Eire face a battle to keep away from defeat of their first-ever Take a look at in opposition to Sri Lanka, who tightened their stranglehold on the second day of the collection opener in Galle.
Sri Lanka ran up 6-591 declared with Dinesh Chandimal (102 not out) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (104no) following opening-day centurions Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis in going to a few figures.
Spinner Prabath Jayasuriya then took 5-42 because the vacationers limped to 7-117 at Monday’s shut.
That left them a mammoth 474 behind nonetheless requiring one other 275 to keep away from the potential for following-on.
Vishwa Fernando did the preliminary harm with the ball, discovering a touch of motion to knock again Murray Commins’ off-stump together with his first supply and the left-arm seamer had two for the over when Eire captain Andy Balbirnie was snaffled on the second try by Nishan Madushka at brief leg.
Eire rebuilt with James McCollum and Harry Tector placing on 70 however they had been left in a heap afterwards, troubled by Jayasuriya’s dip and drift on a turning pitch.
Tector and Curtis Campher had been undone within the flight and dismissed in the identical over and McCollum was bowled by a magnificence on 35 which pitched on center and straightened to brush the highest of the off-stump.
Peter Moor nicked off, with wicketkeeper Samarawickrama finishing the catch on a day he registered his maiden Take a look at century, whereas Jayasuriya had his five-for after pinning George Dockrell plumb in entrance.
Lorcan Tucker, a centurion earlier this month in a shedding trigger in opposition to Bangladesh, resisted and was unbeaten on 21 at stumps however Eire have all of it to do to remain stage within the two-match collection.
