The first edition of the Euro T20 Slam has been cancelled less than a fortnight before the tournament was to be played. This happened following speculations earlier that the tournament could be scrapped following financial difficulties for the tournament organisers.
The Euro T20 Slam is a T20 competition that will be played between six teams from across three countries and the 2019 edition will be its first-ever. These six sides will represent Ireland, Scotland and Netherlands and are being organised by the cricket boards of these aforementioned countries. The tournament will kick-start from August 30 in Amsterdam and the matches will be played in three different stages before the knockouts. The first stage will be hosted in the Netherlands, followed by the second stage at Edinburgh in Scotland before the third stage in Malahide in Ireland.
The six Euro T20 Slam teams that will participate in the competition will represent six different cities, namely, Dublin, Belfast, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The teams are named Amsterdam Kings, Rotterdam Rhinos, Belfast Titans, Glasgow Giants, Dublin Chiefs and Edinburgh Rocks. Each of these sides will play the other five teams on a home and away basis making it 30 matches during the league stage of the competition.
At the end of the regular season, the top four teams will make it to the semi-finals which will be played on the same day. This will be followed by the final.
Both teams from the same country will use the same venue for their home matches. So both Amsterdam Kings and Rotterdam Rhinos will play their home matches at the VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen, while Glasgow Giants and Edinburgh Rocks will be hosted by The Grange Club in Edinburgh. Malahide Cricket Club Ground in Ireland will host the two Irish sides. The Euro Slam T20 squads were earlier announced and they can be found below.
Euro T20 Slam 2019 Team Squads
Amsterdam Knights: Shane Watson (icon player), Imran Tahir (marquee player), Alzarri Joseph, Amad Shahzad, Ben Cooper, Ben Cutting, Brandon Glover, Hasan Ali, Paul Van Meekeren, Philippe Boissevain, Roelof van der Merwe, Saad Bin Zafar, Sikandar Raza, Sikander Zulfiqar, Tobias Visee, Tony Staal, Varun Chopra, Wesley Barresi
Belfast Titans: Shahid Afridi (icon player), JP Duminy (marquee player), Aaron Summers, Andrew McBrine, Boyd Rankin, Colin Ingram, Craig Young, Gary Wilson, Greg Thompson, Luke Wright, Mark Adair, Mitchell McClenaghan, Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Nawaz, Paul Stirling, Shane Getkate, Stuart Thompson
Dublin Chiefs: Eoin Morgan (icon player), Babar Azam (marquee player), Andrew Balbirnie, Corbin Bosch, Dan Christian, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Harry Gurney, Harry Tector, Josh Little, Kevin O’Brien, Lorcan Tucker, Mohammad Amir, Robert Frylinck, Simi Singh, Tyrone Kane
Edinburgh Rocks: Martin Guptill (icon player), Chris Lynn (marquee player), Adrian Neill, Anton Devcich, Calum MacLeod, Corey Anderson, Craig Wallace, Dylan Budge, Gavin Main, Kyle Coetzer, Mark Watt, Matt Henry, Michael Leask, Oliver Hairs, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tymal Mills
Glasgow Giants: Brendon McCullum (icon player), Dale Steyn (marquee player), Alasdair Evans, George Munsey, Hamza Tahir, Heinrich Klaasen, JJ Smuts, Matthew Cross, Michael Jones, Moises Henriques, Qais Ahmad, Ravi Bopara, Richie Berrington, Safyaan Sharif, Scott Cameron, Tom Sole, Usman Shinwari
Rotterdam Rhinos: Rashid Khan*, Luke Ronchi**, Anwar Ali, Bas De Leede, Fakhar Zaman, Fred Klaassen, Hardus Viljoen, Max O’Dowd, Peter Trego, Pieter Seelaar, Samit Patel, Saqib Zulfiqar, Scott Edwards, Shaheen Afridi, Shane Snater, Stephan Myburgh, Vivian Kingma
