Champions League Twenty20 2009

Twenty20 Champions League - Which country will the winners come from?

  • England

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • South Africa

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • India

    Votes: 1 5.9%

  • Australia

    Votes: 7 41.2%

  • New Zealand

    Votes: 9 52.9%

  • Sri Lanka

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • West Indies

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    17
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Re: Champions League Twenty20 2009

I don't get it, I haven't been following the results very closely.

Is it Victoria vs T&T and Cape Cobras vs NSW? Or Victoria vs NSW and Cape Cobras vs T&T?
 
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Boris;371472 said:
I don't get it, I haven't been following the results very closely.

Is it Victoria vs T&T and Cape Cobras vs NSW? Or Victoria vs NSW and Cape Cobras vs T&T?
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The Aussie sides do battle at the shit heap of a pitch in Delhi on Wednesday night whilst Cobras and T&T head to Hyderbad or whatever its called on Thursday night which will also host the final on Friday
 
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eddiesmith;371489 said:
The Aussie sides do battle at the shit heap of a pitch in Delhi on Wednesday night whilst Cobras and T&T head to Hyderbad or whatever its called on Thursday night which will also host the final on Friday
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Dang, an all Aussie final would have been something to brag about to the Indians.

Hoping for NSW vs T&T in the final then. From there I don't really care who wins.
 
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Wow, I didn't expect NSW to beat Victoria so badly.

Brad Hodge still doing nothing to suggest he should be in the Australian team.
 
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Hahahaha that was a great game. I don't like NSW, but when the Vics are the only other choice I guess I was barracking for them...

Gotta love Warner.

I am not going to say anything about Siddle to avoid excuses made by others. :p
 
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Ljp86;371730 said:
Wow, I didn't expect NSW to beat Victoria so badly.

Brad Hodge still doing nothing to suggest he should be in the Australian team.
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It was on from the first 6 overs, cant chase much in those conditions unless the bowlers bowl as stupidly as Siddle did with the new ball

As for Hodgey he has never done well in India, then again Ponting never made a run in a test match in India for a long time and it hasnt hurt him

Hopefully with the IPL sides showing they arent that good the Indian board may actually agree to share the tournament around
 
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eddiesmith;371746 said:
It was on from the first 6 overs, cant chase much in those conditions unless the bowlers bowl as stupidly as Siddle did with the new ball

As for Hodgey he has never done well in India, then again Ponting never made a run in a test match in India for a long time and it hasnt hurt him

Hopefully with the IPL sides showing they arent that good the Indian board may actually agree to share the tournament around
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I bet you are just sitting there waiting for me to make a comment on that :p hahaha

Good match though, no matter the result. T20s are best if one side gets slaughtered.

By the way have I announced yet that I like Warner?
 
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A bit inexperienced, was some good experience for some of our younger players like Siddle, Wade and Holland who have played very little T20. Holland probably shouldnt have played, but it seems his Aussie selection almost forced them to play him ahead of the better McGain

But last night Siddle bowled very well to Hughes, problem was he tried the same thing to Warner :eek:
 
Re: Champions League Twenty20 2009

eddiesmith;371754 said:
A bit inexperienced, was some good experience for some of our younger players like Siddle, Wade and Holland who have played very little T20. Holland probably shouldnt have played, but it seems his Aussie selection almost forced them to play him ahead of the better McGain

But last night Siddle bowled very well to Hughes, problem was he tried the same thing to Warner :eek:
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Yeah Warner is in pretty damn good form lately. I like him for the ODI team actually. Opening with Marsh is my big plan in my head.

Putting aside my opinions of Siddle, do you think he is an T20 bowler? I think he isn't a limited overs bowler whatsoever, Tests should be his forte. And with the way things are these days you can't play all three forms with success in reality. In a couple of years time if the same trend continues there is going to be about a 1000 ODIs per year, there is going to have to be specific players for each IMO.
 
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I think he should be allowed to develop more at the test level without worrying about ODI and T20 bowling as well

As for Warner, T20's are his area for the time being
 
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My thoughts exactly.

Glad to see we actually have something in agreement in relation to cricket!
 
Re: Champions League Twenty20 2009

New South Wales will play Trinidad and Tobago in the final of the lucrative Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament in India.

The winner of the game Friday night Australian time will take home $A2.7 million.

Trinidad and Tobago beat South Africa's Cape Cobras by seven wickets in their semi-final at Hyderabad on Thursday.

The Cobras made 5-175 from their 20 overs, boosted by an unbeaten 61 from JP Duminy and 42 from Herschelle Gibbs.

The Caribbean side passed the target with four balls to spare, Dwayne Bravo striking 58 not out and Daren Ganga unbeaten on 44.

Trinidad and Tobago beat NSW in the Super Six round.
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Blues to play West Indians in Champions League final - Cricket - Sport
 
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And a great article on Katich's tactics for the tournament! ;)

IT TAKES only the briefest look at Simon Katich's batting to know that he is a cricketer who ignores orthodoxy. The same can be said for his highly rated captaincy.

The Blues batsmen no longer have set positions in the line-up - they bat according to the play.

NSW have six right-handed batsmen but so far this tournament the only pair of right-handers to have batted together is Nathan Hauritz and Brett Lee, and that was for two balls against Victoria in the semi-finals. Two balls out of 551.

Once one of the openers is dismissed, there is a left-hand, right-hand combination at the crease for most of the remaining overs.

And only five NSW players are guaranteed their batting positions in the order. Openers David Warner and Phillip Hughes are not negotiable, while bowlers Hauritz, Stuart Clark and Doug Bollinger anchor the innings. The remaining six are expected to slide up and down the order depending not only on the match situation but on who has just been dismissed.

This is how they do it: NSW split their top eight batsmen into two groups. Hughes heads one group, featuring fellow left-handers Katich and Ben Rohrer. If Hughes is dismissed early, he is replaced by Katich to stabilise the innings. If the opener lasts until the final overs then the big-hitting Rohrer comes in.
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Katich the brains behind Blues' revolutionary tactics - Cricket - Sport
 
Re: Champions League Twenty20 2009

Good win to NSW. Didn't think 159 would be enough but their bowling attack came through for them again. Lee was impressive once more and Clark cleaned up the tail.

Fairly handy paypacket too.
 
Re: Champions League Twenty20 2009

The biggest thing for me were the flippers that steve smith squeezed out during the tournament. At twenty smith could be nsw best young legspinner since Philpott in the 1960's.
 
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