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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Domestic Twenty20 competitions faced several setbacks in 2013. The [[Bangladesh Premier League]] included a [[spot-fixing]] scandal where seven individuals were charged.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/7-charged-with-fixing-in-bpl/ |title=7 charged with fixing in BPL |date=14 August 2013 |publisher=The Daily Star |access-date=24 August 2013 }}</ref> Their problems with franchises missing their payments to players also continued and resulted in five franchises having their contracts conditionally terminated.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/653365.html |title=SLPL 2013 cancellation serves as warning for BPL |first=Mohammad |last=Isam |date=20 July 2013 |publisher=ESPN |work=Cricinfo |access-date=24 August 2013 }}</ref> The [[Indian Premier League]] also included a [[2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case|spot-fixing case]] where three players were among the 39 charged.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://in.reuters.com/article | Domestic Twenty20 competitions faced several setbacks in 2013. The [[Bangladesh Premier League]] included a [[spot-fixing]] scandal where seven individuals were charged.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/7-charged-with-fixing-in-bpl/ |title=7 charged with fixing in BPL |date=14 August 2013 |publisher=The Daily Star |access-date=24 August 2013 }}</ref> Their problems with franchises missing their payments to players also continued and resulted in five franchises having their contracts conditionally terminated.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/653365.html |title=SLPL 2013 cancellation serves as warning for BPL |first=Mohammad |last=Isam |date=20 July 2013 |publisher=ESPN |work=Cricinfo |access-date=24 August 2013 }}</ref> The [[Indian Premier League]] also included a [[2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case|spot-fixing case]] where three players were among the 39 charged.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/cricket-india-fixing-sreesath-idINDEE96T0IE20130730 |title=Delhi police charge Sreesanth in spot-fixing scandal |date=31 July 2013 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=24 August 2013 }}</ref> | ||
This year's [[Sri Lanka Premier League]] was cancelled after all franchises refused to pay their bank guarantees. All franchises had lost interest in participating in the tournament after they all made losses from the inaugural season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-premier-league-2013/content/story/652407.html |title=Sri Lanka Premier League 2013 called off |first=Andrew Fidel |last=Fernando |date=17 July 2013 |publisher=ESPN |work=Cricinfo |access-date=24 August 2013 }}</ref> As a replacement, [[Sri Lanka Cricket]] created the [[Super 4's Twenty20]] and its four participating teams specifically for determining their representation in the CLT20. It was the first time where a team is neither a club nor a franchise and, as such, the first time where a cricketing board directly receives the proceeds from the CLT20.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/champions-league-twenty20-2013/content/current/story/663017.html |title=Champions League to benefit SLC directly |first=Andrew Fidel |last=Fernando |date=17 August 2013 |publisher=ESPN |work=Cricinfo |access-date=24 August 2013 }}</ref> | This year's [[Sri Lanka Premier League]] was cancelled after all franchises refused to pay their bank guarantees. All franchises had lost interest in participating in the tournament after they all made losses from the inaugural season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-premier-league-2013/content/story/652407.html |title=Sri Lanka Premier League 2013 called off |first=Andrew Fidel |last=Fernando |date=17 July 2013 |publisher=ESPN |work=Cricinfo |access-date=24 August 2013 }}</ref> As a replacement, [[Sri Lanka Cricket]] created the [[Super 4's Twenty20]] and its four participating teams specifically for determining their representation in the CLT20. It was the first time where a team is neither a club nor a franchise and, as such, the first time where a cricketing board directly receives the proceeds from the CLT20.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/champions-league-twenty20-2013/content/current/story/663017.html |title=Champions League to benefit SLC directly |first=Andrew Fidel |last=Fernando |date=17 August 2013 |publisher=ESPN |work=Cricinfo |access-date=24 August 2013 }}</ref> | ||
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==Teams== | ==Teams== | ||
Due to the tournament format restricting player contracts from the 2011–12 (first) season to only be for that season, all teams of the [[Big Bash League]] underwent many changes to their squads. New contracts, however, could be multi-year agreements.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cricket.com.au/Global%20Items/news/2012/7/23/bbl-multi-year-deals |title=Big names sign multi-year deals |date=4 January 2013 |publisher=Cricket Australia |access-date=12 April 2013 | Due to the tournament format restricting player contracts from the 2011–12 (first) season to only be for that season, all teams of the [[Big Bash League]] underwent many changes to their squads. New contracts, however, could be multi-year agreements.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cricket.com.au/Global%20Items/news/2012/7/23/bbl-multi-year-deals |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130627215819/http://www.cricket.com.au/Global%20Items/news/2012/7/23/bbl-multi-year-deals |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 June 2013 |title=Big names sign multi-year deals |date=4 January 2013 |publisher=Cricket Australia |access-date=12 April 2013 }}</ref> The [[Sydney Sixers]], winners of the [[2012 Champions League Twenty20|2012 edition]], failed to qualify. Pakistan sent a team. | ||
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