Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) major league super eight stage is the only tournament in Sri Lanka where 4-day cricket is played. However, due to the current situation SLC has taken a decision to reduce the super eight stage to three-day encounters this year. The tournament is set to resume on 10 August.
As reported earlier by Ceylon Today, the SLC major league tournament was set to resume on 14 July after a break of four months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but was further delayed as SLC wanted to pass a new resolution to revise the existing tournament rules by calling for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of their members.
Further, no team will be relegated or promoted this year from the major league or lower levels. Also, cricketers will have a hectic schedule as four three-day matches will be played with only two-day breaks between matches, as SLC plans to conclude the tournament on 27 August, a day before the start of much awaited Lanka Premier League 2020.
“We are pleased to inform you that the Stakeholders of Sri Lanka Cricket at an Extraordinary General Meeting held today unanimously approved two Resolutions that would give effect to the following changes to the Major Club League Tournament structure for 2019/20 season only. (a) To reduce the duration of Tier “A” Super Eight matches from 4 days to 3 days. (b) To suspend the Promotion/Relegation provisions,” said SLC in a media release.
The league - which comprise 14 teams - played six matches each (except for Badureliya and NCC) in the group stage before it was interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic around 15 March. The super eight stage of this major league was earlier set to be four-day encounters, while the balance six teams were set to play in the three-day Plate Championship. CCC and NCC are the only unbeaten teams in the tournament so far.
Several first-class cricketers’ income too was affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Apart from SLC contracted cricketers and some club contracted cricketers, most of the domestic cricketers only earn through match fees, and since there was no cricket for the past three months, they had to undergo financial hardships. Also, they earn extra money through their mercantile contracts to play MCA cricket leagues, but due to the crisis, some of the country’s leading mercantile companies have cancelled the cricketers’ contracts.
SLC helped all of their member clubs financially to overcome the present difficult situation, but those benefits doesn’t seem to have reached players in need of assistance, and they will now be thrilled with the news about the resumption of domestic cricket.
https://ceylontoday.lk/news/shortened-major-league-on-cards-from-10-august
As reported earlier by Ceylon Today, the SLC major league tournament was set to resume on 14 July after a break of four months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but was further delayed as SLC wanted to pass a new resolution to revise the existing tournament rules by calling for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of their members.
Further, no team will be relegated or promoted this year from the major league or lower levels. Also, cricketers will have a hectic schedule as four three-day matches will be played with only two-day breaks between matches, as SLC plans to conclude the tournament on 27 August, a day before the start of much awaited Lanka Premier League 2020.
“We are pleased to inform you that the Stakeholders of Sri Lanka Cricket at an Extraordinary General Meeting held today unanimously approved two Resolutions that would give effect to the following changes to the Major Club League Tournament structure for 2019/20 season only. (a) To reduce the duration of Tier “A” Super Eight matches from 4 days to 3 days. (b) To suspend the Promotion/Relegation provisions,” said SLC in a media release.
The league - which comprise 14 teams - played six matches each (except for Badureliya and NCC) in the group stage before it was interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic around 15 March. The super eight stage of this major league was earlier set to be four-day encounters, while the balance six teams were set to play in the three-day Plate Championship. CCC and NCC are the only unbeaten teams in the tournament so far.
Several first-class cricketers’ income too was affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Apart from SLC contracted cricketers and some club contracted cricketers, most of the domestic cricketers only earn through match fees, and since there was no cricket for the past three months, they had to undergo financial hardships. Also, they earn extra money through their mercantile contracts to play MCA cricket leagues, but due to the crisis, some of the country’s leading mercantile companies have cancelled the cricketers’ contracts.
SLC helped all of their member clubs financially to overcome the present difficult situation, but those benefits doesn’t seem to have reached players in need of assistance, and they will now be thrilled with the news about the resumption of domestic cricket.
https://ceylontoday.lk/news/shortened-major-league-on-cards-from-10-august