SLC set to launch National Super League

COLOMBO, Jan 19: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday announced the launch of the National Super League (NSL), which will be the country's 'Elite Domestic Cricketing Competition'.

Once in operation, NSL will act as the primary competition for national selections. The NSL will comprise of five teams — Colombo, Jaffna, Galle, Kandy and Dambulla — and will see the country's top-100 cricketers playing in the competition and be in the reckoning for national selection.

The 26 major clubs, playing first-class premier club competition, have been "clustered under the five teams". The players for the respective NSL teams will come only from the allocated clubs and not from outside.

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