It will be Trinidad and Tobago taking on the New South Wales Blues in the final of the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 competition.
The boys from the Caribbean chased down a stiff target of 176 – to register the highest total successfully chased at Hyderabad, and to send Cape Cobras, who must have fancied their chances after posting 175 for 5 earlier in the evening, packing from the tournament. Given the number of catches put down in the run-chase and the number of run out opportunities missed, one can’t help but give the chokers’ tag a thought.
Daren Ganga, the captain of Trinidad and Tobago had said at the toss that his team had the wherewithal to chase down whatever the target. And so it turned out to be.
The architects of the successful run chase were Dwayne Bravo and skipper Daren Ganga, who were involved in a 93-run association for the fourth wicket – a new record partnership for Trinidad and Tobago. Bravo, who had received some stick with the ball earlier in the evening, hit some unbelievable shots in his innings of 58 (34 balls). He favoured the off side, scoring close to a third of his runs and hitting five off his seven boundaries on that side of the wicket.
Bangalore Royal Challengers and Delhi Daredevils crashed out of the Champions League Twenty20 after the formers` eight-wicket victory over their Indian Premier League opponents here on Saturday.
In a dramatic League B Super Eight match at the packed Chainnaswamy Stadium, Ross Taylor smashed a blistering 65 off just 38 balls to help Bangalore surpass the target of 139 with nearly five overs to spare.
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Anil Kumble led from the front by grabbing three wickets to restrict Delhi Daredevils to a modest 138 for six.
Bangalore were only playing for pride as they were already out of contention for a semifinal berth after Cape Cobra`s victory over Victoria Bushrangers in another League B match earlier in the day.
Stuart Clark did the spadework and David Warner then set the tone of the chase as New South Wales crushed Somerset by six wickets with 8.1 overs to spare to book a semifinal berth in the Champions League Twenty20 here on Saturday.
Clark (3/15) and his bowling colleagues first restricted Somerset to an unflattering 111 for seven and Warner (40 off 16 balls) then came down hard on the English side as NSW cruised to 112 in 11.5 overs, losing four wickets and recording a thumping victory that earned them a semifinal berth.
Chasing the modest target, the Australian team was off to a flying start with Warner cracking six boundaries and two huge sixers during his brief stay as the first five overs yielded 57 runs.
NSW suffered the first loss when Warner, who started on an attacking note by hitting two fours off Charl Willoughby (1/30) in the opening over, fell to Omari Banks (1/28) in the fifth over.
Today the First Champions League T20 Match is between Royal Challengers Vs Cape Cobras . match starts at 20:00:00 local time (14:30:00 GMT) at Bangalore. Dont miss the Champions League T20 Matches.
The inaugural edition of the Champions League Twenty20 , 2009 (CLT20) will begin from 8th Oct 2009 to 23rd Oct in Bangalore. So cricket fans , get ready for another Twenty20 extravaganza.
Twelve t20 teams from 7 countries will participate in this tournament.
There are 3 teams from the Indian Premiere League which are Deccan Chargers, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils. Two teams from Australia, England , South Africa and one team from West Indies, New Zealand and Sri Lanka will be participating.
The grouping and schedule of the tournament are as follows
Group A – Deccan Chargers, Trinidad & Tobago and Somerset
Group B – Eagles, New South Wales and Sussex
Group C – Royal Challengers Bangalore, Cape Cobras and Otago
Group D – Delhi Daredevils, Wayamba and Victoria
Champions league T20 Schedule
2009-10-08
Royal Challengers Vs Cobras Bangalore – 1st T20
Match scheduled to begin at 20:00:00 local time (14:30:00 GMT) 2009-10-09
NSW Blues Vs Eagles Delhi – 2nd T20
Match scheduled to begin at 16:00:00 local time (10:30:00 GMT) 2009-10-09
Delhi Daredevils Vs Victoria - 3rd T20
Match scheduled to begin at 20:00:00 local time (14:30:00 GMT) 2009-10-10
Cobras Vs Otago Volts Hyderabad - 4th T20
Match scheduled to begin at 16:00:00 local time (10:30:00 GMT) 2009-10-10
Deccan Chargers Vs Somerset - 5th T20
Match scheduled to begin at 20:00:00 local time (14:30:00 GMT)
ICC announces umpires, match referees for warm-up matches and group stage of ICC Champions Trophy
The ICC today announced details of the umpire and match referee appointments for the group stage of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa, which will take place from 22 September to 5 October and will be available online via http://www.livecrickett20.com/
The match referees’ responsibilities throughout the tournament will be shared between Jeff Crowe, Javagal Srinath and Roshan Mahanama of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, an ICC release said.
