Sri Lanka vs Ireland, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Ireland tour of Sri Lanka, 2023 Venue: Galle International Stadium, Galle Date & Time: Apr 24-Apr 28, 10:00 AM LOCAL
Harry Tector 85(189)
77.2
Asitha Fernando to Tector, out Bowled!! Knocked him over! Just before this ball, Tector had stopped Asitha Fernando in his run-up, and that seems to have fired him up. Charges in and bowls a terrific yorker that tails back in. Tector tries to squeeze it out, but gets beaten for pace and the stumps have absolutely been shattered. Asitha Fernando roars out loud as he brings an end to Tector's vigil. Tector b Asitha Fernando 85(189) [4s-8 6s-3]
77.1
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, full and quick on leg, Tector gets hit on the pads
75.6
Asitha Fernando to Tector, SIX, smoked over deep mid-wicket! Asitha Fernando goes short and Tector has pummeled this over the boundary at deep mid-wicket powerfully. 200 up for Ireland - they trail by 10 runs
75.5
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, tailing into the batter around off, Tector goes for a drive, gets an inside edge on to the pads
75.4
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, short and quick around middle, Tector sways away
75.3
Asitha Fernando to Tector, 2 runs, full toss outside off, Tector slices this through backward point for a couple of runs
75.2
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, tailing into the batter around middle and leg, Tector swings this towards deep mid-wicket
75.1
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, pitched up by the bowler on middle and leg, Tector whips this to deep mid-wicket
74.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, 1 run, makes slight room and steers this through backward point for a single. The 9th wicket stand continues to frustrate SL. Tector is farming the strike to perfection
74.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, looks to steer this into the off-side, gets an edge towards the keeper
74.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, worked towards short fine leg as Jayasuriya sticks to the leg-stump line
74.3
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, drifting on the pads, Tector works it towards square leg with a closed bat face
74.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, makes room and drives this to deep cover
74.1
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, too full on leg, Tector doesn't offer a shot, hit on the pads
72.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, flighted delivery outside off, driven to the fielder at cover-point
72.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, SIX, loopy delivery on off, Tector makes room and lofts this over deep extra cover for six runs. Ireland inching closer to erasing that deficit
72.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, pitched up by the spinner on off, Tector defends it off his front foot
72.3
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, nicely tossed up delivery on off, Tector drives it through cover, doesn't take the single
72.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, spinning away from the batter outside off, left alone by Tector
72.1
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, loopy delivery on off, Tector defends it to silly point
71.4
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, slower through the air outside off, sliced to backward point for a single
71.3
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, FOUR, flighted delivery on middle, Tector goes down on his knee and whacks this towards deep mid-wicket for four runs
71.2
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, SIX, goes down on his knee and slogsweeps this over deep mid-wicket for half-a-dozen. Ireland trail by only 30 runs more. If Tector continues batting like this, Sri Lanka might have to bat again
71.1
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, way too short on midddle and leg, Tector drags it to deep mid-wicket
70.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, 1 run, yorker length ball on off, Tector squeezes it to cover and takes a quick single to end the over
70.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, FOUR, fraction short outside off, Tector rocks back and carves it away through backward point for four runs
70.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, shimmies down the wicket and squeezes this back to the bowler
70.3
P Jayasuriya to Tector, FOUR, loopy delivery on off, Tector creams it through cover for a rollicking boundary
70.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, quicker through the air on off, Tector defends it in front of silly point
70.1
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, full length ball outside off, spinning away from Tector, he goes for a drive, and gets beaten
69.1
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, fifty for Tector! Drives this along the turf to long-on for a single
67.6
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, sharp turn on the pads, Tector nudges it to backward square leg. Tector still on 49*
67.5
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, on the pads, Tector works it to square leg. A mixup between the batters, but they decide against taking the run
67.4
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, dances down the wicket and nudges this length delivery to short leg. Sharp work from the fielder stationed there, grabs the ball and parries it to the keeper
67.3
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, fraction short on middle and leg, nudged to the on-side
67.2
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, goes back in the crease to work this to square leg for a single
67.1
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, tossed up delivery and Tector defends it off his front foot
66.1
Fernando to Tector, 1 run, on a length and around off, nudged behind square on the on-side for a single
65.1
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, flighted delivery on middle and leg, worked behind square on the on-side for a single
64.3
Fernando to Tector, 1 run, on a length and well wide of off, steered behind square on the off-side for a single
64.2
