Spirited Ireland loose to Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka beat Ireland by nine runs

A spirited Ireland gave it a touch fight to restrict Sri Lanka to a mere 144 for 9 wickets which meant Ireland was quite disciplined to scalp 9 wickets of Sri Lanka batsmen. Sri Lanka had to fight hard to get the score on board, with ex captain Mahela Jayawardene along with a bit of support from Sanath Jayasurya. Mahela went ahead to score 78 runs in 53 balls.

Ireland could not handle Ajantha Mendis who had been a nemesis for most of the team he scalped the wickets of both O’Brien brothers and L Malinga with his slinging yorkers ended Irish brave chase to reach 135 just 10 short of the margin.
A brief summary of the match between Sri Lanka v Ireland:
Sri Lanka 144 for 9 (Jayawardene 78, Cusack 4-18) beat Ireland 135 for 7 (Malinga 2-18) by nine runs

Scorecard:

Sri Lanka innings (20 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Dilshan	c †NJ O'Brien b Rankin	0	1	2	0	0	0
ST Jayasuriya	lbw b McCallan	27	50	27	5	0	100
KC Sangakkara*†	c †NJ O'Brien b Johnston	3	13	10	0	0	30
DPMD Jayawardene	b Cusack	78	60	53	9	1	147.16
LPC Silva	c Rankin b McCallan	4	9	6	0	0	66.66
J Mubarak	c †NJ O'Brien b Cusack	7	11	9	0	0	77.77
AD Mathews	b Cusack	10	8	7	1	0	142.85
KMDN Kulasekara	c Mooney b Rankin	1	4	2	0	0	50
M Muralitharan	st †NJ O'Brien b Cusack	0	3	1	0	0	0
SL Malinga	not out	1	2	2	0	0	50
BAW Mendis	not out	4	1	1	1	0	400
Extras	(lb 5, w 4)	9
Total	(9 wickets; 20 overs)	144	(7.20 runs per over)

Irish Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WB Rankin	4	0	27	2	6.75
DT Johnston	4	1	18	1	4.5
RM West	4	0	34	0	8.5
WK McCallan	4	0	33	2	8.25
AR Cusack	3	0	18	4	6
KJ O'Brien	1	0	9	0	9

Ireland innings (target: 145 runs from 20 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WTS Porterfield*	c †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	31	44	29	5	0	106.89
NJ O'Brien†	st †Sangakkara b Mendis	31	69	37	4	0	83.78
AR White	c †Sangakkara b Kulasekara	22	16	21	1	1	104.76
KJ O'Brien	c Dilshan b Mendis	0	1	2	0	0	0
JF Mooney	not out	31	25	21	4	0	147.61
DT Johnston	b Malinga	9	6	6	0	1	150
AC Botha	b Malinga	0	1	1	0	0	0
AR Cusack	run out (†Sangakkara)	2	10	3	0	0	66.66
RM West	not out	1	1	1	0	0	100
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, w 3, nb 1)	8
Total	(7 wickets; 20 overs)	135	(6.75 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AD Mathews	3	0	23	0	7.66
KMDN Kulasekara	4	0	47	1	11.75
BAW Mendis	4	0	22	2	5.5
SL Malinga	4	0	19	2	4.75
M Muralitharan	4	0	13	1	3.25
ST Jayasuriya	1	0	7	0	7

Man of the Match: M Jayawardene

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