Champions League Twenty20 2011

[sifter132]

I don't get the idea of having a qualifying tournament and then ruling out 3 teams before the 'real' tournament starts. If they are going to the trouble of organising said tournament, why not just include those teams in the real thing? Making it a 12 team tournament wouldn't be difficult. 3 IPL, 2 SA, 2 Aus, 1 from Eng, NZ, Pak, SL, WI. There's your tournament. Make it 3 groups of 4, or 2 groups of 6 if you want it a little longer. Your BCCI, CSA and CA stakeholders are happy getting an extra team. 25% of the teams are Indian for the viewers, and you have a proper event.

 

[teamindia]

I don't get the idea of having a qualifying tournament and then ruling out 3 teams before the 'real' tournament starts. If they are going to the trouble of organising said tournament, why not just include those teams in the real thing? Making it a 12 team tournament wouldn't be difficult. 3 IPL, 2 SA, 2 Aus, 1 from Eng, NZ, Pak, SL, WI. There's your tournament. Make it 3 groups of 4, or 2 groups of 6 if you want it a little longer. Your BCCI, CSA and CA stakeholders are happy getting an extra team. 25% of the teams are Indian for the viewers, and you have a proper event.

To get rid of weak teams. Initially the broadcasters want more Indian teams. I guess once it gains popularity this will reduce. The article from Chewie has some good details.

 

[The Rock]

Without a shadow of doubt, KKR will be the fourth IPL team in this tourney.

 

[CG123]

New Zealand Cricket - Aces name 22 man training squad for CLT20

The full list of 22 is as follows:

Gareth Hopkins (captain) (Parnell)
Andre Adams (Overseas professional)
Jimmy Adams (Overseas professional)
Michael Bates (Suburbs New Lynn)
Brad Cachopa (Takapuna)
Martin Guptill (Suburbs New Lynn)
Colin de Grandhomme (Howick Pakuranga)
Dusan Hakaraia (Waitakere City)
Ronnie Hira (North Shore)
Anaru Kitchen (Waitakere City)
Tim McIntosh (Parnell)
Bruce Martin (Parnell)
Chris Martin (Parnell)
Kyle Mills (Howick Pakuranga)
Colin Munro (Howick Pakuranga)
Jimmy Neesham (Suburbs New Lynn)
Rob Quiney (Overseas professional)
Jeet Raval (Suburbs New Lynn)
Gareth Shaw (Papatoetoe)
Bhupinder Singh (Papatoetoe)
Daryl Tuffey (Suburbs New Lynn)
Lou Vincent (Overseas professional)

I'm really just hoping Nottinghamshire, Hampshire, and Sussex don't get into the English T20 final, because if they don't we should be able to be very competitive.

 

[Haarithan]

Never knew Vincent had turned overseas to NZL, has he?!

 

[CG123]

He counted as a domestic player for us last season, but as far as I know his English team will take preference if there's a clash, like what happened last time with Ross Taylor for CD and RCB.

 

[teamindia]

I'm really just hoping Nottinghamshire, Hampshire, and Sussex don't get into the English T20 final, because if they don't we should be able to be very competitive.

Why so? If some of these players are playing county they still can play for NZ. Only IPL players have problem.

 

[Haarithan]

Why so? If some of these players are playing county they still can play for NZ. Only IPL players have problem.

He was referring to Jimmy Adams (England & Hampshire), Andre Adams (ex-New Zealand, now Ireland(?) & Nottinghamshire). Lou Vincent's situation sounds strange to me though.

 

[CG123]

He was referring to Jimmy Adams (England & Hampshire), Andre Adams (ex-New Zealand, now Ireland(?) & Nottinghamshire). Lou Vincent's situation sounds strange to me though.

Andre Adams plays under a Welsh passport, that's Hamish Marshall who's now eligible to play for Ireland.

 

[S.V.Raghav]

I will be watching all the Auckland Aces match at Hyderabad! Waiting for the action start

Gareth Hopkins form is bad last season and even Lou Vincent is not good either in the county championship!

fingers crossed at Auckland Aces

 

[Prithvi]

I will be watching all the Auckland Aces match at Hyderabad! Waiting for the action start

Even me!
Kolkata Knight Riders v Auckland Aces on September 19th.
Although, I'll be supporting KR though.

 

[CG123]

Gareth Hopkins form is bad last season and even Lou Vincent is not good either in the county championship!

