Lanka Premier League to begin next month, says board

28 to Sept. 20, with over 70 international players and 10 top coaches having confirmed their availability.

The board said in a statement https://cricket.lk/2020/07/lanka-premier-league-set-to-start/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=6af169216d7be277c3910a6b8de647e6c66c9ed1-1595908178-0-AW5Jq0mb0sTkwojRFBPs31qAElp5eT5O5Qh6vPlnpqMfdXaasj99RgIBSuu39xAU8af1fl0M9iEe7Se8OfMziY8dVAANBlMZECNCAq8TxxSUhvipahLLug2FVaRPmPigxo3i2IEjosIe-GtDz-9urAm3Jk1FSrRupHXwsSqu6O65VWG6S27Ap0TbeMnfrvoFkavltHBtuEiCsUDp2P0uijSmwf9ahhuYxGWYow8R-9dLVfHEUK_etYzK8XySusCGBZzLx5LnVYCfoUqILocKfxDvzOyOwvrMw7fflIRhg6q6KjTKllmlnSJ5WOzU5pvmIqZbVLzztqUDTYrSSjDYf-M after Monday's Executive Committee meeting that it had given the go-ahead for the league, which will feature five teams from Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Dambulla and Jaffna.

A total of 23 matches would be held at four venues across the country, it said.

Domestic cricket in Sri Lanka had resumed earlier this month without spectators amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdown and curfews have ceased in the country, where more than 2,800 people have been infected. (Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford )