Lanka Premier League

The Lanka Premier League (LPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Sri Lanka to be contested every year by teams representing Sri Lankan cities from 2020.[1][2] The league was founded by the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in 2018.[3] Veteran cricketer Russel Arnold was named as the director of Lankan Premier League.[4]

For the 2011 and 2012 T20 league, see Sri Lanka Premier League.

Lanka Premier League (LPL)
Countries Sri Lanka
AdministratorSri Lanka Cricket
FormatTwenty20
First edition2020
Tournament formatDouble round-robin league and Playoffs
Number of teams5

History

Background

Originally, 2018 was going to be the first season of the Lanka Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in 2018. The season, which was supposed to be held from 18 August to 10 September 2018,[5][6][7] but later postponed to possibly next year.[8][9] In April 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket tentatively set the dates of the first tournament to run from 8 to 28 September 2019.[10] In June 2020, Sri Lanka Cricket announced that they plan to hold the tournament in August 2020.[11] The following month, Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the tournament would run from 28 August to 20 September 2020.[12] By the end of July 2020, 70 overseas players had shown their interest in playing in the league.[13] However, on 11 August 2020, SLC confirmed that the first edition of the tournament had been postponed until at least the middle of November 2020.[14]

Teams

On 9 August 2020, names of the teams were announced.[15]

References
  1. "SLC optimistic about inaugural Lanka Premier League despite concerns over border reopening". Zee News. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. "Lanka Premier League 2020: Sri Lanka Cricket to confirm fixtures after decision on India series". The Sports Rush. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. "Sri Lanka Cricket to launch Lankan Premier League 2018". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. "Russel Arnold named Director of Lankan Premier League". adaderana.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  5. "Sri Lanka Cricket to launch Lankan Premier League 2018". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  6. "SLC set to relaunch Sri Lanka Premier League in August 2018; Nidahas Trophy to act as launch pad- Firstcricket News, Firstpost". FirstCricket. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  7. "Sunday Times - Cricket: Sri Lanka to launch LPL with five-year window in August-September". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  8. "SLC shambles lead to postponement of Lankan Premier League". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  9. "Lankan Premier League (LPL) postponed". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  10. "Lankan Premier League revival in the works - SLC secretary Mohan De Silva". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  11. "Sri Lanka plan Lanka Premier League in August". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  12. "Lanka Premier League to start on August 28". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  13. "Lanka Premier League: Irfan Pathan in pool of 70 foreign players for draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  14. "Lanka Premier League postponed until mid-November". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  15. "LPL T20 : 5 team names proposed". Newswire. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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