Scroll through the six ETPL 2026 franchises and one thing stands out if you know European cricket: there’s no London team, no Manchester team, nothing representing England or Wales at all. For a continent-wide T20 league, that might look like an odd gap. It isn’t an oversight — it’s the whole point of the league….
The inaugural ETPL season doesn’t have one home ground — it has two, six hundred miles apart. The first half of the tournament plays out at Voorburg Cricket Club in the Netherlands, before the whole league packs up and moves to Malahide Cricket Ground on the outskirts of Dublin for the run-in and the knockouts….
Most new T20 leagues copy the IPL’s playbook: a live auction, franchises bidding against each other, and a handful of players walking away with contracts worth many times more than the rest of the squad combined. The European T20 Premier League did the opposite. For its inaugural season, the ETPL built its entire local player…
European cricket is entering a fresh era. Six city-based franchises from Ireland, Scotland, and the Netherlands are coming together for the first-ever season of the European T20 Premier League. Big international names, well-known team owners, and rising European players are all part of the mix. The action runs from 26 August to 20 September, split…
The European T20 Premier League (ETPL), Europe’s first ICC-sanctioned franchise T20 competition, has announced a major new partnership — Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will serve as the league’s Digital Transformation Partner. The multi-year agreement marks a significant step in shaping ETPL’s digital future as it prepares for its inaugural season. Also visit: Other Official Sponsors…