2009 Champions League Twenty20

2009 Champions League Twenty20
Administrator(s)	BCCI; Cricket Australia; Cricket South Africa;
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)	India
Champions	New South Wales Blues (1st title)
Runners-up	Trinidad and Tobago
Participants	12
Matches	23
Player of the series	Brett Lee
Most runs	JP Duminy (224)
Most wickets	Dwayne Bravo (12)
Official website	www.clt20.com
	← 2008 2010 →

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 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.

Format[edit]

The tournament had 23 matches, and is divided into three stages: the group; league; and knockout stages.

During group stage teams were divided into four groups, with each group having three teams. Each team played both of the other teams in their group once with the top two teams in each group advancing to the league stage, in which two new groups were created, each of four teams. Another round-robin tournament was played in each league, although teams that faced each other during the group stage did not play each other again, with the result from their first meeting carried forward. The top two teams from each league advanced to the knockout stage, which consisted of two semi-finals followed by a final.^[2]

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]^[4]^[5]

Qualification[edit]

This tournament featured 12 teams,^[6] an increase from the eight teams for the planned 2008 tournament. Teams were added from New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and the West Indies and the inclusion of a team from Pakistan was removed due to the decline in the relationship between the Indian and Pakistani cricket boards following from the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Lalit Modi, the chairman of the tournament, claimed the Pakistan government was unwilling to give Pakistan players clearance to travel to India,^[1] although representatives of the Pakistan Cricket Board claimed they were not contacted on the matter.^[7]

Cricket board	Tournament	Number of teams	Teams
Australia	2008–09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash	2 (winners and runners-up)	New South Wales Blues Victoria Bushrangers
England and Wales	2009 Twenty20 Cup	2 (winners and runners-up)	Somerset Sabres Sussex Sharks
India	2009 Indian Premier League	3 (top three teams)	Deccan Chargers Delhi Daredevils Royal Challengers Bangalore
New Zealand	2008–09 State Twenty20	1 (winners)	Otago Volts
South Africa	2008–09 Standard Bank Pro20	2 (winners and runners-up)	Cape Cobras Diamond Eagles
Sri Lanka	2008–09 Inter-Provincial Twenty20	1 (winners)	Wayamba
West Indies	2008 Stanford 20/20	1 (winners)	Trinidad and Tobago

Players[edit]

There were a number of cases where players were a part of more than one of the teams which had qualified for the tournament. In these cases the player was allowed to only play for the team from the country he was eligible to represent in international cricket unless another team paid US$200,000 compensation. Only Dirk Nannes was named in more than one preliminary squad – those of Delhi Daredevils and his "home" team, the Victorian Bushrangers. Delhi paid Victoria US$200,000 to retain Nannes.^[8]

Venues[edit]

Bangalore

Delhi

Hyderabad

Three venues were used during the competition, the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi and the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad. The semi-finals were played at Delhi and Hyderabad and the final at Hyderabad.

Reception[edit]

The tournament was generally not received favourably due to the lack of team recognition outside of the three Indian sides. Matches not involving these teams drew low television ratings and attendances whilst the three Indian teams performed poorly.^[9]

Group stage fixture[edit]

All times shown are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	0	4	1.175
2	Somerset Sabres	2	1	1	2	−1.000
3	Deccan Chargers	2	0	2	0	−0.175

Source: Full table on cricinfo

10 October	Deccan Chargers 153/9 (20 overs)	v	Somerset Sabres 157/9 (20 overs)	Somerset Sabres won by 1 wicket
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Deccan Chargers 153/9 (20 overs)	v	Somerset Sabres 157/9 (20 overs)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Daryl Harper and Rudi Koertzen Player of the match: AC Thomas (Somerset)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	VVS Laxman 46 (35) BJ Phillips 3/31 (4 overs)		AC Thomas 30* (17) RP Singh 3/23 (4 overs)
Somerset Sabres won the toss and chose to field.

12 October	Trinidad and Tobago 150/9 (20 overs)	v	Somerset Sabres 106 (20 overs)	Trinidad and Tobago won by 44 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Trinidad and Tobago 150/9 (20 overs)	v	Somerset Sabres 106 (20 overs)	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Shavir Tarapore and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: S Ganga (Trinidad and Tobago)
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	D Ramdin 39 (39) CM Willoughby 3/35 (4 overs)		Z de Bruyn 43* (39) DJ Bravo 4/23 (4 overs)
Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and chose to bat.

