ETPL 2026 Schedule Announced; Faf Du Plessis’ Team To Face Steve Waugh-Backed Side In Opener

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On Wednesday, July 29, the European T20 Premier League Committee released the fixtures for their inaugural season. The tournament will commence on August 26. Six teams will lock horns across 26 days in 32 matches to find out the inaugural winner.

Faf Du Plesiss-owned Rotterdam Dockers and Steve Waugh-backed Amsterdam Flames to face off in the opening match, followed by Rahul Dravid’s Dublin Guardians and Glenn Maxwell's Belfast Wolves. Interestingly, The fixtures are scheduled at India-friendly timings because the matches will start from 3:00 pm IST and 6:45 pm IST.

ETPL 2026 Fixtures Announced

The inaugural ETPL 2026 Fixtures will be played across two venues - Voorburg in Netherlands and Malahide in Ireland. There is also a rest day on August 31 and no matches on September 7 and 8 because of travel.

The season splits neatly into two legs. The opening ten days of action, August 26 to September 6, will be hosted in Voorburg in the Netherlands. As many as 15 league matches are scheduled at VCC.

The final will take place on Sunday, September 20 and Malahide will host the most-important match of the entire tournament.

Match	Day	Date	Local Time	IST	Home Team	Away Team	Venue
1	Wed	26 Aug	15:15	18:45	Rotterdam Dockers	Amsterdam Flames	Voorburg
2	Thu	27 Aug	11:30	15:00	Belfast Wolves	Dublin Guardians	Voorburg
3	Thu	27 Aug	15:15	18:45	Edinburgh Castle Rockers	Glasgow Cosmic	Voorburg
4	Fri	28 Aug	15:15	18:45	Amsterdam Flames	Edinburgh Castle Rockers	Voorburg
5	Sat	29 Aug	11:30	15:00	Glasgow Cosmic	Dublin Guardians	Voorburg
6	Sat	29 Aug	15:15	18:45	Rotterdam Dockers	Belfast Wolves	Voorburg
7	Sun	30 Aug	11:30	15:00	Amsterdam Flames	Belfast Wolves	Voorburg
8	Sun	30 Aug	15:15	18:45	Edinburgh Castle Rockers	Dublin Guardians	Voorburg
—	Mon	31 Aug	—	—	Rest Day	—	—
9	Tue	1 Sept	15:15	18:45	Glasgow Cosmic	Rotterdam Dockers	Voorburg
10	Wed	2 Sept	11:30	15:00	Dublin Guardians	Rotterdam Dockers	Voorburg
11	Wed	2 Sept	15:15	18:45	Belfast Wolves	Edinburgh Castle Rockers	Voorburg
12	Thu	3 Sept	15:15	18:45	Amsterdam Flames	Glasgow Cosmic	Voorburg
13	Fri	4 Sept	15:15	18:45	Glasgow Cosmic	Belfast Wolves	Voorburg
14	Sat	5 Sept	11:30	15:00	Rotterdam Dockers	Edinburgh Castle Rockers	Voorburg
15	Sat	5 Sept	15:15	18:45	Dublin Guardians	Amsterdam Flames	Voorburg
16	Sun	6 Sept	11:30	15:00	Glasgow Cosmic	Edinburgh Castle Rockers	Voorburg
17	Sun	6 Sept	15:15	18:45	Amsterdam Flames	Rotterdam Dockers	Voorburg
—	Mon	7 Sept	—	—	Travel Day	—	—
—	Tue	8 Sept	—	—	Travel Day	—	—
18	Wed	9 Sept	14:15	18:45	Dublin Guardians	Belfast Wolves	Malahide
19	Thu	10 Sept	10:30	15:00	Rotterdam Dockers	Glasgow Cosmic	Malahide
20	Thu	10 Sept	14:15	18:45	Belfast Wolves	Amsterdam Flames	Malahide
21	Fri	11 Sept	14:15	18:45	Dublin Guardians	Edinburgh Castle Rockers	Malahide
22	Sat	12 Sept	10:30	15:00	Belfast Wolves	Rotterdam Dockers	Malahide
23	Sat	12 Sept	14:15	18:45	Dublin Guardians	Glasgow Cosmic	Malahide
24	Sun	13 Sept	10:30	15:00	Edinburgh Castle Rockers	Amsterdam Flames	Malahide
25	Sun	13 Sept	14:15	18:45	Belfast Wolves	Glasgow Cosmic	Malahide
—	Mon	14 Sept	—	—	Rest Day	—	—
26	Tue	15 Sept	10:30	15:00	Amsterdam Flames	Dublin Guardians	Malahide
27	Tue	15 Sept	14:15	18:45	Edinburgh Castle Rockers	Rotterdam Dockers	Malahide
28	Wed	16 Sept	14:15	18:45	Glasgow Cosmic	Amsterdam Flames	Malahide
29	Thu	17 Sept	10:30	15:00	Edinburgh Castle Rockers	Belfast Wolves	Malahide
30	Thu	17 Sept	14:15	18:45	Rotterdam Dockers	Dublin Guardians	Malahide
—	Fri	18 Sept	—	—	Rest Day	—	—
31	Sat	19 Sept	14:15	18:45	Qualifier	TBA	Malahide
32	Sun	20 Sept	14:15	18:45	Final	TBA	Malahide

Ashwin, Tim David, Smith, Faf, Klaasen, Marsh, And Boult To Headline ETPL 2026

So far, five out of the six teams have revealed their captain. The likes of R Ashwin, Steve Smith, Faf Du Plessis, and Heinrich Klaasen will headline the event. Here is the list of confirmed captains so far.

Belfast Irish Wolves – Glenn Maxwell
Dublin Guardians - Ravi Ashwin
Rotterdam Dockers - Faf Du Plessis
Amsterdam Flames – Mitch Marsh
Edinburgh Castle Rockers – Mitch Santner

The squads have been locked in following the players' draft and fixtures was the last puzzle before the season gets underway on August 26.

For the unversed, Glenn Maxwell and Faf Du Plessis also own certain shares in the franchises and they will the don the dual role of owner-player, a rare combination in cricket.

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Edinburgh Castle Rockers: Mitchell Santner (c), Brandon McMullen, Tom Bruce, Tom Curran, Andries Gous, Khuzaima Bin Tanveer, JJ Smuts, Trent Boult

Belfast Irish Wolves: Glenn Maxwell (c), Mark Adair, Matthew Humphreys, Zainullah Ihsan, Fred Klaasen, Alex Roy, Paul Stirling, Tim Tector, Lorcan Tucker.

Dublin Guardians: Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Benjamin Calitz, George Dockrell, Matthew Hollard, Craig Young, Noah Croes and Chris Greaves

Rotterdam Dockers: Faf Du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira, Mitchell Owen, Sandeep Lamichhane, Shubham Ranjane, David Wiese, Ben Manenti, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek

Amsterdam Flames: Mitchell Marsh (c), Yuvraaj Samra, Steve Smith, Tim David, David Payne, Michael Bracewell, Ali Hassan, Dipendra Singh Airee, Bas de Leede, Scott Edwards

Glasgow Cosmic: Ali Khan, Richie Berrington, Finn Allen, George Munsey, Gerhard Erasmus, Josh Philippe, Moises Henriques, Keshav Maharaj, Kamindu Mendis, Lungi Ngidi, Liam Livingstone, Duan Jansen

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