2011 Sri Lanka Premier League

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2011 Sri Lanka Premier League
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2011 Sri Lanka Premier League logo
Administrator(s) Sri Lanka Cricket
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
ChampionsEvent cancelled
Participants7
Matches24
2012 →

The 2011 Sri Lanka Premier League was a postponed Twenty20 cricket league. It was scheduled as the first edition of the new Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Sri Lanka, from 19 July to 4 August. It was postponed until 2012, which was held as the 2012 Sri Lanka 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]

Contents

The proposed tournament included seven teams representing the provinces of Sri Lanka. 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.

Teams

Unlike other cricket leagues, the Sri Lanka Premier League did 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. Seven teams were established in seven provinces, with three being created in 2011.[ which? ] Aside from the Nagenahira Nagas and the Uthura Oryxes, each of these teams played in a previous Inter-Provincial tournament. [4] North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provinces did not have teams for the first season. Teams for all the provinces were limited to ensure competitiveness for the future. [5]

TeamProvinceCaptain
Basnahira Bears Western Tillakaratne Dilshan
Kandurata Kites Central Kumar Sangakkara
Nagenahira Nagas Eastern Shahid Afridi
Ruhuna Rhinos Southern Sanath Jayasuriya
Uthura Oryxes Northern Daniel Vettori
Uva Unicorns Uva Chaminda Vaas
Wayamba Wolves North Western Mahela Jayawardene

Venue

All of the matches in the tournament were to be played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Colombo
R Premadasa Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
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Venues in Sri Lanka

Squads

Captains

A few teams had 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 featured almost 35 international cricketing stars and was the first of its kind in Sri Lanka.

Team composition rules

Each team: [4] [6]

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 took part in SLPL. But later on he has decided to pull out of SLPL for personal reasons. [7]

International players that were expected to play [2] [8] [9]
Indian players who were barred from playing [8] [9] [10]

Fixtures

Group stage
19 July (D/N)
Scorecard
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20 July
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20 July (D/N)
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21 July
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21 July (D/N)
Scorecard
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23 July
Scorecard
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23 July (D/N)
Scorecard
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24 July
Scorecard
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24 July (D/N)
Scorecard
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25 July
Scorecard
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25 July (D/N)
Scorecard
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26 July
Scorecard
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26 July (D/N)
Scorecard
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28 July
Scorecard
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28 July (D/N)
Scorecard
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29 July
Scorecard
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29 July (D/N)
Scorecard
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30 July
Scorecard
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30 July (D/N)
Scorecard
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
2 August (D/N)
Scorecard
Group stage 1st place
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Group stage 4th place
3 August (D/N)
Scorecard
Group stage 2nd place
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Group stage 3rd place
Final
4 August (D/N)
Scorecard
Winner of semi-final 1
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Winner of semi-final 2

Media coverage

All 24 matches were planned to be telecast live to every cricketing nation. [11]

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