Twenty20 English Premier League

Infobox cricket tournament main
name = English Premier League
country = Flagicon|England England Flagicon|Wales Wales
caption =
administrator = ECB
cricket format = Twenty20
first = 2010
last =
tournament format = TBD
participants = 20 (18 English & Welsh Counties & 2 Overseas in 2 divisions)

Twenty20 English Premier League is a forthcoming cricket league in England and Wales to be run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The league will consist of two divisions of 10 teams including 18 county teams plus two overseas teams. It is rumoured that the two overseas teams will be a side fielded by Allen Stanford of the West Indies and the winners of the Indian Premier League.cite news|title=ECB unveil new Twenty20 tournament| url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/361423.html | publisher=Cricinfo|date=2008-07-16| accessdate=2008-07-16]

The first season of the EPL will be held in June 2010. The establishment of the EPL will also lead to the discontinuation of the Pro40 League , replacing it with a second Twenty20 League (a revamped version of the current Twenty20 Cup) to be held in July, August and September cite news|title=New-look English Twenty20 agreed | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/7510080.stm | publisher=BBC|date=2008-07-16| accessdate=2008-07-16] and to be played primarily on Friday evenings [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7510080.stm BBC SPORT | Cricket | Counties | New-look English Twenty20 agreed ] ] [ [http://www.cricketworld.com/internationalcricketnews/england/article/?aid=16430 ECB To Replace Pro40 With EPL Twenty20 Competition] ] . The top two teams from the latter competition will qualify for the Twenty20 Champions League.

ee also

* Indian Cricket League
* Pakistan Super League
* Indian Premier League
* KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
* Twenty20 Cup
* Standard Bank Pro 20 Series
* Twenty20 Champions League

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