Lankans registered the 12th-largest innings victory in Test history, behind England&#8217;s win over the West Indies in 2007 by an innings and 283 runs.<br \/>Sri Lanka&#8217;s previous biggest win was when they hammered Zimbabwe by an innings and 254 runs in 2004 in Bulawayo.<br \/>Sri Lanka in their first innings declared on a mammoth 591 for 6.<br \/>Skipper <!-- -->Dimuth Karunaratne<!-- --> top scored with 179 runs while <!-- -->Kusal Mendis<!-- --> posted 140. <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/dinesh-chandimal\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Dinesh Chandimal-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/dinesh-chandimal\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dinesh Chandimal<\/a> and <!-- -->Sadeera Samarawickrama<!-- --> then hit unbeaten hundreds.<br \/>Sri Lanka then bowled out Ireland for 143 and enforced the follow-on, finishing the job just after tea on day three.<br \/>Prabath Jayasuriya took three wickets in Ireland&#8217;s second innings, adding to his seven in the first innings.<br \/>Ireland&#8217;s Harry Tector top-scored for the visitors in the second innings with 42.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10; 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