The on-field responsibilities will be shared by eight of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, namely: Billy Bowden, Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Ian Gould, Daryl Harper, Tony Hill, Asad Rauf and Simon Taufel.
Meanwhile, appointments have also been made for the Champions Trophy 2009 warm-up matches to be played at Potchefstroom, Pretoria and Benoni on 18 and 20 September. As at previous ICC events, none of these matches will carry official ODI status. Two umpires from the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires, Marais Erasmus and Brian Jerling, will act as third umpires for some of the warm-up matches.
Appointments for the Champions Trophy 2009semi-finals and the final will be announced in due course.
Some warm-up matches will be taking place before the ICC Champions trophy 2009. Pakistan, West Indies, South Africa, India and Sri Lanka will play for in the practice matches. The matches will be played in two venues in South Africa. These will not be official ODI international matches as they are not recognized by ICC.
Here is the schedules of the Practice Matches for the Champions trophy 2009 series:
Friday, 18 September – South Africa v West Indies (d/n), Potchefstroom
Friday, 18 September – Pakistan v Sri Lanka (d/n), Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Friday, 18 September – New Zealand v Warriors (d), LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria
Sunday, 20 September – New Zealand v India (d/n), Potchefstroom
Sunday, 20 September – Pakistan v Warriors (d/n), Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Sunday, 20 September – Sri Lanka v West Indies (d), LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria
The prize money for the Champions Trophy has increased nearly four times, with US$4 million on offer for the tournament to be played from September 22 to October 5 in South Africa.
The format has also been revamped, with only eight instead of ten teams participating. Unlike in 2006, when the tournament lasted nearly a month, there will be no qualifying round this time. Centurion and Wanderers will host all 15 games between them.
The teams have been divided into two groups of four each and the top two from each will qualify for the semi-finals. India and Pakistan find themselves in the same group, along with Australia and West Indies, and the two rivals will meet on the second day of the tournament in a day-night game at the Wanderers.
Group B includes South Africa, England, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. The hosts will play Sri Lanka in the opening game in Centurion.
The current Champions trophy will be played between eight teams and each team is divided into two groups. India, Pakistan, Australia and West Indies are in Group A while South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England are in group B. Each team will play with one another in their corresponding groups and the top two teams from each group will advance into the semi finals.
The following are the two groups:
Group A: Australia, India, Pakistan, West Indies
Group B: South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England
India Probable: MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Abhishek Nayar, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Munaf Patel, R Ashwin, M Vijay, Amit Mishra, Ajinkya Rahane, Dhawal Kulkarni, S Badrinath, Ashish Nehra, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh, Wriddhiman Saha, Pankaj Singh.
South Africa Probable: Graeme Smith (Captain), Johan Botha, Yusuf Abdulla, Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher (WK), AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Charl Langeveldt , Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robbie Peterson, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Roelof van der Merwe, Vaughn van Jaarsveld.
It will be Trinidad and Tobago taking on the New South Wales Blues in the final of the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 competition.
Bangalore Royal Challengers and Delhi Daredevils crashed out of the Champions League Twenty20 after the formers` eight-wicket victory over their Indian Premier League opponents here on Saturday.
Stuart Clark did the spadework and David Warner then set the tone of the chase as New South Wales crushed Somerset by six wickets with 8.1 overs to spare to book a semifinal berth in the Champions League Twenty20 here on Saturday.
The inaugural edition of the Champions League Twenty20 , 2009 (CLT20) will begin from 8th Oct 2009 to 23rd Oct in Bangalore. So cricket fans , get ready for another Twenty20 extravaganza.