14 October	Trinidad and Tobago 149/7 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers 146/9 (20 overs)	Trinidad and Tobago won by 3 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Trinidad and Tobago 149/7 (20 overs)	v	Deccan Chargers 146/9 (20 overs)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Daryl Harper and Rudi Koertzen Player of the match: DJ Bravo (Trinidad and Tobago)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	WKD Perkins 38 (32) FH Edwards 3/32 (4 overs)		AC Gilchrist 51 (36) DJ Bravo 3/24 (4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to field.

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	New South Wales Blues	2	2	0	4	2.200
2	Diamond Eagles	2	1	1	2	−1.325
3	Sussex Sharks	2	0	2	0	−0.875

Source: Full table on cricinfo

9 October	New South Wales Blues 144/6 (20 overs)	v	Diamond Eagles 91/9 (20 overs)	New South Wales Blues won by 53 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	New South Wales Blues 144/6 (20 overs)	v	Diamond Eagles 91/9 (20 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Sanjay Hazare Player of the match: SM Katich (New South Wales Blues)
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	SM Katich 53 (41) SC van Schalkwyk 2/22 (3 overs)		R McLaren 40 (37) SR Clark 3/12 (4 overs)
New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to bat.

11 October	New South Wales Blues 130/2 (20 overs)	v	Sussex Sharks 95/8 (20 overs)	New South Wales Blues won by 35 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	New South Wales Blues 130/2 (20 overs)	v	Sussex Sharks 95/8 (20 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Sanjay Hazare Player of the match: MC Henriques (New South Wales Blues)
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	PJ Hughes 62* (64) PP Chawla 1/21 (2 overs)		CD Nash 24 (30) MC Henriques 3/23 (4 overs)
New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to bat.

13 October	Sussex Sharks 119/7 (20 overs)	v	Diamond Eagles 119/4 (20 overs)	Match tied; Diamond Eagles won by Super Over
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Sussex Sharks 119/7 (20 overs)	v	Diamond Eagles 119/4 (20 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Sanjay Hazare Player of the match: RR Rossouw (Diamond Eagles)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	JS Gatting 25 (22) CJD de Villiers 2/20 (4 overs)		RR Rossouw 65 (62) RJ Hamilton-Brown 2/15 (3 overs)
Sussex Sharks won the toss and chose to bat.

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Cape Cobras	2	2	0	4	1.529
2	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2	1	1	2	1.839
3	Otago Volts	2	0	2	0	−3.350

Source: Full table on cricinfo

8 October	Royal Challengers Bangalore 180/4 (20 overs)	v	Cape Cobras 184/5 (19.4 overs)	Cape Cobras won by 5 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Royal Challengers Bangalore 180/4 (20 overs)	v	Cape Cobras 184/5 (19.4 overs)	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Brian Jerling and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: JP Duminy (Cape Cobras)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	LRPL Taylor 53* (24) CK Langeveldt 1/12 (3 overs)		JP Duminy 99* (52) Praveen Kumar 3/32 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bat.

10 October	Cape Cobras 193/4 (20 overs)	v	Otago Volts 139 (17.1 overs)	Cape Cobras won by 54 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Cape Cobras 193/4 (20 overs)	v	Otago Volts 139 (17.1 overs)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Daryl Harper and Amiesh Saheba Player of the match: AG Puttick (Cape Cobras)
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	AG Puttick 104* (62) AD Mascarenhas 2/20 (4 overs)		NL McCullum 38 (21) RK Kleinveldt 3/24 (3 overs)
Otago won the toss and chose to field. Andrew Puttick became the first to score a century in the Champions League Twenty20.

12 October	Royal Challengers Bangalore 188/2 (20 overs)	v	Otago Volts 108 (17.5 overs)	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 80 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Royal Challengers Bangalore 188/2 (20 overs)	v	Otago Volts 108 (17.5 overs)	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Brian Jerling and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: JH Kallis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	JH Kallis 73* (59) AJ Redmond 1/23 (3 overs)		CD Cumming 20 (17) JH Kallis 3/18 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bat.

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Daredevils	2	1	1	2	0.700
2	Victorian Bushrangers	2	1	1	2	0.136
3	Wayamba	2	1	1	2	−0.875

Source: Full table on cricinfo

9 October	Delhi Daredevils 98/8 (20 overs)	v	Victorian Bushrangers 100/3 (16.4 overs)	Victorian Bushrangers won by 7 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Delhi Daredevils 98/8 (20 overs)	v	Victorian Bushrangers 100/3 (16.4 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Billy Doctrove Player of the match: CJ McKay (Victorian Bushrangers)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	M Manhas 25 (34) CJ McKay 3/17 (4 overs)		RJ Quiney 40 (33) TM Dilshan 1/14 (4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat.

