NEW DELHI: The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) is to be broadcast live on www.radiowalla.in. and on the official Face book pages of Radiowalla, SLPL and the official website of SLPL.

The venture will be marketed as SLPL Radio powered by Radiowalla.

Radiowalla is a direct-to-consumer radio service which offers a variety of special interest, mood enhancing Internet radio channels that indulge audiences worldwide. Radiowalla offers music and non-music streaming audio channels delivered via broadband across most digital and mobile platforms.

The SLPL Live commentary has commenced and will continue throughout the series ending 31 August. The commentary will be delivered by a team of professional commentators and amateurs.

Radiowalla Network CEO and co-founder Anil Srivatsa said, ?It would be great fun for listeners all over the world to be able to tune in and keep abreast with the game while engaged in other activity like work or social engagements. Access through our mobile apps will greatly enhance the reach and portability of the broadcast.?

The 2012 Mahindra Sri Lanka Premier League season is the debut edition of the Mahindra Sri Lanka Premier League, established by Sri Lanka Cricket in 2011. The season will run from 11 August to 31 August 2012.The tournament has a group stage and a knockout stage. The seven teams play a single round-robin tournament in the group stage and the top four teams qualify for the semifinals.

All of the matches in the tournament will be played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy and R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Sommerset Entertainment Ventures (Singapore) chairman SandiipBhaamar said, ?We are delighted to be associated with radiowalla.in for the On-line audio commentary for the Mahindra SLPL. Commentary is a critical component for building a fan base for the SLPL worldwide given that commentary has traditionally associated with cricket more than any other sport in the sub-continent, and our partnership with radiowalla.in will ensure that as the SLPL grows, on-line commentary will keep in line with that tradition and will continue to add numbers to that growth trajectory.?

MUMBAI: The inaugural season of Sri Lanka Premier League will be held from 10-31 August at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka Cricket has announced.

The first edition of SLPL Twenty20 will feature seven provincial teams who will play a total of 24 matches with a compulsory ruling of no more than six overseas players in each squad.

However, teams can field only four overseas players in the playing eleven, while the remaining seven players will be Sri Lankans, with one player mandatorily being an under-21 cricketer.

"Twenty20?s massive popularity and status as the most exciting and entertaining format of cricket will be further enhanced by this newest tournament to the world of cricket. International players will be playing in the SLPL alongside Sri Lankan national cricketers and young Lankan hopefuls," SLC said in a media statement.

The seven teams for SLPL are Basnahira Bears, Kandurata Kites, Nagenahira Nagas, Ruhuna Rhinos, Uthura Oryxes, Uva Unicorns, and Wayamba Wolves.

"Each team shall draw elements of its unique branding/personality from the province it represents," the statement added.

The names of the respective Sri Lankan icon players for each province will be released shortly.

All the matches of SLPL will be televised live, with Carlton Sports Network broadcasting the matches in the home market of Sri Lanka. CSN is reportedly owned by family members of Mahinda Rajapaksa, the president of Sri Lanka.

The tournament, which was expected to kick-off last year, had to be postponed at the last minute due to non-participation of Indian players, a key factor for the commercial success of the tournament.

SLC had recently signed a new 15-year commercial deal with Somerset Singapore-based Somerset Entertainment Ventures for the league, after the interim committee of SLC was replaced with a new one.