Champions League Twenty20 2011

[aussie1st]

Seems India are hosting this again, thought it would be Australia turn.
Anyway looks to be a return to the first season with T&T and NSW back.

NSW team is going to be awesome looking at:

Warner
Watson
Haddin
Katich
Smith
Henriques
Rorher
Hauritz
Lee
Clark
Bollinger

O'Keefe
Cummins
Hughes
Jaques
Maddinson
Starc
Cockley
Hazlewood
Cameron
Abbott

The NSW selectors are going to have a tough time cutting that down to 15(?) players.

 

[IanG]

Well it's taking form now

Auckland

New South Wales
South Australia

Trinadad & Tobago

South Africa 1
South Africa 2

IPL 1
IPL 2
IPL 3

Sri Lanka Winner

England 1
England 2

 

[Prithvi]

I hope Deccan Chargers finish in top 3 in IPL so that if it happens in India, Hyderabad would get matches of it!

NSW again making it into Champions League is a good sign. I'm waiting to cheer NSW again in CLT20 .

I hope no country has clash in schedule with this, so that everyone can participate.

 

[IanG]

Yeah that was a farce what happened last year where the 2 English teams couldn't compete.

 

[CG123]

We should have our full compliment of domestic players to choose from, because as far as I know none of them are playing in the IPL.

International players:

Andre Adams (He's counted as an international player) - Possibly, depending on whether or not his English T20 team qualifies.
Jimmy Adams - Possibly, depending on whether or not his English T20 team qualifies.
Rob Quiney - Since Victoria didn't qualify, I assume he'll be playing for us.

These are probably our leading 14 domestic T20 players, so we'll have to omit none/one/two of them depending on the Adams availability.

Bat -

Martin Guptill
Dusan Hakaraia
Anaru Kitchen
Lou Vincent

Keep -

Gareth Hopkins

Pace AR -

Colin de Grandhomme
Colin Munro

Pace Bowl -

Andre Adams
Michael Bates
Chris Martin
Kyle Mills
Daryl Tuffey

Spin Bowl -

Roneel Hira
Bhupinder Singh

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We really need both Jimmy Adams and Rob Quiney, in order to beef up our top order.

 

[Chewie]

While two spinners might help in India, I can't see Bhupinder playing, and so he'd be the one most likely to miss out if Andre Adams is available. If Jimmy Adams is available too, then Hakaraia I guess would miss out for him

 

[War]

Seems India are hosting this again, thought it would be Australia turn.
Anyway looks to be a return to the first season with T&T and NSW back.

NSW team is going to be awesome looking at:

Warner
Watson
Haddin
Katich
Smith
Henriques
Rorher
Hauritz
Lee
Clark
Bollinger

O'Keefe
Cummins
Hughes
Jaques
Maddinson
Starc
Cockley
Hazlewood
Cameron
Abbott

The NSW selectors are going to have a tough time cutting that down to 15(?) players.

I'll give it a shot. Dont think S Clark should be in NSWs T20 set-up. You would think Katman will take over as captain again.

Warner
Hughes (depending on form)
Watson
Haddin
Katich
Smith
Henriques
O'Keefe
Lee
Bollinger
Starc

Hauritz
Rorher
Cummins/Cameron

 

[Zaxotes]

This time, Australia may host this event... Not sure.

 

[AbhishekS]

I''m expecting Australia to be the hosts, but I hope that it's India again.

 

[riz7khan12]

Australia wont be hosting it, the weather isn't suitable for play at that time.... unless all matches are played at perth or something.

 

[-D-S-B-]

Will Tim McIntosh be able to play for Auckland?

It's funny how a month ago I wouldn't have even considered him, but some good 50 overs 100's have surprised me and maybe he could be a useful 20/20 opener.

 

[CG123]

He should be able to, but we don't really need him, considering our other opening options. (Vincent, Guptill, de Grandhomme, Quiney?, Jimmy Adams?)

We do look much stronger than both Otago and CD did, so I like our chances of picking up at least that first win for a New Zealand team.

 

[jibranpatel15]

Australia teams are up
NSW & S.Australia
WI team is up
T&T
Nz team is also up bt i dnt remember it
Sa teams will be out shortly
Am pretty excited this time to see this tournament

 

[Haarithan]

Fantastic BCCI , just fantastic , 4 possible Indian teams in a 10 team tournament ! Just give the trophy to an IPL side already !

Champions League T20 2011: IPL considering CLT20 qualifying stage | Cricket News | Indian Premier League 2011 | ESPN Cricinfo

Confirmed teams as of now :

Redbacks (Aus)
Blues (Aus)
Cobras (RSA)
Warriors (RSA)
Super Kings (Ind)
Challengers (Ind)
Indians (Ind)
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Having to qualify via playoffs :

Auckland (Nz)
Trinidad (Wi)

Can injustice get any better than what you're seeing now?

 

[SaiSrini]

Fantastic BCCI , just fantastic , 4 possible Indian teams in a 10 team tournament ! Just give the trophy to an IPL side already !

Champions League T20 2011: IPL considering CLT20 qualifying stage | Cricket News | Indian Premier League 2011 | ESPN Cricinfo

Confirmed teams as of now :

Redbacks (Aus)
Blues (Aus)
Cobras (RSA)
Warriors (RSA)
Super Kings (Ind)
Challengers (Ind)
-----------------
Having to qualify via playoffs :

Auckland (Nz)
Trinidad (Wi)

Can injustice get any better than what you're seeing now?

The fourth side competes in a qualifier tournament along with sides from NZ, SL, etc and only then does it have a chance of coming through.