Fernando to Tector, no run, short of a good length and just outside off, defended off the back-foot to the off-side
64.1
Fernando to Tector, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, driven to the left of cover-point
62.6
Fernando to Tector, no run, fuller length delivery and shaping away from outside off, left alone
62.5
Fernando to Tector, no run, on a good length and in that channel just outside off, left alone
62.4
Fernando to Tector, no run, back of a length and well wide of off, Tector makes a late call to let it go, grazed the bottom edge and bounced through to the keeper
62.3
Fernando to Tector, no run, Vishwa shortens the length outside off, defended to the off-side
62.2
Fernando to Tector, no run, on a good length and just outside off, defended back at the bowler
62.1
Fernando to Tector, no run, fuller length delivery and well wide of off, left alone
61.6
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, Mendis tosses one just outside off, eased down to long-off for a single
61.5
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, low full-toss from Mendis, Tector comes down the pitch and drives it back at the bowler
61.3
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, loopy delivery on off, punched down to long-on for a single
61.2
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 2 runs, Tector comes down the pitch, takes the ball on the ball and drives it through cover, comes back for the second
61.1
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, flighted delivery on off, Tector prods across and turns it to0 the on-side
60.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, 1 run, Tector runs down the pitch, gets close to the ball and works it past square leg for a single
60.3
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, slower and around off - Tector prods across and turns it to the on-side
60.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, flighted delivery on off, Tector leans across and defends it to the on-side
60.1
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, flighted delivery outside off, Tector comes down the track and pushes it to mid-off
58.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, nice bit of flight outside off - Tector leans well forward in defence
58.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, Jayasuriya tosses one just outside off, blocked back at the bowler
58.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, 1 run, flighted delivery on middle and leg, worked to the right of mid-on for a single
58.1
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, Mendis tosses one just outside off, pushed to the off-side
55.6
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, dropped short and down leg, Tector finds backward square leg with the pull
55.3
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, Tector comes down the pitch, gets close to the ball and drives it to long-off for a single
55.2
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, flighted delivery on the leg-stump line, tucked behind square on the on-side
55.1
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, tossed up on the leg-stump line, clipped to the on-side
54.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, 1 run, flighted delivery on off, swept away backward of square on the on-side for a single
54.1
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, tossed up outside off and spinning away from outside off, left alone
53.6
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, Tector comes down the pitch and turns one towards square leg, is called through for a quick single and has to hurry at his end
53.5
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, flighted on the leh-stump line, defended to the on-side
53.3
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, tossed up and drifting down leg, nudged behind square on the on-side for a single
53.2
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, Tector shimmies down the pitch to a well flighted delivery and defends
53.1
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, flighted delivery on the leg-stump line, defended to the on-side
52.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, 1 run, Jayasuriya drifts one on middle and leg, nudged behind square on the on-side for a single
52.3
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, very full and just outside off, pushed to the off-side
52.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, Jayasuriya tosses one just outside off, defended back at the bowler
52.1
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, loopy delivery wide of off, Tector leans across and pushes it to cover
51.3
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, down the wicket to drive this along the carpet to long-off
50.6
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, left alone by Tector as the bowler sticks to his bouncers
50.5
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, banged in short by Asitha Fernando from round the wicket, Tector sways away
50.4
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, goes short again, and Tector ducks underneath this bouncer
50.3
Asitha Fernando to Tector, FOUR, makes room and slaps this shorter delivery over backward point for a boundary. Nicely executed shot by Tector
50.2
Asitha Fernando to Tector, 2 runs, short of a length around middle and leg, worked through backward square leg by Tector for a couple of runs
50.1
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, short of a length outside off, Tector chops it to backward point
49.4
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, walks down the track and drives this along the carpet to long-on for one
49.3
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, walks down the wicket and squeezes this back to the bowler
49.2
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, quicker through the air on middle, Tector nudges it into the leg-side
49.1
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, floated on off, pushed back to the bowler off his front foot
47.6
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, worked towards square leg
47.5
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, defended by Tector
47.4
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, FOUR, goes down on his knee and slogsweeps this towards the deep mid-wicket boundary
