| 2011 Sri Lankan T20 Premier League | |||
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| Administrator(s) | Sri Lanka Cricket | ||
| Cricket format | Twenty20 | ||
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout | ||
| Host(s) | Sri Lanka | ||
| Champions | Event cancelled | ||
| Participants | 7 | ||
| Matches played | 0 | ||
| Man of the Series | None | ||
| Most runs | None | ||
| Most wickets | None | ||
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The 2011 Sri Lankan T20 Premier League (SLPL) was scheduled to be the first edition of the new official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka. The season was scheduled for 19 July to 4 August. The proposed tournament included seven teams representing the provinces of Sri Lanka, with two new teams Nagenahira Nagas and Uthura Oryxes. The teams were to be captained by six national captains and a former Sri Lanka vice-captain. The tournament was to feature over 30 international cricketers and be the first of its kind in Sri Lanka.
It was postponed until 2012, to be held as the 2012 Sri Lankan T20 Premier League, after problems due to allegations of corruption and incompetence by Sri Lanka Cricket. The Board of Control for Cricket in India had also decided not to allow Indian players to play in the tournament.[1][2][3]
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Unlike other cricket leagues Sri Lankan Premier League will not have city-based teams but instead provincial teams to allow an entire province to associate themselves with a team and thus create a bigger following for the tournament. The first edition of the Sri Lankan T20 Premier League will include seven teams from seven provinces, with three being created in 2011. Aside from the Nagenahira Nagas and the Uthura Oryxes each of these teams have played in a previous Inter-Provincial tournament.[4] North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provinces will not have teams for the first season. Teams for all the provinces were limited to ensure competitiveness for the future.[5]
| Team Name | Province | Inception | Captain |
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| Basnahira Bears | Western Province | 1990 | Tillakaratne Dilshan |
| Kandurata Kites | Central Province | 1990 | Kumar Sangakkara |
| Nagenahira Nagas | Eastern Province | 2011 | Shahid Afridi |
| Ruhuna Rhinos | Southern Province | 1990 | Sanath Jayasuriya |
| Uthura Oryxes | Northern Province | 2011 | Daniel Vettori |
| Uva Unicorns | Uva | 2004 | Chaminda Vaas |
| Wayamba Wolves | North Western Province | 1990 | Mahela Jayawardene |
All of the matches in the tournament will be played in R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
| Colombo |
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| R Premadasa Stadium |
| Capacity: 35,000 |
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Each squad will have a Sri Lankan captain, Sanath Jayasuriya (Ruhuna), Mahela Jayawardene (Wayamba), Kumar Sangakkara (Kandurata) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (Basnahira); for Nagenahira and Uthura, Pakistan former captain Shahid Afridi and New Zealand former skipper Daniel Vettori have been chosen respectively. The league will feature almost 35 international cricketing stars and will be the first of its kind in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan national selectors and cricket authorities agreed to blood as many youngsters and almost 70 Sri Lankan cricketers would be registered in the seven team tournament. Almost all Pakistani national cricketers were invited to play in the SLPL. In addition to that International stars like Chris Gayle and the Bravo brothers (Dwayne and Darren), Herschelle Gibbs, David Warner, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Kevin O'Brien, Daniel Christian, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Vettori and Shaun Tait would have been seen in action on Sri Lankan soil. Salaries would have been lower than the IPL, with the highest at $30,000, with Shahid Afridi getting $35,000.Shoaib Akhtar was also included among the international players who are take parting in SLPL T20. But Later on he has decided to pull out of SLPL due to personal reasons. [7]
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| 19 July (D/N) Scorecard |
Basnahira Bears |
v | Kandurata Kites |
Match 1 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 20 July Scorecard |
Nagenahira Nagas |
v | Ruhuna Rhinos |
Match 2 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 20 July (D/N) Scorecard |
Uthura Oryxes |
v | Wayamba Wolves |
Match 3 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 21 July Scorecard |
Uva Unicorns |
v | Basnahira Bears |
Match 4 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 21 July (D/N) Scorecard |
Kandurata Kites |
v | Nagenahira Nagas |
Match 5 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 23 July Scorecard |
Ruhuna Rhinos |
v | Uthura Oryxes |
Match 6 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 23 July (D/N) Scorecard |
Wayamba Wolves |
v | Uva Unicorns |
Match 7 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 24 July Scorecard |
Basnahira Bears |
v | Nagenahira Nagas |
Match 8 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 24 July (D/N) Scorecard |
Kandurata Kites |
v | Ruhuna Rhinos |
Match 9 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 25 July Scorecard |
Uthura Oryxes |
v | Uva Unicorns |
Match 10 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 25 July (D/N) Scorecard |
Wayamba Wolves |
v | Basnahira Bears |
Match 11 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 26 July Scorecard |
Kandurata Kites |
v | Uthura Oryxes |
Match 12 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 26 July (D/N) Scorecard |
Nagenahira Nagas |
v | Wayamba Wolves |
Match 13 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 28 July Scorecard |
Ruhuna Rhinos |
v | Uva Unicorns |
Match 14 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 28 July (D/N) Scorecard |
Uthura Oryxes |
v | Basnahira Bears |
Match 15 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 29 July Scorecard |
Wayamba Wolves |
v | Kandurata Kites |
Match 16 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 29 July (D/N) Scorecard |
Uva Unicorns |
v | Nagenahira Nagas |
Match 17 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 30 July Scorecard |
Basnahira Bears |
v | Ruhuna Rhinos |
Match 18 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 30 July (D/N) Scorecard |
Kandurata Kites |
v | Uva Unicorns |
Match 19 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 31 July Scorecard |
Nagenahira Nagas |
v | Uthura Oryxes |
Match 20 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 31 July (D/N) Scorecard |
Ruhuna Rhinos |
v | Wayamba Wolves |
Match 21 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 2 August 2011 - R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | |||||||
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| 4 August 2011 - R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | |||||||
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| 3 August 2011 - R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | |||||||
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| 2 August (D/N) Scorecard |
TBC |
v | TBC |
Semi-final 1 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 3 August (D/N) Scorecard |
TBC |
v | TBC |
Semi-final 2 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 4 August (D/N) Scorecard |
Winner of semi-final 1 |
v | Winner of semi-final 2 |
Final R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
All 24 matches are planned to be telecast live to every cricketing nation.[15]
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