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A potential new dawn for cricket in Europe

Into the existing global jigsaw of T20 franchise tournaments, in which the pieces do not quite fit together, another piece has been added. The International Cricket Council has sanctioned a league in Europe, to be known as the European T20 Premier League. It is made up of a partnership between the national cricket boards of Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands.

The first edition of the event will be held between July 15 and Aug. 3, 2025. This fits between the Major Cricket League in the USA, which is scheduled to run between mid-June and mid-July, and The Hundred, which runs between Aug. 5 and 31. It also avoids the 13th edition of the men's Caribbean Premier League which will be held between Aug. 14 and Sept. 21, but slightly overlaps with the Lanka Premier League, which will be played between July 1 and 21. The T20 Blast in England and Wales sprawls from the end of May until mid-September, excluding August. Four days of that schedule will clash with the ETPL in July. 

The concept of a European League has been long in the making. In March 2019, Cricket Scotland, Cricket Ireland and the Royal Dutch Cricket Association announced the Euro T20 Slam for six teams. A player draft was held but, apparently, financial difficulties were encountered and the COVID19 outbreak ended the ambitions of the organisers. They were also responsible for the Canadian Global T20 tournament, which will enter its fourth edition in 2025. Last year, it ran from July 25 to Aug. 11. 

There is no association between those who were behind the Euro T20 Slam and those who are investing and planning the ETPL. As soon ICC approval was granted, none other than Abhishek Bachchan was revealed as a co-owner.

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