47.1
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, walks down the wicket and drives this down the ground for a single
45.6
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, played back to the bowler
45.5
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, gets an a inside edge on to the pads
45.1
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, played to long on for a single
43.6
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, spinning down the leg-side, worked to the on-side by Tector
43.5
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, clipped towards the leg-side
43.4
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, worked towards mid-wicket by Tector
42.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, flighted delivery around off, driven to mid-off
42.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, nudged towards the leg-side by Tector, keeps is quick to gather it
42.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, spinning away from the batter outside off, steered to backward point
42.3
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, on his front foot
42.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, fraction short on off, Tector knocks it to silly point
42.1
P Jayasuriya to Tector, FOUR, P Jayasuriya goes short outside off, Tector rocks back and cuts it away through backward point for four runs
41.6
Dhananjaya to Tector, 1 run, worked through mid-wicket by Tector for a single
41.5
Dhananjaya to Tector, no run, shimmies down the wicket and defends this floated delivery
41.4
Dhananjaya to Tector, no run, nudged to mid-wicket by Tector
41.2
Dhananjaya to Tector, 1 run, Dhananjaya goes full on middle, Tector works this through square leg for a single
41.1
Dhananjaya to Tector, no run, clipped to short leg by Tector
40.1
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, driven to mid-off by Tector for a single
38.6
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, quicker through the air, Tector nudges this to short leg
38.5
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, floated on middle and leg, Tector pushes this back to the bowler
38.4
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, spinning on middle and leg, Tector looks to work this through the leg-side, gets hit on the pads
38.3
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, nudges this towards mid-wicket
37.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, floated on off, Tector pushes this towards point off his front foot
37.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, driven off the front foot to mid-off
37.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, pitched up by the bowler on middle, Tector clips it to mid-wicket
37.3
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, quicker through the air on off, Tector blocks it down the pitch
37.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, nudged towards mid-wicket by Tector
37.1
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, defended past silly point by Tector
36.3
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, 1 run, knocked to deep mid-on by Tector for a single
36.2
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, clipped to short mid-wicket as the ball spins in
35.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, darted on off, Tector defends it from within the crease
35.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, pushed through on a fuller length, Tector defends it off his front foot
35.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, fraction short outside off, Tector cuts this to backward point
35.3
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, quicker through the air on off, Tector blocks it
35.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, pitched up by the bowler on off, Tector defends it off his front foot
35.1
P Jayasuriya to Tector, FOUR, tossed up delivery on off, Tector goes down on his knee and sweeps this through square leg for four runs
33.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, loopy delivery wide of off, driven straight to the fielder at cover
33.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, flighted delivery outside off, Tector goes right back in defence
33.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, nicely tossed up just outside off, defended to the off-side
32.6
Asitha Fernando to Tector, leg byes, 2 runs, very full and on the pads, Tector was looking to flick and missed, off the pad and bounced away towards the ropes - the substitute fielder throws himself in front of the ropes and saves a couple of runs
32.5
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, short and well down leg, Tector ducks under and lets it go
32.4
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, another short ball from Asitha - Tector tries getting away from the line and cops a blow on his ribs
32.3
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, short and at the body, Tector hops across, drops his hands and fends it down to leg gully
32.2
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, just past the man running from gully, wasn't a catch though, came straight off the badge - Asitha saw Tector backing away and followed him with a sharp rising delivery - Tector had nowhere to go, took his eyes off as he looked to fend and is undone by the extra bounce
32.1
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, banged in short and at the batter, Tector took his eyes off as he fended, dropped down past FSL off the handle
30.6
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, that was close, the double bluff from Asitha, goes full and at the stumps, Tector's feet went nowhere on the drive, gets an inside edge onto the pad and it rolled perilously close to the off-stump
30.5
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, banged in short and down leg, Tector ducks under and lets it go
30.1
Asitha Fernando to Tector, 1 run, short and at the body, Tector hops across and tucks it down to long leg for a single
29.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, 1 run, flighted delivery on off, nudged past square leg for a single
29.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, tossed up just outside off, Tector shuffles across and defends it to the off-side
