2011 Sri Lanka Premier League

The 2011 Sri Lanka Premier League was a postponed Twenty20 cricket league. It
2011 Sri Lanka Premier
was scheduled as the first edition of the new Twenty20 domestic cricket competition
League
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 bySri 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]

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.

2011 Sri Lanka Premier League

Contents logo
Teams Administrator(s) Sri Lanka Cricket
Venue Cricket format Twenty20
Squads
Tournament Round-robin and
Fixtures
format(s) knockout
Media coverage
Host(s) Sri Lanka
References
Champions Event cancelled
External links
Participants 7
Matches played 24
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. 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 will not have teams for
[5]
the first season. Teams for all the provinces were limited to ensure competitiveness for the future.

Team Province Captain

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 was to be played atR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Colombo
R Premadasa Stadium
Capacity: 35,000

Colombo

Venues in Sri Lanka

Squads
Captains

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.

Team composition rules

Each team:[4][6]

will have a total squad sizes between 16 and 18 players.

is allowed to have five overseas players, but only four will be allowed to play in a match.
will have a minimum seven Sri Lankan players, with one player being an under-21 cricketer .
will have icon or marquee players, as well as a prominent ex-Sri Lanka player as a mentor or coach.
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. But Later on he has decided to pull out of
SLPL due to personal reasons.[7]

International players that were expected to play[2][8][9]

Shaun Tait Imran Nazir

Callum Ferguson Mohammad Sami
David Warner Umar Gul
Daniel Christian Sohail Tanvir
Tamim Iqbal
Wahab Riaz
Shakib Al Hasan
Misbah-ul-Haq
Shafiul Islam
Albie Morkel
Mohammad Ashraful
Herschelle Gibbs
Kevin O'Brien
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Daniel Vettori
Umar Akmal Makhaya Ntini

Shahid Afridi Chris Gayle

Abdul Razzaq Darren Bravo

Kieron Pollard

Indian players who were barred from playing[8][9][10]

Manish Pandey Vinay Kumar

Manoj Tiwary Yuvraj Singh
Paul Valthaty Yusuf Pathan
Ravindra Jadeja Munaf Patel
Saurabh Tiwary Ravichandran Ashwin
Umesh Yadav

Fixtures
Group stage [show]
19 July (D/N) Basnahira Bears v Kandurata Kites Match 1
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
20 July Nagenahira Nagas v Ruhuna Rhinos Match 2
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
20 July (D/N) Uthura Oryxes v Wayamba Wolves Match 3
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
21 July Uva Unicorns v Basnahira Bears Match 4
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
21 July (D/N) Kandurata Kites v Nagenahira Nagas Match 5
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
23 July Ruhuna Rhinos v Uthura Oryxes Match 6
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
23 July (D/N) Wayamba Wolves v Uva Unicorns Match 7
 Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
24 July Basnahira Bears v Nagenahira Nagas Match 8
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
24 July (D/N) Kandurata Kites v Ruhuna Rhinos Match 9
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
25 July Uthura Oryxes v Uva Unicorns Match 10
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
25 July (D/N) Wayamba Wolves v Basnahira Bears Match 11
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
26 July Kandurata Kites v Uthura Oryxes Match 12
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
26 July (D/N) Nagenahira Nagas v Wayamba Wolves Match 13
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
28 July Ruhuna Rhinos v Uva Unicorns Match 14
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
28 July (D/N) Uthura Oryxes v Basnahira Bears Match 15
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
29 July Wayamba Wolves v Kandurata Kites Match 16
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
29 July (D/N) Uva Unicorns v Nagenahira Nagas Match 17
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
30 July Basnahira Bears v Ruhuna Rhinos Match 18
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
30 July (D/N) Kandurata Kites v Uva Unicorns Match 19
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
31 July Nagenahira Nagas v Uthura Oryxes Match 20
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
31 July (D/N) Ruhuna Rhinos v Wayamba Wolves Match 21
Scorecard R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Lanka

Knockout stage [show]

Semi-finals

2 August Group stage 1st place v Group stage 4th place Semi-final 1
(D/N) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Scorecard Lanka
3 August Group stage 2nd place v Group stage 3rd place Semi-final 2
(D/N) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Scorecard Lanka
Final

4 August Winner of semi-final 1 v Winner of semi-final 2 Final

(D/N) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri
Scorecard Lanka

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

References
1. Van Hoff, Gavin (19 June 2011)."Corruption and incompetence brings Sri Lanka's SLPL T20 tournament to its
knees" (http://www.islandcricket.lk/node/11634). Island Cricket. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
2. "No Indians in SLPL, says BCCI"(http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/519526.html). CricInfo. 18 June
2011. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
3. Engineer, Tariq (7 July 2011). "Sri Lanka Premier League postponed to 2012"(http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/
content/current/story/522286.html). CricInfo. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
4. Patranobis, Sutirtho (12 May 2011)."Now, Sri Lanka to start IPL-style meet"(https://web.archive.org/web/201107170
33540/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cricketnews/Now-Sri-Lanka-to-start-IPL-style-meet/Article1-69671
6.aspx). Hindustan Times. Archived from the original (http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cricketnews/Now-
Sri-Lanka-to-start-IPL-style-meet/Article1-696716.aspx)on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
5. "SLPL to add two more provinces later"(http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/514456.html?CMP=chro
me). ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
6. "SLPL to kick off in July?" (http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2011/5/66835.html). Lanka Newspapers. 10 May
2011. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
7. http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/current/story/513659.html
8. "Afridi to lead a team in Sri Lanka Premier League"
(http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/514617.html). CricInfo. ESPN. 11 May 2011. Retrieved
2012-05-18.
9. "Gayle, Afridi, Gibbs among 33 overseas players in Sri Lanka T20 league"
(http://www.islandcricket.lk/news/srilankac
ricket/110700514/gayle-afridi-gibbs-among-33-overseas-players-in-sri-lanka-t20-league)
. Island Cricket. 14 May
2011. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
10. "12 Indians for Sri Lankan Premier League: report"(http://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/twelve-indians-for-sri-lankan-
premier-league/20110516.htm). Rediff. 16 May 2011.
11. "Archived copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110717033540/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/cricketne
ws/Now-Sri-Lanka-to-start-IPL-style-meet/Article1-696716.aspx)
. Archived from the original (http://www.hindustantim
es.com/News-Feed/cricketnews/Now-Sri-Lanka-to-start-IPL-style-meet/Article1-696716.aspx) on 17 July 2011.
Retrieved 2011-07-08.

External links
Tournament page - Cricinfo

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