Sri Lanka will go ahead with the planned Premier League Cricket tournament even if the Indian players boycott it, Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage told Parliament yesterday. He said players from several countries including Australia and New Zeeland had confirmed their participation in the tournament. The Minister made this point in response to a question [...]

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Sri Lanka's cash-strapped cricket governing body is likely to scale down its inaugural Twenty20 league and go ahead without foreign players, a source close to the process said Tuesday. The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) was scheduled to kick off on July 19 with players from Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and the West Indies, [...]

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While star players like former captain Shahid Afridi and experienced all-rounder Abdul Razzaq already having their contracts secured, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has roped in seven more Pakistani cricketers for the inaugural edition of its Twenty20 league. According to details, former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan are among the national cricketers who have signed [...]

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Sri Lanka Cricket will push ahead with its inaugural premier league with Australian and Pakistani players, despite a no-show by Indian stars, the island's sports minister said Sunday. "We will lose a bit of money because Indian players are not coming but the tournament will be played as planned," Mahindananda Aluthgamage told AFP after failed [...]

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Thursday delayed a meeting with Indian officials over the participation of India's players in the island's inaugural Twenty20 competition. SLC chairman D. S. de Silva and secretary Nishantha Ranatunga failed to make a scheduled trip to India on Wednesday amid diplomatic moves to defuse the row which was sparked by [...]

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is willing to offer contracts to all Indian players, if they are allowed by the BCCI to participate in the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL). This was revealed by the top SLC board official. Apparently, at present, the contracts have been issued by the Singapore-based company, Somerset Entertainment Ventures Pvt Ltd, [...]

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Calcutta: The muscle-flexing Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is firm on not allowing players to participate in any tournament and/or league which is not organized by the Board of the country in question.  “It’s an old decision of the BCCI and no exception will be made. Tomorrow, a private entity may organise [...]

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials are hopeful that hastily arranged talks with their Indian counterparts will succeed in releasing players from that country to participate in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) Twenty20 tournament. On Sunday, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) advised its cricketers to steer clear of the tournament on the grounds that [...]

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]The specter of Lalit Modi continues to haunt the Indian cricket board. According to top sources, BCCI has refused to let Indian cricketers play in the upcoming Sri Lankan Premier League because it suspects that the former IPL czar is behind the new T20 league. BCCI believes that the Singapore-based company, Somerset Entertainment Ventures Pvt [...]

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Mumbai – The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to disallow its players to be a part of the Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL), which is scheduled to take place on July 18, for the board is still largely unsure of the nitty gritties of the tournament. In an IPL meeting [...]

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) which is reeling under the massive debts running into billions of rupees and is gasping for breath is all set to lose further millions of rupees through the forthcoming Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) Twenty20 tournament, sources claimed. “It is not clear who is going to meet this loss and how [...]

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Fourteen of the 24 games will be played under lights in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League T-20 cricket tournament, which is due to start on July 19th. All the 24 matches of the 16 day tournament will be played at R. Premadasa stadium. There will be three rest days in between. Dashing opener T. [...]

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Sri Lanka's cricket board on Thursday announced its own glitzy Twenty20 tournament, seeking to emulate the success of the hugely popular Indian Premier League. The first edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) will be played over 18 days from July 19 and will feature teams from the island's seven provinces and big international [...]

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