Karunaratne ton, Hasaranga five-for knock Ireland out
Ireland gained the toss, made a double-strike within the ninth over of Sri Lanka’s innings, and took 6 for 44 of their final six overs. But so comprehensively did Sri Lanka win the opposite parts of this match, that they trounced Ireland by 133 runs, bowling them out for 192 after that they had made 325.
This implies that Sri Lanka sail via into the Super Six stage of the World Cup Qualifier, together with Scotland and Oman from their group. Sri Lanka will carry ahead their factors from their massive win in opposition to Oman. They play Scotland on Tuesday and the winner of that match will decide up two extra factors for the following spherical.
Ireland, in the meantime, have been knocked out of competition for the ODI World Cup. They nonetheless have one match to play, in opposition to UAE, however each these sides have already been dominated out.
For Sri Lanka, Wanindu Hasaranga obtained his third five-wicket haul in as many matches, whereas Dimuth Karunaratne introduced up his maiden ODI hundred, having made 4 successive half-centuries within the lead-up.
Both gamers’ locations in Sri Lanka’s prime XI weren’t safe. While Hasaranga is a T20I star, he had not fairly translated that into ODI glory. Karunaratne, in the meantime, had been Sri Lanka’s most constant Test batter of the final 5 years however had not excelled in white-ball cricket.
This latest run of half-centuries and now this run-a-ball 103 will make Karunaratne a extra severe World Cup prospect, whereas Hasaranga’s 5 for 79 places him at 16 wickets within the match – simply the highest wicket-taker.
Karunaratne’s contribution was arguably extra instrumental to the victory. After Barry McCarthy took two wickets in two balls within the ninth over, Karunaratne and Sadeera Samarawickrama constructed a 168-run stand. This partnership – during which the batters largely picked up risk-free singles and twos and pounced on the unfastened deliveries, notably those who had been quick – cast Sri Lanka’s victory. Samarawickrama was dropped on 66, at mid-on, and he went on to make 82 off 86 balls.
Karunaratne and Samarawickrama got here collectively within the ninth over; after they had been parted within the thirty sixth, with 216 on the board, a rating of greater than 300 appeared inevitable. Their assault, which has not conceded 200 to date within the match, will go into the Super Six stage as maybe the perfect on present.
Even if it had been too little too late – so completely did Karunaratne and Samarawickrama dominate the center overs – Ireland’s late cost with the ball did dent Sri Lanka. They might have made 20 extra, Dasun Shanaka stated within the after-innings interview, however the decrease order was dismissed cheaply.
The prime order, although, had obtained Sri Lanka via as soon as once more, and the bowling was dominant sufficient to make quick work of the Ireland chase. Ireland had been 57 for 3 within the eleventh over, 116 for six by the twentieth, and primarily by no means had the measure of the chase.
Aside from Hasaranga’s 5, Maheesh Theekshana obtained two wickets, and Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara and Shanaka took one every. Curtis Campher top-scored for Ireland with 39.
Andrew Fidel Fernando is ESPNcricinfo’s Sri Lanka correspondent. @afidelf