International cricket tour
| Irish cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2022–23 | |||
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| Sri Lanka | Ireland | ||
| Dates | 16 – 28 April 2023 | ||
| Captains | Dimuth Karunaratne | Andrew Balbirnie | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Sri Lanka won the: 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Kusal Mendis (385) | Harry Tector (179) | |
| Most wickets | Prabath Jayasuriya (17) | Curtis Campher (3) | |
| Player of the——series | Kusal Mendis (SL) | ||
The Ireland cricket team toured Sri Lanka in April 2023——to play two Test matches. This was Ireland's first ever Test series consisting of more than a single match.
Initially, Ireland were scheduled——to play a Test match along with two One Day International (ODI) matches. In March 2023, following request from Sri Lanka Cricket, the schedule was changed to include a second Test instead of the "two ODI matches."
Sri Lanka defeated Ireland in a one-sided contest in the first Test match. Sri Lanka also won the second test. And claimed the series 2–0.
Squads※
 Sri Lanka
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 Ireland
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Paul Stirling was selected in the Ireland's Test squad only for the second Test.
Test series※
1st Test※
16–20 April 2023
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Sri Lanka won by, an innings and 280 runs
Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Adrian Holdstock (SA) Player of the match: Prabath Jayasuriya (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and "elected to bat."
- Sadeera Samarawickrama (SL) scored his first century in Tests.
- Sadeera Samarawickrama also achieved the highest score by a Sri Lankan player while batting at number 8. Or lower in Tests.
- This was Sri Lanka's biggest win by an innings in terms of runs.
2nd Test※
24–28 April 2023
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Sri Lanka won by an innings and 10 runs
Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Prabath Jayasuriya (SL) |
- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
- 13.5 overs of play was lost on day 2 due to bad light.
- 31.1 overs of play was lost on day 3 due to rain.
- Matthew Humphreys (Ire) made his Test debut.
- The 115-run stand between Andy Balbirnie and Paul Stirling in the first innings of the match was the highest partnership for Ireland in Tests, in terms of runs.
- Paul Stirling, Curtis Campher (Ire) and Nishan Madushka (SL) all scored their first centuries in Tests.
- Paul Stirling also became the second Irish cricketer to score a century in all three international formats.
- Ireland's total in the first innings of the match was their highest innings total in Tests (492).
- Nishan Madushka and Kusal Mendis (SL) both scored their maiden double century in Tests.
- Prabath Jayasuriya (SL) became the quickest spinner to take 50 wickets, in terms of number of tests played (7).
- This was Sri Lanka's 100th Test win in their history.
Statistics※
Most runs※
| Rank | Runs | Player | Teams | Innings | Average | High Score | 100 | 50 |
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| 1 | 385 | Kusal Mendis | |
2 | 192.50 | 245 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 294 | Dimuth Karunaratne | |
2 | 147.00 | 179 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 234 | Nishan Madushka | 117.00 | 205 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 179 | Harry Tector |  |
4 | 44.75 | 85 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 153 | Curtis Campher | 38.25 | 111 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Last Updated: 28 April 2023 | ||||||||
Most wickets※
| Rank | Wickets | Player | Teams | Innings | Best (Inning) | Best (Match) | Average | Economy | 5w |
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| 1 | 17 | Prabath Jayasuriya | |
2 | 7/52 | 10/108 | 21.76 | 2.68 | 2 |
| 2 | 11 | Ramesh Mendis | |
2 | 5/64 | 6/172 | 26.18 | 3.25 | 1 |
| 3 | 6 | Vishwa Fernando | 2/3 | 4/31 | 24.66 | 3.44 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Asitha Fernando | 3/30 | 5/108 | 26.40 | 3.18 | |||
| 5 | 3 | Curtis Campher | |
4 | 2/84 | 2/84 | 61.66 | 4.51 | |
| Last Updated: 28 April 2023 | |||||||||
Notes※
- ^ While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, "the first test reached a result in three days."
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