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Sri Lanka Cricket remain hopeful that the inaugural Lanka Premier League will go ahead but are awaiting clearance from the country’s health ministry.
The franchise T20 competition is due to begin on November 21 but, as it stands, players arriving from overseas must spend a fortnight in quarantine ahead of the five-team tournament’s start date.
“We are a little worried about this LPL, as the health authorities have not still granted us the permission,” Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Mohan de Silva told Daily FT on Monday.
“The cricket will take place only in Hambantota and Pallekele, where the players will go into a bio-bubble. They will travel from Mattala airport to their hotel and from their hotel to the ground and back again. All this has been planned and discussed earlier with the authorities, including the security, army and health. Most of the players taking part in the IPL are coming from bubble to bubble.”
The franchise T20 competition is due to begin on November 21 but, as it stands, players arriving from overseas must spend a fortnight in quarantine ahead of the five-team tournament’s start date.
“We are a little worried about this LPL, as the health authorities have not still granted us the permission,” Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Mohan de Silva told Daily FT on Monday.
“The cricket will take place only in Hambantota and Pallekele, where the players will go into a bio-bubble. They will travel from Mattala airport to their hotel and from their hotel to the ground and back again. All this has been planned and discussed earlier with the authorities, including the security, army and health. Most of the players taking part in the IPL are coming from bubble to bubble.”