Champions League XX - Tournament Records & Season Summary!

[hedger_14]

i'll give him ownership of the second post. I'm managing Bloemfontein Bucks again as Chewie has asked me to.

hedger_14 added 1 Minutes and 56 Seconds later...

hmm, why can't I do that? I'm sure I was able to do it before.

 

[Iridium]

Yea, I sent a request to Pranav but he's usually swamped. Might have to try someone else.

Iridium added 3 Minutes and 27 Seconds later...

The first post is fine. I'll stick everything in there.

 

[Sartaj]

I don't understand how this is CL 4 and the last one was CL 3 when only one season (the last one) has been completed.

 

[Dipak]

Previous Editions

Champions League 3
Managed by: Chewie
Hosting Countries: Australia & New Zealand
(Champions League Winner: Manchester Cricket Club)

Champions League 4
Managed by: Iridium
Hosting Country: South Africa
(Champions League Winner: Durban Bulldogs)

Champions League 4.5
Managed by: rahulkhush
Hosting Country: United Arab Emirates
(incomplete)

Champions League 5
Managed by: swirler
Hosting Country: West Indies
(Champions League Winner: Bengaluru Bulls)​

Standings

Group A

Group B

Highest Run Scorer

Graeme Smith (Liverpool Lightning) : 460 runs @ 92.0 runs/match. SR: 88

Highest Wicket Taker

Graeme Swann (Liverpool Lightning): 16 wickets @ 21.2 runs/wicket. Eco: 4.4

Warm-up Matches

Round One

Liverpool Lightning v Hobart Heroes at Chester-le-Street
Gold Coast Crusaders v Taunton Titans at Chester-le-Street
Cape Town Cobras v Mountaineers at Gloucester
Mashonaland Eagles v Durban Bulldogs at Gloucester



Champions League - Fixtures

Round 1 (Normal Pitch)

Group A
Liverpool Lightning v Mountaineers at Leeds
Gold Coast Crusaders v Durban Bulldogs at Nottingham

Group B
Taunton Titans v Mashonaland Eagles at Taunton
Cape Town Cobras v Hobart Heroes at Manchester

Round 2 (Excellent Pitch)

Group A
Mountaineers v Durban Bulldogs at Cardiff
Liverpool Lightning v Gold Coast Crusaders at Leeds

Group B
Mashonaland Eagles v Hobart Heroes at Southampton
Taunton Titans v Cape Town Cobras at Taunton

Round 3 (Poor Pitch)

Group A
Gold Coast Crusaders v Mountaineers at Nottingham
Durban Bulldogs v Liverpool Lightning at Birmingham

Group B
Cape Town Cobras v Mashonaland Eagles at Manchester
Hobart Heroes v Taunton Titans at The Oval

Round 4 (Normal Pitch)

Group A
Durban Bulldogs v Mountaineers at Birmingham
Gold Coast Crusaders v Liverpool Lightning at Nottingham

Group B
Hobart Heroes v Mashonaland Eagles at The Oval
Cape Town Cobras v Taunton Titans at Manchester

Round 5 (Poor Pitch)

Group A
Mountaineers v Liverpool Lightning at Cardiff
Durban Bulldogs v Gold Coast Crusaders at Birmingham

Group B
Mashonaland Eagles v Taunton Titans at Southampton
Hobart Heroes v Cape Town Cobras at The Oval

Round 6 (Excellent Pitch)

Group A
Mountaineers v Gold Coast Crusaders at Cardiff
Liverpool Lightning v Durban Bulldogs at Leeds

Group B
Mashonaland Eagles v Cape Town Cobras at Southampton
Taunton Titans v Hobart Heroes at Taunton

Playoffs

Major SF: Liverpool Lightning v Cape Town Cobras at Leeds

Minor SF: Durban Bulldogs v Taunton Titans at Birmingham

Preliminary Final: Cape Town Cobras vs Durban Bulldogs at Chelmsford

Final: Liverpool Lightning v Durban Bulldogs at Lord's​

Teams

Cape Town Cobras
Manager: Callum Gray (CG123)
Allotted Homeground: Old Trafford, Manchester
Afrikan premier League IV Champions

JP Duminy

Ashwell Prince

Ross Taylor

Michael Clarke

Chris Gayle

MS Dhoni

Tatenda Taibu

Jacques Kallis

Albie Morkel

Thomas Odoyo

Shahid Afridi

Dwayne Bravo

Darren Sammy

Andrew Hall

Roelof van der Merwe

Brett Lee

Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Paul Harris

Durban Bulldogs
Manager: D-S-B
Allotted Homeground: Edgbaston, Birmingham
Afrikan Premier League IV runners-up

