{"id":604765,"date":"2026-08-26T03:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T03:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/604765\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T03:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T03:20:09","slug":"the-etpl-is-here-cricket-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/604765\/","title":{"rendered":"The ETPL is here! &#8211; Cricket Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European T20 Premier League has finally arrived \u2013 and here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/p>\n<p>The Teams<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ETPL features six franchise teams \u2013 two in Ireland, two in Scotland and two in the Netherlands. The teams are:<\/p>\n<p>The Players<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each team has a minimum of seven \u201clocal\u201d players from Ireland, Scotland or the Netherlands PLUS one player from a European nation outside of the three Boards listed above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining \u201coverseas player\u201d slots in the squad can be from any nation around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the overseas players that will feature in Edition #1 are:<\/p>\n<p>Glenn MaxwellSteve SmithDavid MillerRavi AshwinTrent BoultAlex RoyFaf Du Plessis<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026amongst many more. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etplofficial.com\/teams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">full squads here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Venues<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tournament begins at Voorburg Cricket Club in the Netherlands, before moving to Malahide Cricket Club in Dublin, Ireland for the latter part of the league stage and the playoffs. Voorburg hosts the opening 17 matches, while Malahide stages the final stretch of the league, the Qualifier on 19 September and the Final on 20 September.<\/p>\n<p>The Schedule<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first ball is set to be bowled on 26 August 2026 \u2013 and the Final set for 20 September 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etplofficial.com\/matches\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">whole league schedule here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Buy Tickets<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tixr.com\/groups\/etplofficial\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">buy tickets \/ ticket packages from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Where to watch<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can watch the ETPL in Ireland via TNT Sports (or HBO Max). You can see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dcev0HtjYlc\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">full worldwide broadcast list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Latest News on the ETPL<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etplofficial.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest ETPL news here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/etpl-dates-1024x567.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74440\"  data-\/><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European T20 Premier League has finally arrived \u2013 and here\u2019s what you need to know. The Teams&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[256312,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-604765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-etpl","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}