The ETPL is being run in collaboration with the cricket boards of Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands.

Bollywood actor and film producer Abhishek Bachchan is a part-owner of the league in conjunction with Rules Sport Tech, a private Indian company.

As reported by BBC Sport earlier this year, the franchises have been sold for £11.1m ($15m) over a 10-year period.

Teams will have a total salary budget in the region of £1.1m ($1.5m) per season, with the inaugural tournament taking place from 26 August to 20 September.

The ETPL is set to clash with England’s Test series against Pakistan, which rules out multi-format players such as Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell and Jofra Archer.

But with the 2026 edition of The Hundred scheduled to run from late July to mid-August any England players with white-ball contracts would, in theory, be available to participate.

England begin a T20 series against Sri Lanka on 15 September.

Any centrally-contracted England players who wish to take part would require a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from the England and Wales Cricket Board.

County-contracted players just on white-ball deals would be free to play with an NOC given there is no clash with The Hundred or The Blast.