Sri Lanka on 357-1 against Ireland after rain-affected Day 3

ON THE SLIDE: Ireland's Harry Tector fields a ball during the third day of the second and final Test match against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle. Pic: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images

Openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Nishan Madushka hit centuries in a record opening stand as Sri Lanka amassed 357-1 on a rain-affected Day 3 of the second test against Ireland on Wednesday.

Karunaratne fell on the stroke of lunch after miscuing a pull shot for 115 off seamer Curtis Campher, but Madushka and Kusal Mendis continued the onslaught as Sri Lanka replied soundly to Ireland’s 492 before a heavy downpour halted play shortly before the tea break.