page_title: 2014 Irish cricket season
section_title: One Day International series against Sri Lanka
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 Irish cricket season / International cricket / One Day International series against Sri Lanka
caption_attribution_description: English: Tim Murtagh bowling for Middlesex during their Yorkshire Bank 40 match against Somerset at the County Ground, Taunton in 2013.
context_page_description: In the 2014 Irish cricket season, Ireland hosted three international series, against Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka A and Scotland, losing the two against Sri Lankan teams, but beating Scotland. In domestic cricket, Leinster Lightning won two of the three competitions, while North-West Warriors won the other.
context_section_description: Prior to their series against England, the Sri Lanka national cricket team visited Ireland in May to contest two ODIs, both hosted at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground in Dublin. In the first match, Ireland won the toss and invited Sri Lanka to bat first. Tim Murtagh was described as being "almost unplayable" by Ger Siggins of ESPNcricinfo, and the Irish bowling attack was generally praised for maintaining pressure on Sri Lanka, who were restricted to 219 for eight from their 50 overs. During their response, Ireland lost too many early wickets, struggling to 74 for seven. They were eventually dismissed for 140, giving Sri Lanka a 79 run victory. Ajantha Mendis was named man of the match for taking three wickets and conceding only 27 runs. The second ODI, two days later was abandoned without any play because of rain, granting Sri Lanka a 1–0 series victory.
caption: Tim Murtagh bowled well for Ireland against Sri Lanka in the first ODI.
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