2009 Champions League Twenty20
The 2009 Champions League Twenty20 was the first edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international club cricket tournament. It was held in India between 8 October and 23 October 2009 and featured 12 domestic teams from Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies.[1] The New South Wales Blues were the winners of the tournament, defeating Trinidad and Tobago in the final.
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI, CA, CSA |
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| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
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| Participants | 12 |
| Matches played | 23 |
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| Official website | www.clt20.com |
Format
The tournament consisted of the 12 domestic teams from seven countries as determined by the domestic Twenty20 tournaments of those countries. The tournament has 23 matches, and is divided into three stages: the group, league and knockout stages. 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 four equal groups, with each playing a round-robin tournament. The top two teams of each group advances to the league stage. The league stage merges the remaining teams from Groups A and B to form League A, and the remaining teams from Groups C and D to form League B. Another round-robin tournament is played in each league. Teams that have faced each other from the group stage will not play each other again, but have the result from their first meeting carried forward. The top two teams from each league advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, with the top team of one league facing the second-placed team from the other. The winners of the semi-finals play the final to determine the winners of the competition.[2]
Points awarded in group and league stages:
| Result | Points |
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| Win | 2 points |
| No result | 1 point |
| Loss | 0 points |
Prize money
The total prize money for the competition was US$6 million. In addition to the prize money, each team receives a participation fee of $500,000.[3] The prize money was distributed as follows:[4][5]
- $100,000 – Each of the four teams eliminated in the group stage
- $200,000 – Each of the four teams eliminated in the league stage
- $500,000 – Each semi-finalist
- $1.3 million – Runners-up
- $2.5 million – Winners
Qualification
This tournament featured 12 teams, an increase from the eight teams for the planned 2008 tournament, with the added participation of teams from Sri Lanka, New Zealand and the West Indies. Pakistan's participation was removed due to the decline between Pakistan and India's cricket boards arising from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which caused the 2008 tournament to be cancelled. Lalit Modi, the chairman of the tournament, claimed the Pakistan government was unwilling to give Pakistan players clearance to travel to India.[1] Representatives of the Pakistan Cricket Board claimed they were not contacted on the matter.[6]
| Domestic tournament | Teams from | Teams |
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| 2009 Indian Premier League | | 3 (top three teams) |
| 2008–09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash | | 2 (winners and runners-up) |
| 2008–09 Standard Bank Pro20 | | 2 (winners and runners-up) |
| 2009 Twenty20 Cup |  | 2 (winners and runners-up) |
| 2008–09 State Twenty20 |  | 1 (winners) |
| 2008 Stanford 20/20 |  | 1 (winners) |
| 2008–09 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 |  | 1 (winners) |
Teams
There are players who are a part of more than one qualified team. In that case, a player can play for his "home" team (the team from the country he is eligible to represent in international cricket) without consequence. If he plays for any other team, that team must pay the home team US$200,000 as compensation. Only Dirk Nannes was named in more than one preliminary squad – that of the Delhi Daredevils and his "home" team the Victorian Bushrangers. Delhi paid Victoria US$200,000 to retain Nannes.[8]
| Team | Domestic tournament | Position | Group |
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| New South Wales Blues | | Winners | B |
| Victorian Bushrangers | | Runners-up | D |
| Cape Cobras | | Winners | C |
| Diamond Eagles | | Runners-up | B |
| Otago Volts | | Winners | C |
| Deccan Chargers | | Winners | A |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | | Runners-up | C |
| Delhi Daredevils | | Third place | D |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | Winners | A |
| Wayamba | | Winners | D |
| Sussex Sharks | | Winners | B |
| Somerset Sabres | | Runners-up | A |
- ^ The Delhi Daredevils were the best performing semi-finalist in the group stage of the 2009 Indian Premier League.
