SLPL | 2012 Sri Lanka Premier League Schedule

Sri Lanka Premier League 2012 Schedule: The tournament will start from August 10, 2012 and will end on August 31. It was originally scheduled to begin in 2011 but it was delayed.
The Premier league was established by the Sri Lanka Cricket in 2011.




The seven provincial teams that will take part in the tournament are as follows:






                                                      1. Ruhuna Rhinos

Province: Southern 
Price: $ 4.6 million
Owners: Pearl Overseas Limited
Head Coach: Waqar Younis
Icon Player: Lasith Malinga
Overseas Players: Shahid Afridi, Daniel Harris, Ryan Harris, Aaron Finch, Jerome Taylor, Nathan McCullum, Ryan McLaren, Richard Levi






2. Uva Unicorns

Province: Uva
Price: $ 4.6 million
Owners: Success Sports Private Limited
Head Coach: Naveed Nawaz
Icon Player: Chris Gayle
Overseas Players: Andrew McDonald, Umar Gul, Shoaib Malik, Callum Ferguson, James Franklin, Abdur Rehman, Hammad Azam, Chris Gayle




3. Kandurata Kites

Province: Central
Price: $ 4.98 million
Owners: Number One Sports Consulting Private Limited
Head Coach: TBA
Icon Player: Kumar Sangakkara
Overseas Players: Saeed Ajmal, Albie Morkel, Sohail Tanvir, Johan Botha, Adam Voges, Misbah-ul-Haq, Chris Lynn, Dane Vilas



4. Wayamba Wolves

Province: North Western
Price: $ 5.02 million
Owners: Wadhawan Holdings Private Limited
Head Coach: Trevor Bayliss
Icon Player: Mahela Jayawardene
Overseas Players: Azhar Mahmood, Umar Akmal, Tamim Iqbal, Colin Ingram, Kemar Roach, James Faulkner, Abdul Razzaq, Brad Hogg


                                               
5. Nagenahira Nagas


Province: Eastern
Price: $ 3.22 million
Owners: Varun Beverages Lanka Private Limited
Head Coach: Shane Duff
Icon Player: Angelo Mathews
Overseas Players: Imran Nazir, Travis Birt, Ahmed Shahzad, Mitchell Marsh, Ben Laughlin, Elias Sunny, Musfiqur Rahim, Nasir Hossain







6. Basnahira Bears

Province: Western
Price: $ 4.33 million
Owners: Indian Cricker Dundee Limited
Head Coach: Duleep Mendis
Icon Player: Tillakaratne Dilshan
Overseas Players: Brad Hodge, Marlon Samuels, Daniel Smith, Dirk Nannes, Robin Peterson, Tim Southee, Clint McKay, Cameron Borgas





7. Uthura Oryxes


Province: Northern
Price: $ 3.4 million
Owners: Rudra Sports Private Limited
Head Coach: Tom Moody
Icon Player: Muttiah Muralitharan
Overseas Players: Shakib Al Hasan, Brendan Taylor, Kevon Cooper, Imran Farhat, Fidel Edwards, David Miller, Dillon du Preez, Samuel Badree

Maximum of six overseas players are allowed in the squad in each of the participating teams.

Maximum of four overseas players are allowed to play in a single match in each team.