The last day of the inaugural Lanka T10 league matches at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Tuesday provided a lot of action for the fans.Kandy Bolts qualified as the 4th team in the playoffs, Hambantota Bangla Tigers joined Jaffna Titans in Qualifier 1, Kasun Rajitha performed the second hat-trick of the competition and Kusal Mendis scored the 2nd fastest fifty.The line-up for today&& s playoffs: Qualifier 1-- Jaffna Titans vs Hambantota Bangla Tigers started play at 2.30 pm.Eliminator &-- Galle Marvels vs Kandy Bolts will follow at 4:45 pmQualifier 2 &-- Runner-up of Qualifier 1 vs Winner of Eliminator at 7pm.
These 3 matches will be screened live on Ariana Television.
Tuesday&& s match however, saw pace setters Jaffna Titans create a total group performance to beat Colombo Jaguars by 9 wickets and consolidate their position at the top of the table with 12 points from 7 matches (5 wins) and keep their unbeaten record in the tournament undamaged.
It was a make-or-break video game for Colombo who came off second best versus a Jaffna clothing that was formidable in every department of the game.Invited to bat initially, Colombo resisted some quality bowling and might summon only 99-8.
In a crucial knockout match that went to the wire, Kandy Bolts edged out Nuwara Eliya Kings by 5 runs to fill the 4th and last slot of the play-offs.
Nuwara Eliya Kings quick bowler Kasun Rajitha&& s 2nd hat-trick of the competition failed to assist as Kandy Captain Thisara Perera beat him to take his group into the next round.
In a low scoring 3rd video game for the day Hambantota Bangla Tigers beat Galle Marvels by 5 wickets to get the second spot and make it to Qualifier 1 pushing Galle to 3rd spot to play in the Eliminator.
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