EPL to take on IPL

After the popularity of IPL the ECB announced their plans for an English Premier League Twenty20 tournament.The England and Wales Cricket Board has announced a new structure for domestic cricket beginning in the summer of 2010.

* The English Premier League will include 18 first-class counties and two teams from abroad
* They will be split into two divisions, with promotion and relegation of two or three teams
* A finals weekend will determine first division champions and promotion
* The competition will take place in June, with counties playing five home games and four away
* Number of overseas players to be determined
* The Twenty20 League, for all 18 counties, will run mainly on Friday nights in July, August and September
* The top two will qualify for the Champions League
* A 50-over competition will continue, perhaps based on the Friends Provident Trophy
* Four-day, two-division County Championship will continue — possibly with fewer than 16 games

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