India vs Sri Lanka in India, Nov-Dec 2009

Sri Lanka in India Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series

Sri Lanka will be looking for the elusive test match and series win when they tour India for a Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series from November to December 2009. The team arrive in India on November 8th for the 55-day tour.

Champions League Twenty20 2009

Champions League Twenty20 2009 Finals and Semi-Finals

CLT20 2009 Finals: New South Wales (NSW Blues) crowned inaugural Champions League winners

Australian Brett Lee's quickfire innings of 48 (31 balls, 1x4, 5x6s) and two wickets for 10 runs helped New South Wales beat crowd favourite Trinidad and Tobago by 41 runs and win the inaugural Airtel-Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament in India. Lee, who came to the crease at 83 for six in the 12th over, changed the course of the NSW innings with a 49-run stand with Steve Smith who hit 33 (26 balls, 2x4s, 1x6). Lee was dismissed off the final delivery of the innings. For his efforts, Brett Lee was named Player-of-the-Final and Man-of-the-Series.

As Trinidad and Tobago started chasing 160, Lee had William Perkins clean bowled for a second-ball duck, and then took a stunning return catch to get rid of Lendl Simmons. The Caribbean team needed 47 from the last five overs, but NSW bowlers struck blows in quick succession to dismiss them for 118 in 15.5 overs.

New South Wales 159/9 (Lee 48, Rampaul 3-20) beat Trinidad & Tobago 118 (Clark 3-21, Lee 2-10) by 41 runs

CLT20 2009 Second Semi: Cape Cobras v Trinidad & Tobago at Hyderabad

Trinidad & Tobago 178/3 (Bravo 58*, Ganga 44*) beat Cape Cobras 175/5 (Duminy 61*, Gibbs 42) by seven wickets

CLT20 2009 First Semi: NSW v Victoria at Delhi

New South Wales 169/7 (Warner 48, McKay 3-27) beat Victoria 90/9 (Henriques 3-11) by 79 runs

League Stage Matches

Champions League Twenty20 2009 League Stage Points Table

League A Teams M W L T Pts Tri & Tob 3 3 0 0 6 NSW 3 2 1 0 4 Eagles 3 1 2 0 2 Somerset 3 0 0 3 0

League B Teams M W L T Pts Victoria 3 2 1 0 4 Cape Cobras 3 2 1 0 4 Bangalore 3 1 2 0 2 Delhi 3 1 2 0 2

20th Match, League B: Cape Cobras v Delhi Daredevils

Delhi Daredevils 114/6 (Shah 39*, Karthik 23, Ontong 2-8) beat Cape Cobras 84 (Nannes 3-19) by 30 runs

19th Match, League A: Eagles v Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago 213/4 (Barath 63, Simmons 40) beat Eagles 189/5 (Rossouw 44)

18th Match, League A: New South Wales v Somerset

New South Wales 112/4 (Warner 40) beat Somerset 111/7 (Clark 3-15) by six wickets

17th Match, League B: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils

Royal Challengers Bangalore 139 for 2 (Taylor 65, Dravid 32*) beat Delhi Daredevils 138 for 6 (Sehwag 47, Kumble 3-20)by eight wickets

16th Match, League B: Cape Cobras v Victoria

Cape Cobras 129/2 (Davids 69*) beat Victoria 125/5 (McDonald 29*, Zondeki 2-21) by eight wickets

15th Match, League A: New South Wales v Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago 171/6 (Pollard 54, Ramdin 23) New South Wales 170/4 ( Hughes 83, Warner 63) by four wickets

14th Match, League A: Eagles v Somerset

Eagles 133/5 (van wky 47, Bailey 29) beat Somerset 132/8 (Durston 57, Hildreth 31, de Villiers 3-17) by five wickets

13th Match, League B: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Victoria

Victoria 133/3 (Hussey 31*, Quiney 29) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 127/6 (Pandey 39, Dravid 33, McDonald 4-21) by seven wickets

