Dimuth, Wanindu set up easy win against Ireland

With this result, Sri Lanka make it to the Super Six stage of the Qualifier while Ireland are out of the World Cup race.

Despite the early fall of openers Paul Stirling (6) and Andy McBrine (17), Ireland tried to keep with the asking rate and finished their first powerplay at 56/2. Wanindu Hasaranga, Sri Lanka's premier performer with ball in the Qualifier, struck in his very first over to remove the Ireland skipper, Andrew Balbirnie. Dasun Shanaka followed this up with the wicket of Lorcan Tucker, and the Ireland chase was in peril.

Harry Tector (33) and Curtis Campher (39) provided last hope to Ireland but their dismissals by the 20-over mark left the Men in Green on the verge of a massive defeat. Ireland's tail took the aggressive route but couldn't survive the guile of Hasaranga who finished with 5/79.

This was his third consecutive five-wicket haul in ODIs. With this, Hasaranga equals the world record for most consecutive five-fors in Men's ODIs with Waqar Younis. 

Sri Lanka hit the accelerator early on and didn't let up the pressure against Ireland. This was their second score in excess of 300 in the tournament. 

Positive batting from Pathum Nissanka and Dimuth Karunaratne helped Sri Lanka get off to a flyer. The duo went run-a-ball for their stand of 48 before Nissanka fell to a mistimed pull against the incoming Barry McCarthy. The very next ball, McCarthy got one to angle in and trapped Kusal Mendis lbw for a duck. Sri Lanka were 58 for two at the end of the first powerplay.

Sadeera Samarawickrama and Karunaratne kept their foot on the pedal as Sri Lanka's scoring rate went above six runs an over. Karunaratne brought up his fifty during this stand. This was his third consecutive half-century in the tournament. 

Samarawickrama brought up a half-century of his own in the 22nd over, even as the duo brought up their century stand of merely 90 balls.