29.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, nice bit of flight outside off - blocked to the off-side
29.3
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, Jayasuriya tosses one just outside off, driven straight to the fielder at cover
28.6
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, banged in short and down leg, Tector ducks under and lets it go
28.5
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, short and rising onto the right-hander, Tector drops his gloves and cops a blow on his body
28.4
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, just short of FSL, Asitha is troubling the right-handers with this round the wicket attack - banged in short and Tector was trying to ride the bounce, pops up in the air and bounces in front of the fielder under the helmet
28.3
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, short of a good length and angling into the right-hander - Tector was early into the tuck, closed the bat-face and the leading edge popped wide of mid-wicket
27.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, flighted delivery on off - Tector gets a big stride forward on the block
27.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, slower and just outside off, driven straight to the fielder at cover
27.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, very full and wide of off, Tector leans across and finds cover with the drive
27.3
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, Jayasuriya tosses one just outside off, defended to the off-side
27.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, flighted delivery on off, Tector gets a good stride forward on the block
26.6
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, short of a good length and on the hips, turned to the on-side
26.5
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, banged in short and angling down leg, Tector gets inside the line and lets it go
26.4
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, short and shaping away from outside off, left alone
26.3
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, short and angling well down leg, left alone
26.2
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, short and angling away from outside off, Tector sways away from the line and lets it go
26.1
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, banged in short and just outside off, Tector drops his wrists and sways away from the line
24.6
Asitha Fernando to Tector, no run, banged in short by Asitha, Tector ducks under and lets it go
23.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, nice bit of flight on off, blocked back at the bowler
23.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, too full from Jayasuriya, Tector leans forward and blocks it to cover
23.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, fraction fuller and just outside off, Tector push drives it to cover-point
23.3
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, Jayasuriya drifts one around off, a half-stride forward on the block
23.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, Jayasuriya tosses one just outside off, Tector leans forward on the off-side
23.1
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, flighted delivery on middle, Tector goes right back in defence
21.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, that shall be stumps on day 4. This was pushed towards point by Tector as the Sri Lankan players hug each other as soon as the umpire takes off the bails. A pretty pleased home side
21.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, sharp turn on offer, Tector gets beaten on his defence
21.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, rocks back in the crease to nudge this flatter delivery to square leg
21.3
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, flatter delivery on middle and leg, Tector nudges it to short leg as he plays it off the back foot
21.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, on the pads as Tector clips this towards square leg for a single
21.1
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, quicker through the air on off, Tector defends it into the off-side as he plays it off his front foot
18.6
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, quicker through the air on leg, Tector gets hit on the pads as he doesn't offer a shot.
18.5
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, knocked back to the bowler by Tector
18.4
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, played from within the crease
17.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, FOUR, rock's back and pulls this short ball away to the deep square leg boundary. Struck that really powerfully did Tector
17.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, yorker length ball, Tector squeezes it out
17.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, on his front foot to defend this to short leg
16.6
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, played off the front foot, guided back to the bowler
16.5
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, length ball that keeps low, Tector clips this to short leg
16.4
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, short ball on leg, clipped to square leg by Tector
16.3
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, quicker through the air on off, Tector defends it to short leg
16.2
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, nudged to the on-side by Tector
16.1
Ramesh Mendis to Tector, no run, clipped to square leg by Tector
15.2
P Jayasuriya to Tector, 1 run, wristily works this to wide mid-on for a single
15.1
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, on his front foot to defend this floated delivery
13.6
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, way too full on off, Tector squeezes it into the off-side
13.5
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, quicker through the air on off, Tector knocks it into the off-side
13.4
P Jayasuriya to Tector, 2 runs, darted on middle and leg, worked through the leg-side by Tector for a couple of runs
13.3
P Jayasuriya to Tector, no run, pitched up by the spinner on middle, driven at cover by Tector
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