Galle Test, Sri Lanka won by an innings and 10 runs

Galle Test, Sri Lanka won by an innings and 10 runs

Galle Sri Lanka upset Ireland in the second

Galle Sri Lanka upset Ireland in the second Test. The home side won the match by an innings and 10 runs to win the 2-Test series 0-2. On the last day of the Test match, the Irish team were bowled out for 202 runs in their second innings, Harry Tuckers was the leading batsman with 85 runs while Ramesh Mendis dismissed 5 players. The host team ended their only innings by scoring 704 runs for three wickets. In this match, Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Prabhat Jayasuriya broke the record of former West Indies spinner Alf Valentine by taking 50 wickets in the seventh Test of his career.