Euro T20 Slam 2019 Schedule & Venues
| MATCH | DATE | TIME | TEAMS | Venu |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aug 30, Fri | 11:30 GMT | Amsterdam Kings VS Rotterdam Rhinos | VRA, Amstelveen |
| 2nd | Aug 30, Fri | 15:30 GMT | Glasgow Giants vs Belfast Titans | VRA, Amstelveen |
| 3rd | Aug 31, Sat | 11:30 GMT | Edinburgh Rocks vs Dublin Chiefs | VRA, Amstelveen |
| 4th | Aug 31, Sat | 15:30 GMT | Amsterdam Kings vs Belfast Titan | VRA, Amstelveen |
| 5th | Sept 1, Sun | 11:30 GMT | Glasgow Giants vs Dublin Chiefs | VRA, Amstelveen |
| 6th | Sept 1, Sun | 15:30 GMT | Edinburgh Rocks vs Belfast Titans | VRA, Amstelveen |
| 7th | Sept 2, Mon | 15:30 GMT | Rotterdam Rhinos vs Belfast Titans | VRA, Amstelveen |
| 8th | Sept 3, Tue | 15:30 GMT | Amsterdam Kings vs Edinburgh Rocks | VRA, Amstelveen |
| 9th | Sept 4, Wed | 15:30 GMT | Edinburgh Rocks vs Belfast Titans | VRA, Amstelveen |
| 10th | Sept 5, Thu | 15:30 GMT | Amsterdam Kings vs Rotterdam Rhinos | The Grange Club, Edinburgh |
| 11th | Sept 6, Fri | 11:30 GMT | Edinburgh Rocks vs Glasgow Giants | The Grange Club, Edinburgh |
| 12th | Sept 6, Fri | 15:30 GMT | Rotterdam Rhinos vs Belfast Titans | The Grange Club, Edinburgh |
| 13th | Sept 7, Sat | 11:30 GMT | Amsterdam Kings vs Dublin Chiefs | The Grange Club, Edinburgh |
| 14th | Sept 7, Sat | 15:30 GMT | Edinburgh Rocks vs Rotterdam Rhinos | The Grange Club, Edinburgh |
| 15th | Sept 8, Sun | 11:30 GMT | Belfast Titans vs Amsterdam Kings | The Grange Club, Edinburgh |
| 16th | Sept 8, Sun | 15:30 GMT | Dublin Chiefs vs Rotterdam Rhinos | The Grange Club, Edinburgh |
| 17th | Sept 9, Mon | 15:30 GMT | Glasgow Giants vs Rotterdam Rhinos | The Grange Club, Edinburgh |
| 18th | Sept 10, Tue | 15:30 GMT | Edinburgh Rocks vs Dublin Chiefs | The Grange Club, Edinburgh |
| 19th | Sept 11, Wed | 15:30 GMT | Dublin Chiefs vs Rotterdam Rhinos | The Grange Club, Edinburgh |
| 20th | Sept 12, Thu | 15:30 GMT | Edinburgh Rocks vs Glasgow Giants | Malahide Cricket Club, Malahide |
| 21st | Sept 13, Fri | 11:30 GMT | Dublin Chiefs vs Belfast Titans | Malahide Cricket Club, Malahide |
| 22nd | Sept 13, Fri | 15:30 GMT | Glasgow Giants vs Rotterdam Rhinos | Malahide Cricket Club, Malahide |
| 23rd | Sept 14, Sat | 11:30 GMT | Amsterdam Kings vs Edinburgh Rocks | Malahide Cricket Club, Malahide |
| 24th | Sept 14, Sat | 15:30 GMT | Dublin Chiefs vs Glasgow Giants | Malahide Cricket Club, Malahide |
| 25th | Sept 15, Sun | 11:30 GMT | Edinburgh Rocks vs Rotterdam Rhinos | Malahide Cricket Club, Malahide |
| 26th | Sept 15, Sun | 15:30 GMT | Amsterdam Kings vs Glasgow Giants | Malahide Cricket Club, Malahide |
| 27th | Sept 16, Mon | 15:30 GMT | Belfast Titans vs Glasgow Giants | Malahide Cricket Club, Malahide |
| 28th | Sept 17, Tue | 15:30 GMT | Dublin Chiefs vs Amsterdam Kings | Malahide Cricket Club, Malahide |
| 29th | Sept 18, Wed | 15:30 GMT | Amsterdam Kings vs Glasgow Giants | Malahide Cricket Club, Malahide |
| 30th | Sept 19, Thu | 15:30 GMT | Dublin Chiefs vs Belfast Titans | Malahide Cricket Club, Malahide |
Euro T20 Slam 2019 Broadcasting Rights
In India, the Euro T20 Slam 2019 live streaming will be available on Hotstar.
- India: Star Sports, Star Gold
- Uk: Star Gold (Sky 729, Virgin Media 801), BT Sport, Hotstar UK
- USA: Willow TV
- Australia: Fox Sports
- MENA Countries: BeIN Sports
- South Africa: SuperSport
- Pakistan: No Telecast
- New Zealand: Sky Sport NZ
- Caribbean: Flow Sports (Flow Sports 2)
- Canada: Willow TV, Hotstar Canada