By Fathima Zanaida
COLOMBO: The
inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) is all set to commence
from August 11, 2012 where top international and Sri Lankan players will
showcase their Twenty20 skills.
While the national cricket team is busy taking on India in
the five-match One Day International series, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)
officials are finalizing arrangements to make the SLPL2012 a huge success.
The latest announcement by the SLPL2012 organizers was about
the event’s online partners and the mascot (Silva the lion), and the host and
overseas broadcasters in a press conference held at a local hotel Friday.
All the matches would be telecast by the premier Sri Lankan
sports broadcaster, Carlton Sports Network while the tournament would be
televised live in Canada by ATN, in United States, United Kingdom, and the
Caribbean by ESPN3, while ESPN-Star Sports will telecast all the matches live
in the subcontinent and the far-east Asia.
The SLPL2012 organizers also made public the tournament’s
full schedule besides naming captains of six of the seven teams on Friday.
List of Teams and
captains
Basnahira Cricket Dundees: Tillakaratne Dilshan
Kandurata Warriors: Kumar Sangakkara
Negenahira Nagas: Angelo Mathews
Ruhuna Royals: Lasith Malinga
Uthura Rudras: Jehan Mubarak
Wayamba United: Mahela Jayawardene
Uva Next: To be confirmed
Complete SLPL2012 Schedule
R. Premadasa Stadium,
Colombo
August 11: Nagenahira Nagas vs Ruhuna Royals (1600 hrs)
August 11: Basnahira Cricket Dundee vs Kandurata Warriors
(2000)
August 12: Uthura Rudras vs Wayamba United (1600)
August 12: Uva Next vs Basnahira Cricket Dundee (2000)
August 13: Kandurata Warriors vs Nagenahira Nagas (2000)
August 14: Ruhuna Royals vs Uthura Rudras (2000)
August 15 & 16: Rest days
Pallekele
International Stadium, Kandy
August 17: Waymba United vs Uva Next (1600)
August 17: Basnahira Cricket Dundee vs Nagenahira Nagas
(2000)
August 18: Kandurata Warriors vs Uthura Rudras (1600)
August 19: Wayamba United vs Basnahira Cricket Dundee (1600)
August 19: Uthura Rudras vs Uva Next (2000)
August 20: Kandurata Warriors vs Ruhuna Royals (1600)
August 20: Nagenahira Nagas vs Wayamba United (2000)
August 21: Ruhuna Royals vs Uva Next (1600)
August 21: Uthura Rudras vs Basnahira Cricket Dundee (2000)
August 22 & 23: Rest days
R. Premadasa Stadium,
Colombo
August 24: Wayamba United vs Kandurata Warriors (1600)
August 25: Basnahira Cricket Dundee vs Ruhuna Royals (1600)
August 25: Kandurata Warriors vs Uva Next (2000)
August 26: Nagenahira Nagas vs Uthura Rudras (1400)
August 26: Ruhuna Royals vs Wayamba United (2000)
August 27: Uva Next vs Nagenahira Nagas (2000)
August 28: First semi-final (2000)
August 29: Second semi-final (2000)
August 30: Rest day
August 31: Final (2000)
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