SLPL 2012 Schedule

Match No	Date	Match	Time	Venue
1	Sat Aug 11	Nagenahira Nagas v Ruhuna Royals	10:30(GMT)16:00(local)	Colombo
2	Sat Aug 11	Basnahira Cricket Dundee v Kandurata Warriours	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Colombo
3	Sun Aug 12	Uthura Rudras v Wayamba United	10:30(GMT)16:00 local	Colombo
4	Sun Aug 12	Uva Next v Basnahira Cricket Dundee	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Colombo
5	Mon Aug 13	Kandurata Warriours v Nagenahira Nagas	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Colombo
6	Tue Aug 14	Ruhuna Royals v Uthura Rudras	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Colombo
7	Fri Aug 17	Wayamba United v Uva Next	10:30(GMT)16:00 local	Pallekele
8	Sat Aug 17	Basnahira Cricket Dundee v Nagenahira Nagas	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Pallekele
9	Sat Aug 18	Kandurata Warriours v Uthura Rudras	10:30(GMT)16:00 local	Pallekele
10	Sun Aug 19	Wayamba United v Basnahira Cricket Dundee	10:30(GMT)16:00 local	Pallekele
11	Sun Aug 19	Uthura Rudras v Uva Next	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Pallekele
12	Mon Aug 20	Kandurata Warriours v Ruhuna Royals	10:30(GMT)16:00 local	Pallekele
13	Mon Aug 20	Nagenahira Nagas v Wayamba United	14:30(GMT)20.00 local	Pallekele
14	Tue Aug 21	Ruhuna Royals v Uva Next	10:30(GMT)16:00 local	Pallekele
15	Tue Aug 21	Uthura Rudras v Basnahira Cricket Dundee	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Pallekele
16	Fri Aug 24	Wayamba United v Kandurata Warriours	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Colombo
17	Fri Aug 25	Basnahira Cricket Dundee v Ruhuna Royals	10:30(GMT)16:00 local	Colombo
18	Sat Aug 25	Kandurata Warriours v Uva Next	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Colombo
19	Sat Aug 26	Nagenahira Nagas v Uthura Rudras	08:30(GMT)14:00 local	Colombo
20	Sun Aug 26	Ruhuna Royals v Wayamba United	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Colombo
21	Sun Aug 27	Uva Next v Nagenahira Nagas	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Colombo
22	Tue Aug 28	1st Semi Final - TBC v TBC	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Colombo
23	Wed Aug 29	2nd Semi Final - TBC v TBC	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Colombo
24	Fri Aug 31	Final - TBC v TBC	14:30(GMT)20:00 local	Colombo

Sri Lankan Premeir League 2012 New Team Name and New Logos

Sri Lanka players agree on central contracts

          

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and its players have agreed in principle to the terms of the central contracts for the next year, bringing to an end almost five months of negotiations and avoiding a potential stand-off over Sri Lanka's top players participating in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL).

The new contracts, which will run from March 1, 2012 to February 28, 2013, will bear the existing retainer and match fees, ESPNcricinfo understands.

On Monday, Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, had said the country's cricketers might decide against taking part in the SLPL if the Sri Lankan board didn't "settle" the players' central contracts. The agreement between the two sides means the players no longer have any objections to taking part in the Twenty20 tournament.

"Player contracts will be signed tomorrow or the day after," Nishanta Ranatunga, the SLC secretary, told ESPNcricinfo on Tuesday. "It has been agreed upon by the players and the board." Sri Lanka host India for five ODIs and one Twenty20 game from July 21, and Ranatunga was confident the contracts would be in place for the series.

There was a discussion about requiring the players to seek prior permission from SLC before speaking to the media, but that clause did not make it in to the final version of the contract. However, if a player does make comments considered detrimental to SLC, he could face a disciplinary committee hearing.

The contract issue follows a year in which SLC ran into financial problems after running up debts of close to $70 million to finance the building of two international stadiums in Hambantota and Pallekele, and to renovate the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, for the 2011 World Cup. As a result the players were not initially paid their salaries for eight months. In December 2011, 42.36% of the fees due to the players from the World Cup to September 30, 2011 were paid. The payment of US$2 million was made directly into the players' bank accounts, instead of routing it through Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), on December 16.

SLC claimed to have paid the remaining dues in March 2012 after the state-owned Bank of Ceylon agreed to release 600 million rupees (approx US$5.07 million) to the board, following discussions with sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage. However, the players have not been paid since the previous contracts expired, as the new contracts are yet to be signed.

The SLPL starts on August 11, with the final to be played on August 31. SLC had released a list of 112 local players and 56 overseas players who will take part in the event. The tournament, which features seven franchises this year, will have two more the next year, covering all nine provinces.

Jayawardene, who is the icon player for the Wayamba franchise, said the focus of the tournament should be on developing the game in Sri Lanka. "While we say all good things about the tournament, let me caution everyone … While we are making financial gains, the commitment of the people involved should be to harness the talent, develop the game in the outstations, get every possible youngster involved and let them realise their dream of playing for Sri Lanka one day."

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Waqar, Moody appointed coaches in SLPL

Former Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis has been confirmed as the coach for the Ruhuna franchise for the inaugural season of Sri Lanka Premier League, according to the organisers Somerset Entertainment Ventures Ltd. Other notable appointments include former Sri Lanka captain Duleep Mendis and Australians Tom Moody and Trevor Bayliss.

"Waqar [Younis] is one of six appointments that have been finalised regarding the coaching positions, with only Kandurata province yet to finalise who their coach will be," Sandeep Bhammer, chief executive of Somerset Entertainment Ventures Ltd, toldPakPassion.net. "We have a couple of local appointments, with Duleep Mendis coaching Basnahira and Naveed Nawaz will be head coach for Uva.