They were both outstanding in our 50 over competition, but were definitely below par in the HRV Cup (our 20 over competition).

 

[S.V.Raghav]

Even me!
Kolkata Knight Riders v Auckland Aces on September 19th.
Although, I'll be supporting KR though.

That would be great if we can meet up at the stadium! me supporting Auckland Aces and you KKR lol

 

[Haarithan]

Champions League Twenty20: Players choose IPL franchises | Cricket News | Champions League Twenty20 | ESPN Cricinfo

Well done IPL.

Cape Cobras: JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Justin Kemp, Rory Kleinveldt, Charl Langeveldt, Richard Levi, Johann Louw, Justin Ontong, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Andrew Puttick, Michael Rippon, Owais Shah, Dale Steyn, Dane Vilas

Warriors: Johan Botha, Nicky Boje, Mark Boucher, Andrew Birch, Colin Ingram, Justin Kreusch, Lyall Meyer, Makhaya Ntini, Wayne Parnell, Ashwell Prince, Jon-Jon Smuts, Kelly Smuts, Rusty Theron, Craig Thyssen, Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Mumbai Indians: Aiden Blizzard, Yuzvendra Chahal, James Franklin Davy Jacobs, Dhawal Kulkarni, Suryakumar Yadav, Lasith Malinga, Ali Murtuza, Munaf Patel, Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, T Suman, Sachin Tendulkar

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Mayank Agarwal, S Aravind, Raju Bhatkal, AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Arun Karthik, Virat Kohli, Mohammad Kaif, Abhimanyu Mithun, J Syed Mohammed, Dirk Nannes, Asad Pathan, Saurabh Tiwary Daniel Vettori

Chennai Super Kings: R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Doug Bollinger, Dwayne Bravo, MS Dhoni, Michael Hussey, Shadab Jakati, Albie Morkel, Suresh Raina, Suraj Randiv, Wriddhiman Saha, S Anirudha, Tim Southee, Scott Styris, M Vijay

Kolkata Knight Riders: Iqbal Abdulla, Shakib Al Hasan, L Balaji, Rajat Bhatia, Manvinder Bisla, Gautam Gambhir, Brad Haddin, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Eoin Morgan, Yusuf Pathan, Shami Ahmed, Ryan ten Doeschate, Manoj Tiwary, Jaidev Unadkat

New South Wales Blues: Stuart Clark, Patrick Cummins, Nathan Hauritz, Josh Hazelwood, Moises Henriques, Phillip Hughes, Simon Katich, Nic Maddinson, Stephen O'Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Daniel Smith, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner, Shane Watson

South Australia Redbacks: Cameron Borgas, Daniel Christian, Tom Cooper, Callum Ferguson, Daniel Harris, Michael Klinger, Nathan Lyon, Tim Ludeman, Aaron O'Brien, Gary Putland, Adil Rashid, Kane Richardson, Chadd Sayers, James Smith, Shaun Tait

Auckland : Andre Adams, James Adams, Michael Bates, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Roneel Hira, Gareth Hopkins, Anaru Kitchen, Bruce Martin, Chris Martin, Kyle Mills, Colin Munro, Daryl Tuffey, Rob Quiney, Lou Vincent

Trinidad & Tobago: Samuel Badree, Adrian Barath, Darren Bravo, Kevon Cooper, Rayad Emrit, Daren Ganga, Sherwin Ganga, Shannon Gabriel, Jason Mohammed, Dave Mohammed, Sunil Narine, William Perkins, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons

Ruhuna: Mahela Udawatte, Dinesh Chandimal, Sanath Jayasuriya, Janaka Gunaratne, Milinda Siriwardana, TM Sampath, Yashodha Lanka, Shihan Kamileen, Amal Athulathmudali, Arosh Janoda, Shalika Karunanayake, Omesh Wijesiriwardene, Alankara Asanka Silva, Chinthaka Perera, Bhanuka Rajapaksa

 

[CG123]

On paper we look stronger than SA, T&T, and Ruhuna. Hopefully the players can put it together on the field. If it wasn't for Watson I'd say we also look stronger than NSW.

This is a pretty handy looking XI:

Jimmy Adams
Martin Guptill
Rob Quiney
Lou Vincent
Gareth Hopkins
Colin de Grandhomme/Colin Munro/Anaru Kitchen
Kyle Mills
Andre Adams
Daryl Tuffey
Roneel Hira/Bruce Martin
Chris Martin/Michael Bates