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Revision as of 20:55, 25 August 2012

2012 Champions League Twenty20
Administrator(s)BCCI, CA, CSA
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Host(s) South Africa[1]
Participants10 (group stage)
14 (total)[2]
Matches29
Official websitewww.clt20.com
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The 2012 Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) will be the fourth edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It will be held in South Africa from 9 to 28 October 2012.[1][3] This edition is significant for being the first to feature a Pakistani team.

This was the first season to have Karbonn Mobiles as the title sponsor. They replaced Nokia, who withdrew from their four-year deal after just one year.[4]

Background

In Twenty20 cricket

Since the previous edition, three Test-playing nations introduced new premier Twenty20 tournaments. Australia created the Big Bash League, which began in December 2011. Compared to the previous KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, it has more teams, matches and overseas players.[5] It was very well received with high attendance and television viewership.[6][7] The inaugural season of the Sri Lanka Premier League was held in August 2012 and featured new privately-owned teams and participation from overseas players.[8] Sri Lanka's previous Twenty20 tournament had a low profile and a primary focus on providing opportunities for players.[9] Bangladesh, the lowest ranked in Test cricket, created the Bangladesh Premier League, their first premier Twenty20 tournament, in February 2012.[10] However, their teams were not considered for the CLT20.

Other nations made no major changes to their tournaments. The Indian Premier League, the most popular domestic Twenty20 tournament, experienced an increase in attendance and public interest after a poor 2011 season. Its success was attributed to the excitement and memorable moments from its competitive matches, where 30% of the matches ended in the last over. The final, played in front of a full stadium, was a high-scoring match and involved a tight run chase also ending in the last over.[11] South Africa's MiWay T20 Challenge included a new team to give exposure to more players but was disbanded after the season.[12][13]

The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 will directly precede the 2012 CLT20.

Team preparation

As preparations for the tournament, the Trinidad and Tobago team will play two Twenty20 competitions, both held at their home ground of Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. They will play in the "Twenty20 for 50" competition, held 24 to 26 August and also involving Jamaica and two all-star teams—the Daren Ganga XI and the Brian Lara XI.[14][15] From 6 to 8 September, T&T will play the "Asia vs the Caribbean" tournament also involving the national teams of Barbados, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.[16][17]

Format

The tournament will feature a qualifying stage, introduced in the 2011 edition.[3] As with all previous editions, the tournament format was changed: only two teams qualify from the qualifying stage to the group stage.[18]

Six teams participate in the qualifying stage, from which two teams advance to the group stage to join eight direct entrants. The top four teams from the group stage advance to the knockout stage. The qualifying and group stages have the teams divided into two equal groups, with each playing a round-robin tournament, and the top two teams of each group advance to the next stage. The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, with the top team of one group facing the second from the other. The winners of the semi-finals play the grand final to determine the winners of the competition.

Points awarded in the qualifying and group stages:

Result Points
Win 2 points
No result 1 point
Loss 0 points

Prize money

Same as previous editions, the total prize money for the competition is US$6 million. In addition to the prize money, each team receives a participation fee of $500,000. The prize money will be distributed as follows:

  • $200,000 – Each team eliminated in the group stage
  • $500,000 – Each semi-finalist
  • $1.3 million – Runners-up
  • $2.5 million – Winners

Qualification

This tournament will feature a team from Pakistan for the first time, as they will participate in the qualifying tournament. Pakistan's participation had not been considered for past editions of the tournament due to the hostility between India and Pakistan since the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The attacks were also responsible for the cancellation of the planned first edition of the tournament in 2008, for which a Pakistan team had qualified.[19][20][21]

Representation from Australia changes to teams from the Big Bash League, which replaced their previous premier Twenty20 tournament and features new city-based teams instead of the previous first-class teams.[22] While the 2011 edition had the fourth-placed Indian team play the qualifying stage, this year's team, the Mumbai Indians, directly qualified for the main tournament on account of being the defending champions.[23]

Qualifying tournaments[18]
Domestic tournament Teams from Teams
2012 Indian Premier League  India 4 (Top four teams)
2011–12 Big Bash League  Australia 2 (Winners and runners-up)[24][25]
2011–12 MiWay T20 Challenge  South Africa 2 (Winners and runners-up)
Qualifying stage Various 2 (Top team from each group)

Teams

This edition will not feature the Royal Challengers Bangalore, who participated in all previous editions.[26][27] The New South Wales Blues, who won the 2009 tournament, no longer play Twenty20 cricket. However, the Sydney Sixers contain many former Blues players in their squad.[28] Nine Sixers players were in the Blues' squad from the 2011 tournament and four played in the team that won the 2009 final, including player of the final and series Brett Lee.[29]

