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Message: <blockquote data-quote="medianet85" data-source="post: 10576942" data-attributes="member: 198684">The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) has been postponed to August 2012  after facing a series of problems, including the unexpected withdrawal  of Indian players from the tournament. In its place Sri Lanka Cricket,  the league's owners, will conduct the regular inter-provincial Twenty20  tournament featuring five domestic sides without involving foreign  players.   An official announcement is awaited, though two South African players  linked with the tournament - Herschelle Gibbs and Davy Jacobs - told  this website that they had been informed of the one-year deferral.    ESPNcricinfo understands that the decision to postpone the league -  which was scheduled to start on July 19 - was taken on Thursday at a  meeting between the SLC's new committee and Somerset Entertainment  Ventures, the league's organisers. Given the BCCI's decision not to let  Indian players participate and the time crunch, both parties felt it  prudent to delay the launch. A four-week window in August 2012 was  identified as the best time for the tournament; meanwhile the SLC will  continue to lobby the BCCI for Indian participation.    The BCCI had withheld its permission on the grounds that Somerset, which  owned the commercial rights, would be handling the contracts for  international players and that could lead to complications should  disputes arise over payments. In order to assuage the Indian board, SLC  was willing to back the Indian players' contracts so that their  financial interests were protected, but that was not enough to satisfy  the BCCI. There have been suggestions that former IPL chairman Lalit  Modi had a hand in the event, but SLC and Somerset have repeatedly  denied the allegation, as has Modi.   The BCCI's decision meant the tournament did not have a broadcaster for  the lucrative Indian market, a situation that made it much more  difficult for the SLPL to find a secure financial footing. Adding to the  sense of confusion was last week's dissolution of the SLC committee  that had created the tournament, and its replacement by a new panel.    The Indian board's stand - which marked a U-turn of sorts after an  initial green signal - was contrary to that of the boards of Australia,  South Africa, New Zealand and Pakistan, all of whom extended their  support to the tournament. Tim May, the chief executive of Federation of  International Cricketers' Associations (FICA), had also backed the  event. SOURCE : <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-premier-league-2011/content/current/story/522286.html" target="_blank">http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-premier-league-2011/content/current/story/522286.html</a></blockquote>

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