Airtel Champions League Twenty20 2009

Duminy played wonderfully yesterday

I am so happy Bevda team lost Ryder else would have won the match for them. Feel bad for Kumble though.


I hooe the whole league doesn't end up showing how bad the 'Indian Clubs' are

IPL Champions Deccan Chargers Knocked Out

The Hyderabad Jinx is not letting go off Deccan ChargersThey tried nine times but haven't won a game in Hyderabad yetThis latest defeat, by a three-run margin to Trinidad & Tobago, had serious consequences - it made the 2009 champions the only IPL team to crash out in the first round of the Champions League after losing both Group A matches

Trinidad & Tobago, on the other hand, are unexpected toppers and will carry forward two points to the second round from beating fellow qualifiers Somerset.

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Now comes the LEAGUE STAGE

The Two Leagues are as follows:

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Expect both billi and bevda team to be eliminated in stage two

Ok maybe not the bevdas. They donget a huge incentive to win courtesy Mallaya and am sure it would be too good[] to be missed

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Have Fun, Take part in debates, Read jokes, Ogle at Celebs; Just follow the Rules!

“There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.”

The league system is confusing Top two teams in each league already have a 2points each that means they have just to win one game to reach semis

Teams like Trinidad & Tobago,New South Wales Blues,Victorian Bushrangers & Cape Cobras already have two points each carried forward from their first-round win against Somerset Sabres,Diamond Eagles,Delhi Daredevils & Royal Challengers Bangalore

Each team plays just Two games in League instead of three

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Trescothick flies home from India

Marcus Trescothick has had to fly home from Somerset's Champions League campaign in India after a recurrence of his stress-related illness. He will play no further part in the event, even though Somerset have qualified for the second round of the campaign.

His latest setback occurred on the morning after Somerset's defeat to Trinidad & Tobago, a result that left their progression from the group stages hanging on the result of Trinidad's subsequent encounter with Deccan Chargers. He approached Somerset's director of cricket, Brian Rose, with his misgivings, and given his previous history of depression, the decision was immediately taken to fly him home.

Trescothick has been named as Justin Langer's successor as Somerset campaign next season, and was named as the PCA Player of the Year for 2009 after racking up 1817 first-class runs at 75 for the season, to help Somerset to a third-place finish in the First Division.

His illness first occurred during England's tour of India in February 2006, then reoccurred at the start of the Ashes campaign in Australia in November. In early 2008 he pulled out of a pre-season tour to Dubai after breaking down at Heathrow Airport, after which he formally announced his retirement from international cricket in March 2008

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Today's Diwali Double Header was Great

A Diwali that began with a bomb scare ended in fireworks as Royal Challengers Bangalore,having been eliminated before they took the field,after the Cobras beat Bushrangers, took Delhi Daredevils down with them

So IPL Teams are out of the Champions League

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1st semi-final - New South Wales v Victoria Venue:Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

2nd semi-final - Cape Cobras v Trinidad & Tobago Venue:Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Today is the First Semifinal but its a shame that it will be played on a sub-standard pitch at Delhi should have been at Bangalore instead

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As Jennings predicted,no IPL team qualified for the semis

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The Champions League Twenty20 gets the final it deserves: two champion teams at the peak of their prowess will clash for the trophy and the two finalists couldn't be more contrasting in nature.Its between a Side which was Favourites from the start and another side which were not even supposed to qualify for second round Hope to have a cracker of a game like last night

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