11 October	Delhi Daredevils 170/5 (20 overs)	v	Wayamba 120/7 (20 overs)	Delhi Daredevils won by 50 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Delhi Daredevils 170/5 (20 overs)	v	Wayamba 120/7 (20 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Sanjay Hazare Player of the match: V Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	V Sehwag 66 (42) UWMBCA Welegedara 2/24 (4 overs)		DPMD Jayawardene 53 (40) DP Nannes 4/24 (4 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat.

13 October	Wayamba 118/9 (20 overs)	v	Victorian Bushrangers 103/4 (20 overs)	Wayamba won by 15 runs
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Wayamba 118/9 (20 overs)	v	Victorian Bushrangers 103/4 (20 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Sanjay Hazare Player of the match: SM Harwood (Victorian Bushrangers)
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	MG Vandort 42 (44) SM Harwood 3/14 (4 overs)		BJ Hodge 44* (52) Chanaka Welegedara 2/18 (4 overs)
Wayamba won the toss and chose to bat.

League stage fixtures[edit]

League A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	0	6	1.378
2	New South Wales Blues	3	2	1	4	1.843
3	Diamond Eagles	3	1	2	2	−1.110
4	Somerset Sabres	3	0	3	0	−2.005

Source: Full table on cricinfo

16 October	Somerset Sabres 132/8 (20 overs)	v	Diamond Eagles 133/5 (18.4 overs)	Diamond Eagles won by 5 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Somerset Sabres 132/8 (20 overs)	v	Diamond Eagles 133/5 (18.4 overs)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Amiesh Saheba Player of the match: CJD de Villiers (Diamond Eagles)
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	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.

16 October	New South Wales Blues 170/4 (20 overs)	v	Trinidad and Tobago 171/6 (18.3 overs)	Trinidad and Tobago won by 4 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	New South Wales Blues 170/4 (20 overs)	v	Trinidad and Tobago 171/6 (18.3 overs)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Daryl Harper and Amiesh Saheba Player of the match: KA Pollard (Trinidad and Tobago)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	PJ Hughes 83 (64) DJ Bravo 3/31 (4 overs)		KA Pollard 54* (18) B Lee 1/17 (3 overs)
New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to bat.

18 October	Somerset Sabres 111/7 (20 overs)	v	New South Wales Blues 112/4 (11.5 overs)	New South Wales Blues won by 6 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Somerset Sabres 111/7 (20 overs)	v	New South Wales Blues 112/4 (11.5 overs)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Daryl Harper and Rudi Koertzen Player of the match: SR Clark (New South Wales Blues)
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Z de Bruyn 23 (32) SR Clark 3/15 (4 overs)		DA Warner 40 (16) Z de Bruyn 2/19 (2 overs)
New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to field.

18 October	Trinidad and Tobago 213/4 (20 overs)	v	Diamond Eagles 189/5 (20 overs)	Trinidad and Tobago won by 24 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Trinidad and Tobago 213/4 (20 overs)	v	Diamond Eagles 189/5 (20 overs)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Amiesh Saheba Player of the match: AB Barath (Trinidad and Tobago)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	AB Barath 63 (41) MS Tshabalala 1/23 (2 overs)		RR Rossouw 44 (19) S Ganga, KA Pollard 2/25 (3 overs)
Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and chose to bat.

League B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Victorian Bushrangers	3	2	1	4	0.911
2	Cape Cobras	3	2	1	4	−0.219
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore	3	1	2	2	−0.114
4	Delhi Daredevils	3	1	2	2	−0.398

Source: Full table on cricinfo

15 October	Royal Challengers Bangalore 127/6 (20 overs)	v	Victorian Bushrangers 133/3 (15.5 overs)	Victorian Bushrangers won by 7 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Royal Challengers Bangalore 127/6 (20 overs)	v	Victorian Bushrangers 133/3 (15.5 overs)	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Brian Jerling and Shavir Tarapore Player of the match: AB McDonald (Victorian Bushrangers)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	MK Pandey 39 (28) AB McDonald 4/21 (4 overs)		DJ Hussey 31* (15) B Akhil, RE van der Merwe 1/20 (3 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bat.

17 October	Victorian Bushrangers 125/5 (17 overs)	v	Cape Cobras 129/2 (16 overs)	Cape Cobras won by 8 wickets
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Victorian Bushrangers 125/5 (17 overs)	v	Cape Cobras 129/2 (16 overs)	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Shavir Tarapore and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: H Davids (Cape Cobras)
16:00 (D/N) Scorecard	AB McDonald 29* (22) M Zondeki 2/21 (4 overs)		H Davids 69* (54) PM Siddle 1/19 (4 overs)
Victoria won the toss and chose to bat.