"In addition, and to add to the international flavour of the tournament, Australian's Shane Duff will be the head coach for Nagenahira, Tom Moody will coach Utuhura and Trevor Bayliss has been appointed as head coach for Wayamba."

The squads for the seven franchises were announcedon July 6. A total of 56 overseas players and 107 local players are part of the squads, giving each franchise a preliminary list of 24 players. The tournament is scheduled to start on August 10.

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SLPL 2012 Squads

SLPL squads

Uva Unicorns

Foreign Players

Chris Gayle (West Indies)

Umar Gul (Pakistan)

Shoaib Malik (Pakistan)

Callum Ferguson (Australia)

James Franklin (New Zealand)

Abdur Rehman (Pakistan)

Hammad Azam (Pakistan)

Andrew McDonald (Australia)

Sri Lankan Players

Upul Tharanga

Thilina Kandamby

Sachithra Senanayake

Dilshan Munaweera

Dilhara Fernando

Bhanuka Rajapaksa

Chintaka Jayasinghe

Sameera Zoysa

Seekkuge Prasanna

Ashan Priyanjana

Vishva Fernando

Lahiru Madhushanka

Akila Ishanka

Dinesh Darshapriya

Saliya Saman

Ashen Silva

Ruhuna Rhinos

Foreign Players

                 Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)                

Daniel Harris (Australia)

                   Ryan Harris (Australia)                  

Aaron Finch (Australia)

Jerome Taylor (West Indies)

Nathan McCullum (New Zealand)

    Ryan McLaren (South Africa)     

Richard Levi (South Africa)

Sr Lankan Players

Lasith Malinga

Chamara Silva

Prasanna Jayawardene

Dilruwan Perera

Ramith Rambukwella

Tharanga Lakshitha

Gihan Rupesingh

Shaluka Karunanayake

Denuwan Rajakaruna

Lahiru Thirimanne

Malinga Bandara

asun Madushanka

Dananja de Silva

Shanuka Dissanayake

Gayan Wijekoon

Chaminda Vidanapathirana

Uthura Oryxes

Foreign Players

Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)

Dillon du Preez (South Africa)

Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe)

David Miller (South Africa)

Kevon Cooper (West Indies)

Imran Farhat (Pakistan)

Fidel Edwards (West Indies)

Samuel Badree (West Indies)

Sri lankan Players

Muttiah Muralitharan

Jehan Mubarak

Farveez Maharoof

Janak Gunaratne

Nilanka Premaratne

Mahela Udawatte

Chathura Peiris

Akalanka Ganegama

Roshen Silva

PHD Kaushalya

Sandun Weerakkody

Madra Lakmal

Sohan Boralessa

Yohan de Silva

Madushanka Ekanayake

Chamara Kapugedara

Nagenahira Nagas

Foreign Players

Mitchell Marsh (Australia)

Imran Nazir (Pakistan)

Travis Birt (Australia)

Ahmed Shehzad (Pakistan)

Ben Laughlin (Australia)

Elias Sunny (Bangladesh)

Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)

Nasir Hossain (Bangladesh)

Sri Lankan Players

Nuwan Kulasekara

Angelo Mathews

Ajantha Mendis

TM Sampath

Sachith Pathirana

Suraj Randiv

Gayan Maneeshan

Chammera Dushmantha

Shaminda Eranga

Udara Jayasundera

Kanishka Alvitigala

Sajeewa Weerakoon

Andy Solomons

Ishan Jayaratne

Charith Sylvester

Angelo Perera

Wayamba Wolves

Foreign Players

Azhar Mahmood (England)

Umar Akmal (Pakistan)

Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh)

Colin Ingram (South Africa)

Kemar Roach (West Indies)

James Faulkner (Australia)

Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan)

Brad Hogg (Australia)

Sri Lankan Players

Dinesh Chandimal

Mahela Jaywardene

Isuru Udana

Kushal Janith Perera

Akhila Dhananjaya

Kaushal Weeraratne

Shehan Jayasuriya

Suranga Lakmal

Milinda Siriwardana

Chathuraga Kumara

Nimesh Perera

Chaminda Vaas

Alankara Asanka

Dashun Shanaka

Malinga Pushpakumara

Dilesh Gunaratne

Kandurata Kites

Foreign Players

Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan)

Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)

Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan)

Chris Lynn (Australia)

Dane Vilas (South Africa)

Albie Morkel (South Africa)

Johan Botha (South Africa)

Adam Voges (Australia)

Sri Lankan Players

Kumar Sangakkara

Thilan Samaraweera

Thisara Perera

Sanath Jayasuriya

Kosala Kulasekara

Kithruwan Vithanage

Kaushal Lokuarachchi

Jeevantha Kulatunga

Malinda Warnapura

Chanaka Welegedara

Dilhara Lokuhettige

Niroshan Dikwalla

Tharanga Paranavitana

Romesh Buddika

Chintaka Perera

Kaushal Silva

Basnahira Bears

Foreign Players

Brad Hodge (Australia)

Marlon Samuels (West Indies)

Daniel Smith (Australia)

Dirk Nannes (Australia)

Robin Peterson (South Africa)

Tim Southee (New Zealand)

Clint McKay (Australia)

Cameron Borgas (Australia)

Sri Lankan Players

Tillakaratne Dilshan

Jeevan Mendis

Rangana Herath

Indika de Saram

Danushka Gunathilaka

Dhammika Prasad

Lahiru Jayaratne

Rushan Jaleel

Sachitra Serasinghe

Nuwan Pradeep

Dimuth Karunaratne

Amal Athulamudali

Sanjaya Gangodawila

Nadeehra Nawala

Thilan Tushara

Ishara Amerasinghe