Qualified teams
Team Domestic tournament Position Appearance Qualified
Perth Scorchers[24] Australia 2011–12 Big Bash League Runners-up 1st 21 January 2012
Sydney Sixers[25] Australia 2011–12 Big Bash League Winners 1st 22 January 2012
Highveld Lions[30][31] South Africa 2011–12 MiWay T20 Challenge Runners-up 2nd 18 March 2012
Titans[32] South Africa 2011–12 MiWay T20 Challenge Winners 1st 1 April 2012
Delhi Daredevils[33] India 2012 Indian Premier League Third place 2nd 15 May 2012
Kolkata Knight Riders[33] India 2012 Indian Premier League Winners 2nd 17 May 2012
Mumbai Indians[18] India 2012 Indian Premier League Fourth place 3rd 19 May 2012
Chennai Super Kings[34] India 2012 Indian Premier League Runners-up 3rd 20 May 2012
TBD Qualifying stage Pool 1 winners TBD 11 October 2012
TBD Qualifying stage Pool 2 winners TBD 11 October 2012
Teams participating in the qualifying stage[2]
Team Domestic tournament Position Qualified
Auckland Aces[35] New Zealand 2011–12 HRV Cup Winners 22 January 2012
Trinidad and Tobago[36] Cricket West Indies 2011–12 Caribbean Twenty20 Winners 22 January 2012
Sialkot Stallions[37] Pakistan 2012 Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup[38] Winners 1 April 2012
Yorkshire Carnegie England 2012 Friends Life t20 Finalists 25 August 2012
Hampshire Royals England 2012 Friends Life t20 Finalists 25 August 2012
TBD Sri Lanka 2012 Sri Lanka Premier League Winners 31 August 2012

Squads

Main article: 2012 Champions League Twenty20 squads

As with previous editions, several players qualified for the tournament with multiple teams, allowing them to play for the teams of their choosing. Should a player decline the option of playing for his "home" team, his chosen team must pay the "home" team a compensation fee of $150,000.[39] In previous editions, the Indian Premier League teams were the most popular choice.[40]

This year, the Trinidad and Tobago team make their third appearance in the tournament and were more determined than previous editions to have Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine play for them (their "home" team) instead of their IPL teams.[41] The T&T government offered to match the higher match fees given by the IPL teams as compensation. In June, T&T sports minister Anil Roberts announced that the players were close to signing memorandums of understanding to play for T&T.[42] However, all three players were named in the provisional squads of both T&T and their IPL teams.[43] On 24 August, Brian Lara stated that "Dwayne Bravo and Sunil will not be playing for Trinidad and Tobago in the [Champions League]."[44]

Venues

The organisers originally considered hosting the tournament at five venues across India: Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and New Delhi.[3] This was later changed due to the possibility of monsoons and Durga Puja celebrations and the organisers chose South Africa as the host.[45] The teams that qualified through the Indian Premier League were opposed to this idea as it would likely affect their revenue, which is dependent on television viewership.[46] The venues are: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Centurion and Durban.[1]

Durban Centurion Johannesburg Cape Town
Kingsmead
Capacity: 25,000 		SuperSport Park
Capacity: 20,000 		New Wanderers Stadium
Capacity: 34,000 		Newlands
Capacity: 25,000
Kingsmead SuperSport Park New Wanderers Stadium Newlands

Fixtures

All times shown are in South African Standard Time (UTC+02).

Qualifying stage

Pool 1

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
England Yorkshire Carnegie 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
New Zealand Auckland Aces 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
Pakistan Sialkot Stallions 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
10 October
13:30
Scorecard
v
England TBD

Pool 2

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
England Hamshire Royals 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
Sri Lanka TBD 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
 Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
9 October
13:30
Scorecard
TBD England
v
Sri Lanka TBD
10 October
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
England TBD

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Australia Perth Scorchers 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
India Delhi Daredevils 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
India Kolkata Knight Riders 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
South Africa Titans 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
Pool 2 winners 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
15 October
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
TBD
17 October
13:30
Scorecard
v
TBD
Match 8
Kingsmead, Durban
19 October
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
TBD
Match 12
Kingsmead, Durban
21 October
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 16
Newlands, Cape Town
23 October
13:30
Scorecard
v
TBD

Group B

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Australia Sydney Sixers 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
India Chennai Super Kings 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
India Mumbai Indians 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
South Africa Highveld Lions 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
Pool 1 winners 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
16 October
13:30
Scorecard
v
TBD
18 October
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
TBD
Match 11
Newlands, Cape Town
20 October
13:30
Scorecard
v
TBD
22 October
13:30
Scorecard
v
TBD
Match 17
Kingsmead, Durban
22 October
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 18
Kingsmead, Durban

Knockout stage

Semifinals Finals
      
A1  
B2  
 
 
A2  
B1  
Semi-finals
25 October
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Group A winners
v
Group B runners-up
Semi-final
Kingsmead, Durban
26 October
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Group B winners
v
Group A runners-up
Final
28 October
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD

Criticism

The changes to the tournament format were met with criticism from the Trinidad and Tobago team. The changes resulted in the Mumbai Indians receiving a spot in the group stage previously given to a team from the qualifying stage, leaving Trinidad and Tobago with a lesser chance of advancing to the group stage. The Mumbai Indians were given the spot on account of being the defending champions. This also meant that the eight teams receiving direct entry are all from India, Australia and South Africa, the three countries arranging the tournament. These teams were selected instead of Trinidad and Tobago despite their good performances in past editions and their win-loss record—the best in the history of the tournament.[47][48]

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