17 October	Delhi Daredevils 138/6 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 139/2 (15.1 overs)	Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Delhi Daredevils 138/6 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 139/2 (15.1 overs)	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Brian Jerling and Russell Tiffin Player of the match: LRPL Taylor (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	V Sehwag 47 (29) A Kumble 3/20 (4 overs)		LRPL Taylor 65 (38) DP Nannes 2/19 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to field.

19 October	Delhi Daredevils 114/6 (20 overs)	v	Cape Cobras 84 (18.3 overs)	Delhi Daredevils won by 30 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Delhi Daredevils 114/6 (20 overs)	v	Cape Cobras 84 (18.3 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Billy Doctrove Player of the match: OA Shah (Delhi Daredevils)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	OA Shah 39* (38) JL Ontong 2/8 (1 over)		H Davids 22 (29) DP Nannes 3/19 (4 overs)
Cape Cobras won the toss and chose to field.

Knockout stage[edit]

Semifinals			Finals

B1	Victorian Bushrangers	90/9 (20 ov)

A2	New South Wales Blues	169/7 (20 ov)
			A2	New South Wales Blues	159/9 (20 ov)

			A1	Trinidad and Tobago	118 (15.5 ov)
B2	Cape Cobras	175/5 (20 ov)

A1	Trinidad and Tobago	178/3 (19.2 ov)

21 October	New South Wales Blues 169/7 (20 overs)	v	Victorian Bushrangers 90/9 (20 overs)	New South Wales Blues won by 79 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	New South Wales Blues 169/7 (20 overs)	v	Victorian Bushrangers 90/9 (20 overs)	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena and Billy Doctrove Player of the match: DA Warner (New South Wales Blues)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	DA Warner 48 (25) CJ McKay 3/27 (4 overs)		MS Wade 23* (29) Henriques 3/11 (3 overs)
New South Wales Blues won the toss and chose to bat.

22 October	Cape Cobras 175/5 (20 overs)	v	Trinidad and Tobago 178/3 (19.2 overs)	Trinidad and Tobago won by 7 wickets
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Cape Cobras 175/5 (20 overs)	v	Trinidad and Tobago 178/3 (19.2 overs)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Daryl Harper and Rudi Koertzen Player of the match: DJ Bravo (Trinidad and Tobago)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	JP Duminy 61* (40) LMP Simmons 2/17 (3 overs)		DJ Bravo 58* (34) JL Ontong 1/14 (2 overs)
Cape Cobras won the toss and chose to bat.

23 October	New South Wales Blues 159/9 (20 overs)	v	Trinidad and Tobago 118 (15.5 overs)	New South Wales Blues won by 41 runs
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	New South Wales Blues 159/9 (20 overs)	v	Trinidad and Tobago 118 (15.5 overs)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Attendance: 38,422 Umpires: Daryl Harper and Rudi Koertzen Player of the match: B Lee (New South Wales Blues)
20:00 (D/N) Scorecard	B Lee 48 (31) R Rampaul 3/20 (4 overs)		KA Pollard 26 (15) SR Clark 3/21 (3.5 overs)
Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and chose to field.

Statistics[edit]

Most runs[edit]

Player	Team	Runs
JP Duminy	Cape Cobras	224
David Warner	New South Wales Blues	207
Phillip Hughes	New South Wales Blues	202
Ross Taylor	Royal Challengers Bangalore	152
Kieron Pollard	Trinidad and Tobago	146

Source: CricInfo^[10]

Most wickets[edit]

Player	Team	Wickets
Dwayne Bravo	Trinidad and Tobago	12
Moisés Henriques	New South Wales Blues	10
Clint McKay	Victorian Bushrangers	10
Three players took nine wickets

Source: CricInfo^[11]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Meet the teams". CricInfo. ESPN. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
^ Samiuddin, Osman (26 May 2009). "Pakistan not consulted over Champions League exclusion". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 May 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.

External links[edit]

Tournament site on ESPN CricInfo

[teams-1] "Champions League expanded from eight to 12 teams". Cricinfo. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2009.

[2] Alter, Jamie (7 October 2009). "Stage set for cricket's latest twist". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

[3] "Decision looms for CLT20 players". Cricket Australia. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2010.

[4] "English teams eye Twenty20 glory". BBC Sport. 7 October 2009. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2009.

[5] "T20 Champions League winners to get USD 2.5 million". The Indian Express. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2010.

[6] "Meet the teams". CricInfo. ESPN. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

[7] Samiuddin, Osman (26 May 2009). "Pakistan not consulted over Champions League exclusion". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

[8] "Dirk Nannes to play for Delhi Daredevils in Champions League". IPLPulse. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2010.

[9] "Champions League Twenty20 has challenges - Sundar Raman". CricInfo. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.

[10] "Champions League Twenty20, 2009/10 / Records / Most runs". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.

[11] "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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