Title holders - Jaffna Kings - registered yet another date with defending their title when they beat Kandy Falcons in a Duckworth-Lewis-influenced Method by 24-runs in the qualfier 1 on Wednesday at R. Premadasa Stadium.
Falcons, batting first, managed to muster only 143 despite having explosive batters, including two West Indians.
Kings bowlers, too, did their part, particularly the Jaffna-based Vijayakanth Viyaskanth picking up three scalps, the most for the match.
Chasing 144 for their third straight finals, Carlos Brathwaite made amends for failing to fire with the bat by removing the openers.
However, when the not-so-heavy but steady rain sealed the proceedings, Kings were ahead of 24 runs, and thereby earning a direct entry into their finals.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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