Chris Gayle Ruled Out of SLPL

A Sri Lankan Premier League Twenty20 tournament start on August 11th 2012 and gayle had signed up for the uva next franchise said, he will not participate in this season due to a groin injury and he had been battling through a groin niggle further in the recently concluded test series against new zealand and he has understood that the west indies cricket board does not want to take any chances with its players fitness for the next month world cup twenty20 which is scheduled to take place in sri lanka in september.

The west indies fast bowler fidel edwards was picked up by uthura rudras and he has not been given a 'no objection certificate (NOC)' by the WICB and the total of 7 teams will participate in the tournament which is scheduled to start on august 11 and end on august 31.

Sri Lanka Premier League 2012 Schedule

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Aug 11 - Sat	Basnahira Cricket Dundee v Kandurata Warriors, 1st Match	16:00	Colombo
Aug 11 - Sat	Nagenahira Nagas v Ruhuna Royals, 2nd Match	20:00	Colombo
Aug 12 - Sun	Uthura Rudras v Wayamba United, 3rd Match	16:00	Colombo
Aug 12 - Sun	Uva Next v Basnahira Cricket Dundee, 4th Match	20:00	Colombo
Aug 13 - Mon	Kandurata Warriors v Nagenahira Nagas, 5th Match	16:00	Colombo
Aug 14 - Tue	Ruhuna Royals v Uthura Rudras, 6th Match	20:00	Colombo
Aug 17 - Fri	Wayamba United v Uva Next, 7th Match	20:00	Pallekele
Aug 18 - Sat	Basnahira Cricket Dundee v Nagenahira Nagas, 8th Match	16:00	Pallekele
Aug 18 - Sat	Kandurata Warriors v Ruhuna Royals, 9th Match	20:00	Pallekele
Aug 19 - Sun	Uthura Rudras v Uva Next, 10th Match	16:00	Pallekele
Aug 19 - Sun	Wayamba United v Basnahira Cricket Dundee, 11th Match	20:00	Pallekele
Aug 20 - Mon	Kandurata Warriors v Uthura Rudras, 12th Match	16:00	Pallekele
Aug 20 - Mon	Nagenahira Nagas v Wayamba United, 13th Match	20:00	Pallekele
Aug 21 - Tue	Ruhuna Royals v Uva Next, 14th Match	16:00	Pallekele
Aug 21 - Tue	Uthura Rudras v Basnahira Cricket Dundee, 15th Match	20:00	Pallekele
Aug 24 - Fri	Wayamba United v Kandurata Warriors, 16th Match	16:00	Colombo
Aug 24 - Fri	Uva Next v Nagenahira Nagas, 17th Match	20:00	Colombo
Aug 25 - Sat	Basnahira Cricket Dundee v Ruhuna Royals, 18th Match	16:00	Colombo
Aug 25 - Sat	Kandurata Warriors v Uva Next, 19th Match	21:30	Colombo
Aug 26 - Sun	Nagenahira Nagas v Uthura Rudras, 20th Match	16:00	Colombo
Aug 26 - Sun	Ruhuna Royals v Wayamba United, 21st Match	20:00	Colombo
Aug 28 - Tue	TBC v TBC, 1st Semi Final	20:00	Colombo
Aug 29 - Wed	TBC v TBC, 2nd Semi Final	20:00	Colombo
Aug 31 - Fri	TBC v TBC, Final	20:00	Colombo

A Sri Lanka Cricket has named 56 foreign players will play in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League 2012

Sri Lanka Premier League 2012 Schedule

The franchises overseas signings(all values in US$)

Uthura Team: Shakib Al Hasan (25,000), Brendan Taylor (10,000), Kevon Cooper (15,000), Imran Farhat (20,000), Fidel Edwards (20,000), David Miller (25,000), Dillon du Preez (20,000), Samuel Badree (20,000)

Nagenahira Team: Mitchell Marsh (30,000), Imran Nazir (20,000), Travis Birt (25,000), Ahmed Shahzad (20,000), Ben Laughlin (20,000), Elias Sunny (12,000), Musfiqur Rahim (20,000), Nasir Hossain (16,000)

Ruhuna Team: Shahid Afridi (50,000), Daniel Harris (30,000), Ryan Harris (30,000), Aaron Finch (30,000), Jerome Taylor (20,000), Nathan McCullum (25,000), Ryan McLaren (15,000), Richard Levi (25,000)

Wayamba Team: Azhar Mahmood (30,000), Umar Akmal (25,000), Tamim Iqbal (18,000), Colin Ingram (20,000), Kemar Roach (25,000), James Faulkner (25,000), Abdul Razzaq (25,000), Brad Hogg (25,000)

Kandurata Team: Saeed Ajmal (25,000), Misbah-ul-Haq (25,000), Sohail Tanvir (20,000), Chris Lynn (20,000), Dane Vilas (10,000), Albie Morkel (35,000), Johan Botha (25,000), Adam Voges (25,000)

Basnahira Team: Brad Hodge (30,000), Marlon Samuels (30,000), Daniel Smith (20,000), Dirk Nannes (35,000), Robin Peterson (20,000), Tim Southee (25,000), Clint McKay (25,000), Cameron Borgas (20,000)

Uva Team: Andrew McDonald (35,000), Umar Gul (25,000), Shoaib Malik (35,000), Callum Ferguson (30,000), James Franklin (30,000), Abdur Rehman (20,000), Hammad Azam (15,000), Chris Gayle (100,000)