56 foreign players in SLPL
July 6, 2012 12:10 pm
The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League will feature 56
foreign cricketers, not one of them Indian, after the seven franchises made
their choices in a closed-door players’ draft system.
Australia, with 18, provided the most players for the franchises with 13
Pakistani players being the next highest. Not a single English or Indian player
figures in the lists.
Sri Lanka’s domestic players will be drafted on Friday.
The foreign players to participate in the SLPL:
Uthura: Shakib Al Hasan, Brendan Taylor, Kevon Cooper, Imran Farhat,
Fidel Edwards, David Miller, Dillon du Preez, Samuel Badree
Nagenahira: Mitchell Marsh, Imran Nazir, Travis Birt, Ahmed Shahzad, Ben
Laughlin, Elias Sunny, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nasir Hossain
Ruhuna: Shahid Afridi, Daniel Harris, Ryan Harris, Aaron Finch, Jerome
Taylor, Nathan McCullum, Ryan McLaren, Richard Levi.
Wayamba: Azhar Mahmood, Umar Akmal, Tamim Iqbal, Colin Ingram, Kemar
Roach, James Faulkner, Abdul Razzaq, Brad Hogg
Kandurata: Saeed Ajmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Sohail Tanvir, Chris Lynn, Dane
Vilas, Albie Morkel, Johan Botha, Adam Voges
Basnahira: Brad Hodge, Marlon Samuels, Daniel Smith, Dirk Nannes, Robin
Peterson, Tim Southee, Clint McKay, Cameron Borgas
Uva: Andrew McDonald, Umar Gul, Shoaib Malik, Callum Ferguson, James
Franklin, Abdur Rehman, Hammad Azam, Chris Gayle.
