Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is set to revive the Lanka Premier League, with 8-28 September tentatively set aside for the potentially lucrative T20 tournament.

“We have set the ball rolling and hopefully in August-September this year we will see the tournament taking place,” said SLC Secretary Mohan De Silva, speaking at the launch of the Super Provincial 50-over Tournament in Colombo last evening.

De Silva bemoaning the cancelation of last year’s tournament, which had been a direct result of a prolonged period of administrative instability at SLC over the latter part of 2018, also claimed that it had significantly hindered Sri Lanka’s World Cup chances.

“It is very unfortunate that Sri Lanka Cricket was not able to implement the envisaged programs that we had planned in preparation for the World Cup due to the disruption in administration,” he stated.

“If the LPL (Lanka Premier League) tournament had gone ahead last September, we had arranged a much more competitive tournament, where players would have had the opportunity of competing with international players.”

While many of the details are yet to be finalised for this year’s tournament, it is understood that SLC are looking at five to six teams taking part, while they are also expected to bring Russel Arnold back into the fold as tournament director. (MB)

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