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The maiden edition of European T20 cricket franchise tournament, organized by the Scotland, Netherlands and Ireland, is going to be launched this year. The tournament is scheduled to be held between August 30 and September 22 with the participation of six-team.

The three cricket boards of these three nations had jointly issued a statement on Wednesday and confirmed that the games will be broadcast globally, source The Cricketers.

The Chief executive of Cricket Scotland, Malcolm Cannon stated, “Off the back of our highest ever global T20I ranking of 11th, the tournament comes at a fantastic time for Scottish cricket. The chance to play alongside some of the best in the business will provide a great opportunity for our players to learn and develop their own skillset as we strive to achieve Full Membership and climb the ICC team rankings. The league also comes at an important time of year for Scotland, with the proposed timeframe presenting an opportunity to play quality competitive cricket ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup Global Qualifier in UAE in October.”

“We are excited to bring the global phenomenon of T20 franchise cricket to Scotland, with our vision to have two city-based teams in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Not only will the tournament help develop our players and coaches, we hope the tournament will increase public perceptions of the sport as well as engage communities around our franchise teams, with the opportunity to watch top cricketers from across the globe,” he added.

However, according to the rules, two franchises from each country will participate in the tournament. They will compete in a round-robin format and then will go for the knockout stage. There will be a total of 33 matches played in the tournament, source the cricketer. The teams must have minimum nine domestic players and up to seven foreign cricketers in their squads. And, of the playing XI for each game, six must be domestic players.