Group Stage Matches

Champions League Twenty20 2009 Group Stage Points Table

Group A Teams M W L T Pts Tri & Tob 2 2 0 0 4 Somerset 2 1 1 0 2 Deccan 2 0 2 0 0	Group B Teams M W L T Pts NSW 2 2 0 0 4 Eagles 2 1 1 0 2 Sussex 2 0 2 0 0
Group C Teams M W L T Pts Cape Cobras 2 2 0 0 4 Bangalore 2 1 1 0 2 Otago 2 0 2 0 0	Group D Teams M W L T Pts Delhi 2 1 1 0 2 Victoria 2 1 1 0 2 Wayamba 2 1 1 0 2

12th Match, Group A - Trinidad & Tobago beat Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers, the IPL 2009 champions, became the first Indian team to lose in the first round of the Airtel Champions League after losing their ninth straight game in Hyderabad.

Trinidad & Tobago 149/7 (Perkins 38, Pollard 31, Edwards 3-32) beat Deccan Chargers 146/9 (Gilchrist 51, Bravo 3-24) by three runs

11th Match, Group B - Eagles beat Sussex in eliminator

The Diamond Eagles ended English champions' Sussex's Champions League campaign by defeating the Sharks in a "super over" eliminator after scores were tied.

Sussex 119/7 (Gatting 25, de Villiers 2-20, du Preez 2-23) tied with Eagles 119/4 (Rossouw 65, Chawla 2-17, Hamilton-Brown 2-15) Eagles win one-over eliminator by nine runs

10th Match, Group D - Victoria lost to Wayamba by 15 runs

Victoria qualified for the next stage despite losing to Wayamba, who were eliminated in a low-scoring scrap on a sluggish pitch.

Wayamba 118/9 (Vandort 42, Kulatunga 41, Harwood 3-14) beat Victoria 103/4 (Hodge 44*) by 15 runs

9th Match, Group C - Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Otago by 80 runs

Winning their do or die clash against Otago, RCB have leapt into the League Stage of CLT20 with the help of Jacques Kallis, who smashed a breezy unbeaten 73 and took three wickets. Skipper Anil Kumble (2/20) and R Vinay Kumar (2/20) took two wickets apiece as Bangalore put on a clinical performance.

Bangalore 188/2 (Kallis 73*) beat Otago 108 (Kallis 3-18) by 80 runs

8th Match, Group A - Somerset lost to Trinidad & Tobago by 44 runs

Led by Dwayne Bravo and Denesh Ramdin, Trinidad and Tobago managed to inflict a possibly fatal injury on Somerset's Champions League Twenty20 hopes by thrashing them to the tune of 44 runs.

Trinidad & Tobago 150/9 (Ramdin 39, Willoughby 3-35) beat Somerset 106 (de Bruyn 43*, Dwayne Bravo 4-23) by 44 runs

7th Match, Group D - Delhi Daredevils beat Wayamba by 50 runs

Daredevils kept their hopes alive for reaching the next round of the T20 Champions League by crushing Wayamba by 50 runs. For Delhi, Sehwag scored 66 runs in just 42 balls while Karthik scored blistering 61 runs in 41 balls. Nannes took four wickets while McGrath chipped in with two wickets as Wayamba finished their innings at the score of 120 runs for 7 wickets.

Delhi Daredevils 170/5 (Sehwag 66, Karthik 61) beat Wayamba 120/7 (Jayawardene 54, Nannes 4-24, McGrath 2-20) by 50 runs

6th Match, Group B - New South Wales beat Sussex by 35 runs

Moises Henriques's all- round show guided New South Wales Blues to the Super Eight stage of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament as the Australian side beat Sussex Sharks.

New South Wales 130/2 (Hughes 62*, Henriques 51*) beat Sussex 95/8 (Henriques 3-23) by 35 runs

5th Match, Group A - Deccan Chargers lost to Somerset by 1 wkt

Alfonso Thomas played a match-winning knock as Somerset pulled off a stunning one-wicket win over Deccan Chargers in a last-ball finish in Hyderabad.

Somerset 157/9 (Thomas 30*, Hildreth 25) beat Deccan Chargers 153 (Laxman 46) by one wicket

4th Match, Group C - Cape Cobras beat Otago by 54 runs

Skipper Andrew Puttick (104) hit the first century of the inaugural Champions League as Cape Cobras handed a 54-run mauling to Otago Volts to qualify for the Super Eight stage.