Hashim Amla

Henry Davids

Pieter Malan

Sachin Tendulkar

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Suresh Raina

Collins Obuya

Dale Benkenstein

Eoin Morgan

Shakib Al Hasan

Scott Styris

Vernon Philander

Nuwan Kulasekara

Dale Steyn

Juan Theron

Rory Klienveldt

Andrew Birch

Doug Bollinger

Gold Coast Crusaders
Manager: Akshay Sharma (AkshayS)
Allotted Homeground: Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Austalian Premier League X Champions

Hashim Amla

Cameron Borgas

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Mark Cosgrove

Liam Davis

Callum Ferguson

Chris Lynn*

Brett Forsyth*

Daniel Smith

Brendan Taylor

Shahid Afridi

Moises Henriques

Yuvraj Singh

Doug Bollinger

Tim Bresnan

Umar Gul

Michael Hogan

Gary Putland

Hobart Heroes
Manager: Covvy
Allotted Homeground: The Oval
Australian Premier League X runners-up

George Bailey

Alex Doolan

Jean-Paul Duminy

Sachin Tendulkar

David Warner

Mohammad Yousuf

Peter Nevill

Tim Paine

Dwayne Bravo

James Faulkner*

Abdul Razzaq

Patrick Cummins*

Brendan Drew

Fidel Edwards

Ben Hilfenhaus

Naved-ul-Hasan

Michael Beer

Xavier Doherty

Liverpool Lightning
Manager: Haarithan
Homeground: Headingly, Leeds
English Premier League Champions

Joe Denly

Callum Ferguson

Alex Hales

David Hussey

Ed Joyce*

Ricky Ponting

Mark Ramprakash

Graeme Smith

Paul Stirling*

Phil Mustard

Ryan ten Doeschate*

Steven Finn

Umar Gul

Ryan Harris

Sajid Mahmood

David Payne

Shaun Tait

Graeme Swann

Taunton Titans
Manager: Chewie
Homeground: County Ground, Taunton
English Premier League runners-up

Hashim Amla

Michael Carberry

Michael Di Venuto*

JP Duminy

Martin Guptill

Owais Shah

Kane Williamson

Craig Kieswetter

Dwayne Bravo

Andrew Hall*

Daniel Vettori

James Anderson

Mark Davies

Tim Southee

Anthony Ireland*

Graham Onions

Gareth Breese

James Tredwell

Mashonaland Eagles
Manager: Matt121
Allotted Homeground: Rose Bowl, Southampton
Zimbabwe Premier League III Champions

Terry Duffin

Suresh Raina

Graeme Smith

Andrew Strauss

Charles Coventry

MS Dhoni

Yuvraj Singh

Shahid Afridi

Roland Benade

Greg Lamb

Remembrance Nyathi

Anthony Ireland

Zaheer Khan

Lasith Malinga

Chris Mpofu

Ed Rainsford

Keith Kulinga

Hilary Matanga

Mountaineers
Manager: Muhaiminul
Allotted Homeground: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Zimbabwe Premier League III runners-up

Craig Ervine

Gavin Ewing

Eoin Morgan

Vusi Sibanda

Malcolm Waller

Regis Chakabva

Kumar Sangakkara

Shakib Al Hasan

Graeme Cremer

Jacques Kallis

Prince Masvaure

Brett Lee

Keegan Meth

Silent Mujaji

Tinashe Panyangara

Rusty Theron

Suraj Randiv

Graeme Swann

I would like to credit Assofty for the banner, Swirler for the helping me out, Biggy for the player icons and all the league owners and team managers. Without heir co-ordination, running such as high profile league would have been impossible
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[Iridium]

I don't understand how this is CL 4 and the last one was CL 3 when only one season (the last one) has been completed.

I assume that since there was a 3 there was a 1 and 2.

 

[Sartaj]

Oh,now i remember the Grounding Greens winning one of them.

 

[AkshayS]

What's going to be the format, FC???

 

[Iridium]

50 over

 

[AkshayS]

Then why Test ratings?

 

[Varun]

I'm back. Any space for me?

Chewie's team!

 

[AkshayS]

Chewie's team!

Isn't Hedgy managing it?

AkshayS added 1 Minutes and 23 Seconds later...

Welcome back.

 

[Iridium]

Then why Test ratings?

Test as in testing the ratings to see that they're balanced.

 

[Varun]

Isn't Hedgy managing it?

Ok then.

 

[AkshayS]

Test as in testing the ratings to see that they're balanced.

@me

Okay fine then.

 

[Iridium]

At last ratings are done. Just feeding them into the sim and going to do some testing tonight. I hope the results come out balanced and not end up getting 300+ scores on all pitches. Also have player clashes to sort out. 21 of them this time around, 5 players having played in 3 teams.

Just want to get a fair idea of something. I suggest letting the home side pick the pitch condition. Or would you rather an entire round be played on one type of pitch as it was in CL3.

Squads will be put up later tonight and if I have time I'll send out invites to the SG and we could be up and running as early as tomorrow if everything goes to plan.