Sri Lanka’s cricket Premier League tournament delayed

The 23-match Lanka Premier League (LPL), originally due to start in August, was rescheduled for Nov. 14, but has now been delayed by one more week, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said.

According to AFP, SLC said the shift was to “ensure that participating players have adequate time to meet quarantine requirements as per the government’s health regulations.”

SLC said the auction of players for the LPL, which was due on Thursday, had also been postponed, to Oct. 9.

Five teams — named after the Sri Lankan cities of Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Dambulla and Jaffna — are due to take part in the tournament.

International cricket came to a halt in Sri Lanka on March 13. The visiting England team pulled out on the second day of a practice match ahead of their two-Test series as the coronavirus pandemic spread.