Lankan Premier League

Lankan Premier League (LPL)
Countries Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Administrator Sri Lanka Cricket
Format Twenty20
First tournament 2019
Tournament format Double round-robin league and Playoffs

The Lankan Premier League (LPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Sri Lanka will be contested every year by teams representing Sri Lankan cities since 2019. The league was founded by the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in 2018.[1] Veterant cricketer Russel Arnold was named as the director of Lankan Premier League.[2]

History

Background

Originally, 2018 was going to be the first season of the Lankan Premier League (LPL), 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,[3][4][5] but later postponed to possibly next year.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Sri Lanka Cricket to launch Lankan Premier League 2018". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Russel Arnold named Director of Lankan Premier League". adaderana.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sri Lanka Cricket to launch Lankan Premier League 2018". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "SLC set to relaunch Sri Lanka Premier League in August 2018; Nidahas Trophy to act as launch pad- Firstcricket News, Firstpost". FirstCricket. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  5. ↑ "Sunday Times - Cricket: Sri Lanka to launch LPL with five-year window in August-September". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  6. ↑ "SLC shambles lead to postponement of Lankan Premier League". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  7. ↑ "Lankan Premier League (LPL) postponed". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
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