Venues
| Bangalore | Delhi | Hyderabad | |
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| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Capacity: 40,000 Matches: 6 |
Feroz Shah Kotla Capacity: 48,000 Matches: 8 |
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Capacity: 40,000 Matches: 9 | |
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Reception
The tournament was low in popularity due to the lack of team recognition outside the three teams from the host nation India. Matches not involving these teams drew low television ratings and attendances. The Indian teams also had poor performances.[9]
Fixtures
- All times shown are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.175 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.000 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.175 |
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- Somerset Sabres won the toss and chose to field.
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- Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to field.
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +2.200 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.325 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.875 |
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- New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to bat.
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95/8 (20 overs) | |
CD Nash 24 (30) MC Henriques 3/23 (4 overs) |
- New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to bat.
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.529 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1.839 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −3.350 |
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- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Otago won the toss and chose to field.
- Andrew Puttick became the first to score a century in the Champions League Twenty20.
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- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bat.
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.700 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.136 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −0.875 |
Delhi Daredevils 98/8 (20 overs) |
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- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat.
Delhi Daredevils 170/5 (20 overs) |
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- Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Wayamba won the toss and chose to bat.
League stage
League A
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.378 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +1.843 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.110 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −2.005 |
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WJ Durston 57 (32) CJD de Villiers 4/17 (4 overs) |
MN van Wyk 47 (41) AC Thomas 2/20 (3.4 overs) |
- Somerset Sabres won the toss and chose to bat.
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- New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to bat.
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- New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to field.
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- Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and chose to bat.
League B
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +0.911 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −0.219 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.114 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.398 |
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- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Victoria won the toss and chose to bat.
Delhi Daredevils 138/6 (20 overs) |
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- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to field.
Knockout stage
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| B1 | | 90/9 (20 ov) | |||||||
| A2 | | 169/7 (20 ov) | |||||||
| A2 | | 159/9 (20 ov) | |||||||
| A1 | | 118 (15.5 ov) | |||||||
| B2 | | 175/5 (20 ov) | |||||||
| A1 | | 178/3 (19.2 ov) | |||||||
Semi-finals
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- New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to bat.
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- Cape Cobras won the toss and chose to bat.
Final
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- Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and chose to field.
Final standings
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Statistics
Most runs
| Player[10] | Team | Runs | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s |
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| JP Duminy | | 224 | 112.00 | 140.00 | 0 | 2 |
| David Warner | | 207 | 34.50 | 140.81 | 0 | 1 |
| Phillip Hughes | | 202 | 40.40 | 108.02 | 0 | 2 |
| Ross Taylor | | 152 | 76.00 | 190.00 | 0 | 2 |
| Kieron Pollard | | 146 | 36.50 | 197.29 | 0 | 1 |
Most wickets
| Player[11] | Team | Wickets | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
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| Dwayne Bravo | | 12 | 15.83 | 8.63 | 11.0 |
| Moisés Henriques | | 10 | 11.60 | 7.03 | 9.9 |
| Clint McKay | | 10 | 12.00 | 6.00 | 12.0 |
| Dirk Nannes | | 9 | 8.77 | 5.26 | 10.0 |
| Stuart Clark | | 9 | 12.44 | 4.90 | 15.2 |
See also
References
- "Champions League expanded from eight to 12 teams". Cricinfo. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- Alter, Jamie (7 October 2009). "Stage set for cricket's latest twist". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- "Decision looms for CLT20 players". Cricket Australia. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- "English teams eye Twenty20 glory". BBC Sport. 7 October 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- "T20 Champions League winners to get USD 2.5 million". The Indian Express. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- Samiuddin, Osman (26 May 2009). "Pakistan not consulted over Champions League exclusion". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- "Meet the teams". CricInfo. ESPN. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- "Dirk Nannes to play for Delhi Daredevils in Champions League". IPLPulse. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- "Champions League Twenty20 has challenges - Sundar Raman". CricInfo. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- "Champions League Twenty20, 2009/10 / Records / Most runs". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- "Champions League Twenty20, 2009/10 / Records / Most wickets". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
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