The Mumbai Indians secured the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 title in Chennai with a 31-run victory over the Bangalore Royal Challengers in an entertaining final. James Franklin top-scored for the Mumbai Indians with 41 off 29 balls, as they posted a below-par total of 139 all out from their 20 overs. Harbhajan Singh took three for 20 for Mumbai, as Royal Challengers stuttered to 108 all out from 19.2 overs.
CLT20 2011 2nd Semi-Final: Splendid bowling by Malinga takes Mumbai Indians into the Finals beating Somerset by 10 runs
Oct 8, 2011
Mumbai Indians battle it out against Somerset today in the 2nd Semi-final of the Champions League Twenty20. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, the Mumbai Indians were able to pick up 160 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Blizzards's half century was the only notable performance in the Mumbai innings.
Malinga struck in the first over of the Somerset innings by taking out Trego(0) in the second ball. He also got Van der Merwe(10) in the 3rd over. But Kieswetter and Hildreth took Somerset to 100/3 in 13.3 ov. At one point, Somerset needed only 29 runs in 3 overs to win, but Player of the Match, Malinga struck again taking 2 crucial wickets in the last over, and conceding only 20 runs in his 4 overs, taking 4 wickets in total. Somerset were able to take only 150/7 at the end of 20 overs.
The Mumbai Indians will now face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Finals of the Champions League Twenty20 tomorrow, Oct 9, 2011.
Mumbai Indians 160/5 in 20 overs(Blizzard 54) Somerset 150/7 in 20 overs(Kieswetter 62, Hildreth 39, Malinga 4-20, Franklin 2-16)
CLT20 2011 1st Semi-Final: Royal Challengers Bangalore move on to the Finals defeating New South Wales by 6 wickets
Oct 7, 2011
In the 1st Semi-final, Bangalore won the toss and elected to field. New South Wales scored 203 runs at the end of 20 overs, losing only 2 wickets. David Warner was the star of their innings remaining unbeaten at 123.
After losing Dilshan in the 2nd over, RCB's Chris Gayle (98) and Virat Kohli (84*) breezed through the innings and got their team to 162/2 in 13.5 overs when Gayle was caught lbw by Cummins. RCB reached their target in 18.3 overs to reach the Finals of Champions League Twenty20 2011.
New South Wales 203/2 in 20 overs (Warner 123*, Smith 62, Dilshan 1-10) Royal Challengers Bangalore 204/4 in 18.3 overs (Gayle 92, Kohli 84*, Cummins 4-45)
The competition was launched in 2008 as a response to the success of national Twenty20 domestic cricket leagues, most notably the Indian Premier League. The first edition was set to take place from late September to early October 2008 in India, after the tournament organisers resolved various teething problems that had put the inaugural tournament under some doubt, but it was later announced that the tournament would be held from December 3 to December 10, 2008. The tournament was postponed again following terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November 2008 and later cancelled, with the first tournament now scheduled for October 2009. Indian mobile service Bharti Airtel has bought the title sponsorship rights of the champions league for the reported amount of rupees 170 crores.
CLT20 2010 Final: Chennai Super Kings beat Warriors to win CLT20
Sep 26, 2010
The Chennai Super Kings beat the Warriors in the final of the Champions League T20 on Sunday. With this, the Super Kings became the second team after the New South Wales Blues to win the tournament.
The Warriors batted first and were off to a quick start before the loss of Ashwell Prince and captain and in-form Davy Jacobs hit the side hard. From 39/0 in four overs, the side continued with its slide downwards and were 82/5 in the 14th over at one stage.
In reply, chasing a low score of 129, CSK started off sensibly and the openers shared 103 runs for the first wicket. Both Vijay and Hussey scored half century. Vijay’s 53-ball innings was studded with six fours and two sixes while Hussey hit only three fours from 46 balls in his unbeaten knock.
Vijay was declared the man of the match while Ashwin was the man of the series.
Chennai Super Kings 132 for 2 (Vijay 58, Hussey 51*) Warriors 128 (Murali 3-16, Ashwin 2-16) by 8 wickets
CLT20 2010 Second Semi Final: Warriors to face Chennai in final
Sep 25, 2010
The Warriors got over their loss at the hands of Chennai with a comfortable 30-run victory against the South Australian Redbacks. Their captain, Davey Jacobs, was once again the hero with a superb 61 at the top of the order, and he was ably supported by Ingram and Boje as they posted an imposing 175 for the Redbacks to chase.
Warriors 175 for 6 (Jacobs 61, Ingram 46, Harris 3-16) beat South Australia 145 for 7 (Ferguson 71, Tsotsobe 2-16) by 30 runs
CLT20 2010 First Semi Final: Chennai thrash Bangalore, secure place in Champions League final
Sep 24, 2010
Chennai Super Kings, the champions of the Indian Premier League, moved closer to the 2010 Champions League title after thrashing the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 52 runs in a rain interrupted semi-final match that had to be reduced to 17 overs a side. Batting first, Chennai started off sluggishly before Suresh Raina scored 94 runs off just 48 deliveries to take Chennai to 174 at the end of their 17 overs. Bangalore never really looked to be in the chase and in the end they fell well short.
