SLPL Team Preview - Kandurata Warriors

Kandurata Warriors has most experienced squad of all. They have players with lot of class and stamina. The players in their dispossal can intimitate any side. But they had a big set back even before the start of the tournament when their captain and icon player Kumar Sangakkara  ruled out of the tournament.

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      1.       Chris Gayle – West Indies (US $ 100,000)

Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle (born 21 September 1979) captained the West Indies' Test side from 2007 to 2010. He is one of only four players who have scored two triple centuries at Test level: 317 against South Africa in 2005, and 333 against Sri Lanka in 2010. Gayle set the record for the highest innings in a Twenty20 International, scoring 117 against South Africa in the first match of the 2007 World Twenty20.

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     1.       Azhar  Mahamood – Pakistan (US $ 30000)

Azhar Mahmood Sagar (born February 28, 1975) is a Pakistani-born cricketer who became a British citizen in 2011 and is now a fully qualified English cricketer. He began his career with three Test centuries against South Africa.

SLPL Overseas Players Profile - Ruhuna Royals

1. Shahid Afridi – Pakistan (US $ 50000)

Shahid Khan Afridi born 1 March 1980 has played 27 Tests, 334 One Day Internationals, and 46 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the Pakistani national team. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia.

SLPL Overseas Players Profile - Basnahira Cricket Dundee

1. Dirk Nannes – Australia/Netherlands (US $ 35000)

Dirk Peter Nannes (born 16 May 1976) is a Dutch Australian cricketer. A left-arm fast bowler, he plays for the Australian cricket team, the Sydney Thunders in BBL, the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.

SLPL overseas players Profile - Kandurata Warriors

         1.       Albie Morkel  - South Africa (US $ 35000)

 Albie Morkel, (born 10 June 1981) is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and left-handed batsman, was earmarked as the new Lance Klusener, but hasn't quite been able to live up to his billing despite some glimpses of match-winning skills.

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SLPL overseas players Profile - Nagenahira Nagas

     1.  Mitchell Marsh – Australia (US $ 30000)

 Mitchell Marsh born October 20 1991 is the son of former Australian batsman Geoff Marsh. A powerful  right handed middle-order batsman and a right arm seamer who can hit 135kph, Marsh honed his skills in the Australian dressing room as a child, when his father Geoff was the national coach. He has played 3 T-20I and single ODI so far for Australia. Recently he was attached with controversy when he was sent home from Centre of Excellence for disciplinary reasons.

SLPL overseas players Profile - Uthura Rudras

1. Shakib Al Hassan – Bangladesh (US $ 25000)

Shakib is a left-handed middle-order batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler and is widely regarded as the only true world-class cricketer in the current Bangladeshi side. He made his international debut in one-dayers against Zimbabwe at Harare in August 2006 and got his Test cap against India at Chittagong in May 2007. He was named Wisden Cricketer's Test Player of the Year in 2009.

PCB Clears Pakistan players to play in SLPL

The Pakistan Cricket Board has informed to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) that all players signed up to play in the inaugural Sri Lankan Premier League next month have been given clearance to skip the training camp for the Australian tour to play in the league.

Bangladeshis Participation in SLPL in Gloom

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is still in gloom about five national cricketers who signed contracts for taking part in the Sri Lankan Premier Cricket League (SLPL) which starts on August 10.

Images from SLPL players draft

SLC has issued images of SLPL players draft held yesterday in Taj Samudra hotel yesterday.Draft was closed for media and conducted only with the participation of organizers players and franchise owners.

Top Picks in SLPL Local players draft

Yesterday’s players draft for local players finished with 107 players drafting to 7 franchises. Interestingly all the players in the draft were drafted by franchises. Today we bring you the most impressive pick of each franchise in yesterday’s draft.

Sri Lankan Players Drafted & Chandimal was the first pick in SLPL

All Sri Lankan players (107) were drafted to the 7 franchises today.Most Highlighted draft palyers were veteran batsman Sanath Jaysuriya who was picked by Kandurata,rising star Dinesh Chandimal was picked by waymba as the first pick of the day.

SLPL Drafted 56 Foriegn Players

In the Yesterdays players draft for  international players in SLPL has concluded with 56 foreign players drafting to franchises.The players from pakistan and australia dominated the list.