Sri Lanka Premier League 2013 called off

Sri Lanka Cricket has cancelled the Sri Lanka

 Premier League for 2013, after all eight

 franchises failed to pay the tournament fee

 and the bank guarantees for player payments, an official release confirmed. The franchises had breached two payment deadlines and forced the postponement of the player draft, and will now have their contracts terminated by SLC. The tournament was due to take place between August 10 and September 7.