The Euro T20 Slam is a planned professional Twenty20cricket league. The first edition of the tournament was initially scheduled to start in August 2019, with matches to be held in Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands.[1] Its launch has been postponed on several occasions due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In March 2019, Cricket Scotland, Cricket Ireland and the Royal Dutch Cricket Association officially announced the Euro T20 Slam.[2] It was to start on 30 August and conclude on 22 September 2019 and feature 33 matches.[3][4] The tournament was to have six city-based franchise teams, two each from Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands.[5][6] In April 2019, six cities were awarded a franchise: Belfast and Dublin in Ireland, Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland, and Amsterdam and Rotterdam in the Netherlands.[7] The team names and schedule were released on 30 April 2019.[8]
In June 2020, the tournament's organisers were looking to start the tournament on 20 August 2020, with all the matches played in Malahide, Ireland, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] However, the following month, the organisers confirmed that the event would be launched in 2021, because of the pandemic.[15] In June 2021, it was announced that the league would be further delayed as the planned dates in 2021 clashed with the restart of the rescheduled IPL 2021.[16]
In March 2023, Cricket Ireland announced that the tournament would be further delayed although they were aiming to begin in 2024.[17]
