LANKA T10 OPENER A RUN RIOT

By Srian Obeyesekere

Cricket ‘s latest shortest fad 10-Over intensity took off by Sri Lanka’s historic T10.Super League inaugural game won by Jaffna Titans by a handsome 8 wickets over Hambantota Bangla Tigers yesterday with 20-,year old off-spinner Treveen Mathew stealing the initial honours by a 4-wicket haul for 10 runs followed by his English teammates Tom Kohler-Cadmore igniting an unbeaten 57 off 21 balls and Tom Abell 33 off 19 in overhauling their opponents 106 for 8 when former Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka blitzed 51 off 17 in such a run riot at Kandy’s Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium.
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Yorkshires all-rounder Cadmore in a 4 over the top and 6 across 21 ball exhilaration added 75 for the second wicket with Abell who scorched to 33 off ,19 balls flamed by 5 boundaries.

The day:s initial fireworks was by Dasun Shanaka’s lightning 51 off 17 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes.yo a 77-run second-wicket show with Mohammad Shahzad, 22 off 15 balls with 4 boundaries.

The second fixture between Nuwara Eliya Kings and Colombo Jaguars was rained off with Nuwara Eliya Kings, put in to bat on 79 for 1 after 6 overs when opening batsman Avishka Fernando held sway with sn unbeaten half century.