Teams:
Chennai Super Kings: Michael Hussey, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt. & wk), Albie Morkel, Subramaniam Badrinath, Anirudh Srikanth, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lakshmipati Balaji, Muttiah Muralitharan, Doug Bollinger
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Manish Pandey, Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa (wk), Ross Taylor, Virat Kohli, Cameron White, Dillon du Preez, Praveen Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, Anil Kumble (capt.), Dale Steyn
Chennai Super Kings 174 for 4 (17 overs, 10.23 rpo) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 123 for 9 (16.2 overs, 7.53 rpo)
Champions League Twenty20 2010 Quick Schedule - Group A
Date
Time
Group & Match
Venue
11 Sep
13:30
Warriors
v Wayamba Elevens
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
11 Sep
17:30 D/N
Chennai Super Kings
v Central Districts Stags
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban
13 Sep
17:30 D/N
Warriors
v Victoria Bushrangers
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
15 Sep
13:30
Victoria Bushrangers
v Central Districts Stags
Supersport Park, Centurion
15 Sep
17:30 D/N
Chennai Super Kings
v Wayamba Elevens
Supersport Park, Centurion
18 Sep
13:30
Warriors
v Central Districts Stags
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
18 Sep
17:30 D/N
Chennai Super Kings
v Victoria Bushrangers
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
20 Sep
17:30 D/N
Victoria Bushrangers
v Wayamba Elevens
Supersport Park, Centurion
22 Sep
13:30
Wayamba Elevens
v Central Districts Stags
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
22 Sep
17:30 D/N
Chennai Super Kings
v Warriors
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Champions League Twenty20 2010 Quick Schedule - Group B
Date
Time
Group & Match
Venue
10 Sep
17:30 D/N
Mumbai Indians
v Highveld Lions
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
12 Sep
13:30
Southern Redbacks
v Highveld Lions
Supersport Park, Centurion
12 Sep
17:30 D/N
Royal Challengers Bangalore
v Guyana
Supersport Park, Centurion
14 Sep
17:30 D/N
Mumbai Indians
v Southern Redbacks
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban
16 Sep
17:30 D/N
Mumbai Indians
v Guyana
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban
17 Sep
17:30 D/N
Royal Challengers Bangalore
v Southern Redbacks
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban
19 Sep
13:30
Highveld Lions
v Guyana
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
19 Sep
17:30 D/N
Mumbai Indians
v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban
21 Sep
13:30
Southern Redbacks
v Guyana
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
21 Sep
17:30 D/N
Highveld Lions
v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Champions League Twenty20 2010 Quick Schedule - Semi-finals & Final
Date
Time
Group & Match
Venue
24 Sep
17:30 D/N
Semi-final 1: Group A winner
v Group B runner-up
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban
25 Sep
17:30 D/N
Semi-final 2: Group B winner
v Group A runner-up
Supersport Park, Centurion
26 Sep
17:30 D/N
Final: Semi-final 1 winner
v Semi-final 2 winner
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
2010 Champions League Twenty20 News
South Africa to host Champions League
April 25, 2010
South Africa will host the next Champions League Twenty20, to run from September 10 to 26, the tournament's organisers have announced. The tournament chairman Lalit Modi confirmed the decision, following a board meeting in Mumbai where it was formally agreed to accept Cricket South Africa's invitation to stage the event.
The tournament will feature 10 domestic Twenty20 sides from India, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, the West Indies and South Africa. The tournament consists of 23 matches, and is divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. If a match ends in a tie, a Super Over will be played to determine the winner.
The group stage has the teams divided into two equal groups, with each playing a round-robin tournament. The top two teams of each group advances to the advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, with the top team of one group facing the second from the other. The winners of the semi-finals play the grand final to determine the winner of the competition.
Chennai Super Kings: 2010 Indian Premier League Winner Mumbai Indians: 2010 Indian Premier League Runner-up Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2010 Indian Premier League Third place
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.
Champions League Twenty20 2009 Finals and Semi-Finals
CLT20 2009 Finals: New South Wales (NSW Blues) crowned inaugural Champions League winners
Oct 23, 2009
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
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
Oct 22, 2009
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
Oct 21, 2009
New South Wales 169/7 (Warner 48, McKay 3-27) beat Victoria 90/9 (Henriques 3-11) by 79 runs
The 2008 Champions League Twenty20 is the first edition of the international club cricket tournament. It is due to be held in India or the Middle East in October 2008. The winners will earn around $5m. The tournament is expected to last ten days and consist of fifteen matches.
Champions League Twenty20 2008 Schedule postponed scrapped
The inaugural edition of the Champions League Twenty20 scheduled to be played from December 3 to 10 has been postponed.
The decision was taken by the Governing Council of the Champions League Twenty20 (CL T20) after consultations among the three founding board members of the tournament - Board of Control for Cricket in India, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa.
Lalit Modi, Chairman of the Champions League Twenty20, said, "We held consultations among all the stakeholders including the founding members, the participating teams and members of the Governing Council after the unfortunate terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
"It was agreed that in the best interests of all concerned, the inaugural edition of the Champions League 2020 should be postponed."
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
The Mumbai Indians secured the 2011 Champions League Twenty20 title in Chennai with a 31-run victory over the Bangalore Royal Challengers in an entertaining final. James Franklin top-scored for the Mumbai Indians with 41 off 29 balls, as they posted a below-par total of 139 all out from their 20 overs. Harbhajan Singh took three for 20 for Mumbai, as Royal Challengers stuttered to 108 all out from 19.2 overs.
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