Cape Cobras 193/4 (Puttick 104*, Ontong 39*, Duminy 32) beat Otago 139 (Nathan McCullum 38, Kleinveldt 3-24) by 54 runs

3rd Match, Group D - Delhi Daredevils lost to Victoria by 7 wkts

Clint McKay took 3 wickets for 17 runs while Rob Quiney hit a quickfire 40 to help Victoria Bushrangers register a convincing seven-wicket victory over Delhi Daredevils.

Victoria 100/3 (Quiney 40) beat Delhi Daredevils 98/8 (Manhas 25, McKay 3-17) by seven wickets

2nd Match, Group B - Eagles lost to New South Wales by 53 runs

Captain Simon Katich led from the front with a classy half century as New South Wales easily beat Diamond Eagles by 53 runs.

New South Wales 144/6 (Katich 53) beat Eagles 91/9 (Ryan McLaren 40, Clark 3-12) by 53 runs

1st Match, Group C, Bangalore Royal Challengers lost to Cape Cobras by 5 wickets

A thrilling innings from JP Duminy led Cape Cobras to a surprise five-wicket victory over Anil Kumble led Bangalore Royal Challengers.

Cape Cobras 184 for 5 (Duminy 99*, Praveen Kumar 3/32) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 180 for 4 (Taylor 53*, Uthappa 51, Charl Langeveldt 1/12) by five wickets

CL T20 2009 News | Groups & Schedule
Champions League Twenty20 2009 Results

Champions League Twenty20 2009 Quick Schedule

Date	Time	Group & Match	Venue
Thu Oct 8	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	1st Match, Group C - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Fri Oct 9	16:00 local 10:30 GMT 06:30 EDT	2nd Match, Group B - Eagles v New South Wales	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Fri Oct 9	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	3rd Match, Group D - Delhi Daredevils v Victoria	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sat Oct 10	16:00 local 10:30 GMT 06:30 EDT	4th Match, Group C - Cape Cobras v Otago	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Sat Oct 10	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	5th Match, Group A - Deccan Chargers v Somerset	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Sun Oct 11	16:00 local 10:30 GMT 06:30 EDT	6th Match, Group B - New South Wales v Sussex	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Sun Oct 11	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	7th Match, Group D - Delhi Daredevils v Wayamba	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Mon Oct 12	16:00 local 10:30 GMT 06:30 EDT	8th Match, Group A - Somerset v Trinidad & Tobago	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Mon Oct 12	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	9th Match, Group C - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Otago	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Tue Oct 13	16:00 local 10:30 GMT 06:30 EDT	10th Match, Group D - Victoria v Wayamba	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Tue Oct 13	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	11th Match, Group B - Eagles v Sussex	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Wed Oct 14	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	12th Match, Group A - Deccan Chargers v Trinidad & Tobago	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Thu Oct 15	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	13th Match, League B - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Victoria	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Fri Oct 16	16:00 local 10:30 GMT 06:30 EDT	14th Match, League A - Eagles v Somerset	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Fri Oct 16	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	15th Match, League A - New South Wales v Trinidad & Tobago	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Sat Oct 17	16:00 local 10:30 GMT 06:30 EDT	16th Match, League B - Cape Cobras v Victoria	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sat Oct 17	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	17th Match, League B - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sun Oct 18	16:00 local 10:30 GMT 06:30 EDT	18th Match, League A - New South Wales v Somerset	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Sun Oct 18	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	19th Match, League A - Eagles v Trinidad & Tobago	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Mon Oct 19	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	20th Match, League B - Cape Cobras v Delhi Daredevils	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Wed Oct 21	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	1st semi-final - NSW v Victoria (Winner B v Runner up A)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Thu Oct 22	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	2nd semi-final - Cape Cobras v Trinidad & Tobago (Winner A v Runner up B)	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Fri Oct 23	20:00 local 14:30 GMT 10:30 EDT	Final - TBC v TBC	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad