LPL Cricket

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced that the second season of Sri Lanka’s domestic T20 tournament, the Lanka Premier League (LPL), will be held between December 4 and 23. The process of registering players from abroad has commenced on September 24. Schedule Reworked to Avoid Clashes with Other Competitions The organisers had originally planned to […]

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is reported to have postponed the Lanka Premier League (LPL), the T20 franchise owned by it. SLC reportedly made the decision owing to the nonavailability of overseas players. The tournament was originally scheduled to start on 29 July and finish on 22 August. As per the revised schedule, the LPL will […]

Sri Lanka Cricket has announced that it plans to host the second season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) between 30 July and 22 August. Professor Arjuna De Silva, chair of SLC’s Management Committee, has said to media outlets, “We have found a suitable window to hold this year’s edition, whilst we are currently working […]

Tempers flared during a Lanka Premier League match between Kandy Tuskers and Galle Gladiators. As the match ended, Mohammed Amir who batted for Galle Gladiators was seen exchanging angry words with Kandy Tuskers’ Afghan import Naveen-ul-Haq. An exciting match of the Lanka Premier League between Kandy Tuskers and Galle Gladiators was overshadowed to an extent […]

In this article, we preview the Lanka Premier League whose inaugural season is scheduled to begin on 26 November 2020 with five teams – Colombo Kings, Dambulla Vikings, Galle Gladiators, Jaffna Stallions and Kandy Tuskers – competing for the title. We discuss the composition of the squads, with a specific focus on the overseas players […]