American Premier League.

The American Premier League is a Twenty20 cricket league based in the United States of America. The league is scheduled to start on October 6, 2009 and is owned and promoted by Jay Mir. It is unsanctioned by the International Cricket Council, the sports world body, and as a result is regarded as a "rebel" league.

Current season or competition: 2009 American Premier League
Sport	Cricket
Founded	2009
Commissioner	Jay Mir
No. of teams	6 international teams
Country(ies)	United States
Official website	http://americanpremierleague.us/

Affiliation

The American Premier League has been in contact with the USA Cricket Association but has not formally applied for approval.^[1] The International Cricket Council has issued a memo to member nations stating that the event is unapproved and warning nations not to release their players to the event.

Format/Venue

The league will be played twice a year and will be held at one venue, baseball's Richmond County Bank Ballpark. The APL has a three year deal with minor league club the Staten Island Yankees who own the venue.^[

Proposed Teams

Six teams are expected to take part in the first event;

• Premium Pakistan
• Premium India
• Premium Bengal
• Premium West Indies
• Premium World
• Premium America

Signings

As an unaffiliated league the APL has been targeting players who are affiliated with the other "rebel" league, the Indian Cricket League, and recently retired internationals.

Staff

• Sir Richard Hadlee - executive consultant^.
• John Emburey - Premium World Coach.
• Richie Richardson - Premium West Indies Coach.

Players

• Inzamam ul-Haq
• Abdul Razzaq
• Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
• Imran Farhat
• Imran Nazir
• Mohammad Asif
• Saqlain Mushtaq
• Adam Hollioake
• Graeme Hick
• Jason Gillespie
• Damien Martyn
• Lance Klusener
• Nathan Astle