Ireland clinch ODI series victory over Sri Lanka

Second One-Day International, Stormont, Belfast

Ireland 255-5 (50 overs): Paul 81, Hunter 55, Stokell 53*; Dilhari 2-53, Kulasuriya 2-48

Sri Lanka 240 (48 overs): Samarawickrama 105, Dilhari 53; Kelly 3-41

Ireland won by 15 runs

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Ireland secured a winning 2-0 lead successful nan one-day bid against Sri Lanka aft clinching a melodramatic 15-run triumph astatine Stormont.

Leah Paul's 81, 66 from Amy Hunter and Rebecca Stokell's unbeaten 53 helped Ireland scope 255-5 successful their 50 overs.

Sri Lanka looked connected people for triumph arsenic a 126-run business betwixt Harshitha Samarawickrama and Kavisha Dilhari put them connected 172-2 aft 30.2 overs.

However, Dilhari was past dismissed for 53 by Freya Sargent pinch Anushka Sanjeewani instantly pursuing for a duck.

Sri Lanka regrouped to scope 210-4 earlier Harshitha Samarawickrama was tally retired for 105 by Sarah Forbes successful a matchp-turning moment.

As nan visitors appeared to panic, 4 further wickets fell for nan summation of only 4 runs to time off them connected 214-9 and while Nilakshi de Silva and Udeshika Prabodhani put connected on 26 for nan last wicket, Ireland secured bid triumph arsenic Arlene Kelly dismissed nan latter.

Kelly vanished pinch bowling figures of 3-41 aft taking nan past 3 Sri Lanka wickets arsenic Ireland secured nan bid pinch Tuesday's last crippled to spare.

Ireland were forced to make their 2nd alteration of captaincy wrong arsenic galore matches arsenic Gaby Lewis - who had taken complete from injured Laura Delany for Friday's triumph successful Belfast - was herself ruled retired by a quad strain.

After Sri Lanka won nan flip and opted to field, Achini Kulasuriya dismissed Forbes to time off nan hosts connected 10-1.

Hunter and Christina Coulter Reilly put connected 45 runs for nan 2nd wicket earlier nan second became Kulasuriya's 2nd unfortunate aft contributing 24.

Friday's matchwinner Orla Prendergast could only negociate 9 runs arsenic she departed to time off Ireland connected 77-3 earlier Hunter and Leah Paul produced a 57-run business for nan 4th wicket.

Hunter was dismissed for 66 by Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu to time off nan hosts connected 134-4 connected 30.3 overs.

Paul and Stokell batted each but 5 balls of nan remainder of nan Ireland innings arsenic they produced a business of 114.

Paul was yet retired for 81 pinch Stokell notching her first one-day world half century.