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

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

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 All-Star XI

Paceman Brett Lee, all-rounder Moises Henriques and opening batsman Phil Hughes joined their NSW Blues team-mate David Warner in the Champions League All-Star XI team. The NSW Blues outplayed domestic rivals Victoria Bushrangers in the semi-final and Trinidad and Tobago in the finals on Friday.
The Caribbean side has three players in the list - big hitting Kieron Pollard, wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin and all-rounder Dwayne Bravo. The CLT20 All Star XI is a team chosen by ESPN Star Sports commentators based on the Group and League stages of the tournament.

The full CLT20 All-Star XI: Phil Hughes (NSW Blues), David Warner (NSW Blues), JP Duminy (Cape Cobras), Ross Taylor (RC Bangalore), Jacques Kallis (RC Bangalore), Keiron Pollard (Trinidad & Tobago), Denesh Ramdin (Trinidad & Tobago) wk, Dwayne Bravo (Trinidad & Tobago), Moises Henriques (NSW Blues), Brett Lee (NSW Blues) and Clint McKay (Victoria Bushrangers).

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

Champions League Twenty20 2009 Points Table

Champions League Twenty20 2009 Group Stage Points

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

Champions League Twenty20 2009 Results

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

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

2009 Champions League Twenty20 News

Inaugural Champions League kicks off with dazzling opening ceremony

The inaugural Champions League Twenty20 cricket extravaganza started with a dazzling opening ceremony at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadiumin Bangalore on Thursday. Captains of the participating teams gave prints of their hands in clay, exchanged flags and took the “MCC-Spirit of Cricket” oath.
For the next 15 days, twelve teams drawn from hosts India, England, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago will compete in cricket’s first ever international club tournament.

The Indian teams in the competition

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rajesh Bishnoi, Vinay Kumar, RE van der Merwe, Robin Uthappa, Ross Taylor, Dale Steyn, Manish Pandey, Anil Kumble (C), Praveen Kumar, B Kumar, Balachandra Akhil, Mark Boucher, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Virat Kohli
Deccan Chargers: Azhar Bilakhia, Harmeet Singh, Venugopal Rao, Chaminda Vaas, Andrew Symonds, T Suman, Scott Styris, RP Singh, Shoaib Ahmed, Fidel Edwards, Adam Gilchrist (C), Ryan Harris, VVS Laxman, Pragyan Ojha, Rohit Sharma
Delhi Daredevils: Rajat Bhatia, Daniel Vettori, Owais Shah, V Sehwag, Pradeep Sangwan, Aavishkar Salvi, Ashish Nehra, Dirk Nannes, Amit Mishra, Manoj Tiwary, Glenn McGrath, T Dilshan, G Gambhir (C), Dinesh Karthik, Mithun Manhas

Media coverage of the Champions League Twenty20 2009

Champions League Twenty20 2009 Live Television Coverage:
Star Cricket (live) – India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia
Star Sports (live) – India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia
ONE HD (live) – Australia
British Eurosport (live) – United Kingdom
Directv (live) – USA
CBN, ATN Cricket Plus - Canada

Champions League Twenty20 2009 Live Internet Streaming:
Willow Tv - Internet North America

IPL says no to rebels for League

The Indian Premier League (IPL) confirmed Tuesday that those teams that have ‘rebel’ Indian Cricket League (ICL) players in their squad would not be allowed to compete in the 2009 Champions League Twenty20.
Twelve teams, including the winners and runners-up of England’s national T20 championships, are in the fray in the 2009 Champions League.

Champions League Twenty20 groups unveiled

The fixtures have been announced for the Champions League Twenty20, which will be staged in India in October. Teams from India, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England will play 23 games in New Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore.

The first Champions League was due to take place last year, but was postponed following terror attacks in Mumbai. Prize money of US$6m (£3.63m) will be shared between the teams and players.

Group A: Deccan Chargers (India), ECB Team 2, Trinidad & Tobago (West Indies)
Group B: New South Wales (Australia), Eagles (South Africa), ECB Team 1
Group C: Royal Challengers Bangalore (India), Cobras (South Africa), Otago (New Zealand)
Group D: Delhi Daredevils (India), Victoria (Australia), Wayamba (Sri Lanka)

Champions League Twenty20 2009 expanded

The Champions League was expanded from eight to 12 teams, and will include the domestic Twenty20 winners of West Indies, Sri Lanka and New Zealand, as well as Delhi Daredevils, who topped the round-robin stage of the 2009 IPL. The inaugural Champions Twenty20 League will be held from October 8-23 in India, just after the Champions Trophy. The prize money for the tournament will be US$ 6 million, and the draw will be held in London on June 23 after which the venues will be finalised.

Delhi Daredevils will be joined by Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore, the 2009 IPL finalists. Other 2009 domestic finalists and winners include: Victoria and New South Wales from Australia, Cape Cobras and Eagles from South Africa, Otago from New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago from West Indies and Wayamba from Sri Lanka). England's Twenty20 Cup finalists will only be decided on August 25 2009.
Sialkot Stallions, the winners of Pakistan's domestic Twenty20 tournament, will not feature beacuse of restrictions by the Pakistan Government.

In the first stage there will be a total of 23 matches and the teams will be divided into four groups of three each to play on a league basis. The top two teams from each group move on to the second stage. The four top teams from there will play the semi-finals.

2009 Champions League Twenty20 Teams

The 2009 Champions League will be contested by 12 teams. It will start with a round robin format, with 4 pools of 3 teams. The top 2 teams from each pool will advance to a league stage, consisting of two pools of four teams. The top two from each league will progress to a knock-out competition of two rounds.
A total 19 matches will be played in India from October 8-23. Teams that have qualified for the 2009 Twenty20 Champions League are listed below.

Team	Country	Winner/ Runner-up	Domestic Tournament
Deccan Chargers Adam Gilchrist	India	Winner	2009 Indian Premier League
Royal Challengers Bangalore Anil Kumble	India	Runner-up	2009 Indian Premier League
Delhi Daredevils Gautam Gambhir	India	Top spot in Preliminary Round	2009 Indian Premier League
New South Wales Blues Simon Katich	Australia	Winner	2008-09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
Victoria Bushrangers Cameron White	Australia	Runner-up	2008-09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
Cape Cobras Andrew Puttick	South Africa	Winner	2009 Standard Bank Pro 20
Diamond Eagles Boeta Dippenaar	South Africa	Runner-up	2009 Standard Bank Pro 20
Otago Volts Craig Cumming	New Zealand	Winner	State Twenty20
Sussex Sharks Michael Yardy	England	Winner	2009 Twenty20 Cup
Somerset Sabres Justin Langer	England	Runner-up	2009 Twenty20 Cup
Trinidad & Tobago Daren Ganga	West Indies	Winner	Stanford 20/20
Wayamba Jehan Mubarak	Sri Lanka	Winner	Inter-Provincial Twenty20

CL T20 2009 News | Groups & Schedule