Victoria virtually assured themselves of a spot in the Champions League Twenty20 cricket semi-finals with a crushing seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday.
The Bushrangers bowlers rallied superbly to restrict the home side to 6-127 after they blazed 43 runs off the first five overs.
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The Champions League T20 could expand as early as next year into a larger tournament with more teams and a new home, with possible venues including England and South Africa. The ambitions reflect the fact that the pace of change in Twenty20 cricket is set at one speed level. Fast. The tournament is barely a week old and there is another eight days until its first final. No matter. Focus for all is on the future.
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Diamond Eagles defeated Sussex Sharks in a pulsating Super Over contest and joined New South Wales from Group B in the Super Eight stage of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament here today.
Riding on a six from Rilee Rossouw, Eagles scored nine runs in their Super Over and then Cornelius de Villiers bagged back-to-back wickets to seal the nail-bitting victory for the South African side.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore have crushed Otago by 80 runs in Bangalore to move through to the top-eight round of the Champions League Twenty20. South Africa's Jacques Kallis was the hero if the day as the home plundered 188 runs for the loss of just two wickets with Kallis contributing 73 from 59 balls.
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Rumours about Twenty20 cricket killing the one-day game may have been a bit exaggerated. TV ratings show more people watched the recently concluded Champions Trophy 50-overs tournament held in South Africa than those currently following the inaugural T20 Champions League in India.
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Delhi Daredevils defeated Wayamba Elevens by 50 runs in a Champions League Twenty20 Group D encounter at Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium here today.
Brief score:
Delhi Daredevils: 170 for 5 wickets in 20 overs (V Sehwag 66, D Karthik 61; A Welegedara 2/24, A Mendis 2/35).
Wayamba Elevens: 120 for 7 wickets in 20 overs (M Jayawardene 53, S de Zoysa 21 n.o.; D Nannes 4/24, G McGrath 2/20).
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Somerset Sabres have snatched a thrilling one-wicket victory over Deccan Chargers on the final ball of their Champions League Twenty20 match in Hyderabad.
An eighth-wicket partnership of 50 runs between Alfonso Thomas (30 from 17 balls) and James Hildreth (25 from 24 balls) was the match-winner with Thomas nailing two boundaries from the final three deliveries to seal victory.
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Otago face a sudden death match against Bangalore after losing their Champions League Twenty20 cricket opener by 54 runs to South Africa's Cape Cobras in Hyderabad, India, today.
Chasing 194 to win, Otago were hurt by three crucial run outs early in their innings as they folded for 139 in the 18th over in the group C match.
The New Zealand champions now need to beat the Royal Challengers, including Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor, on their home ground on Tuesday morning (NZT) to progress to the final eight.
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Victoria completed a fabulous first day for Australian teams in the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament in India with a crushing seven wicket win over Delhi Daredevils overnight.
In the early part of the Delhi double-header, NSW (6 for 144) scored a convincing 53-run win over South Africa's Diamond Eagles (9 for 91) in a group B clash.
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NSW 6-144 (Katich 52, Henriques 27, van Schalkwyk 2-22) d Diamond Eagles 9-91 (R McLaren 40, Clark 3-12, Henriques 2-13)
A devastating bowling and fielding performance propelled NSW to a 53-run thrashing of South Africa's Diamond Eagles in its opening match of the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday.
After posting a seemingly skinny 6-144 at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, the Blues reduced the Cobras to a humilating 5-25, before tailender Ryan McLaren (40) showed some belated grit to drag his side's total to 9-91. Stuart Clark was the pick of the NSW bowlers with 3-12 off his four overs.
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Jean-Paul Duminy struck a superb 99 as the Cape Cobras opened their campaign in the Champions League Twenty20 with a five-wicket win over the Royal Challengers in Bangalore.
The Challengers had seemed to have half the battle won when Robin Uthappa (51) and Ross Taylor (53 not out) hammered half-centuries to power the home side to a formidable 180 for four.
Praveen Kumar then claimed wickets in successive overs with the new ball as the South African side struggled to get up to speed, but Duminy led a remarkable revival, finishing unbeaten one run short of his century off 52 balls, as the Cobras completed an astonishing triumph with two deliveries to spare.
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At a glittering function at UB City in Bengaluru, the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 on Wednesday night honoured the outstanding performances by cricketers in domestic Twenty20 competitions from across the world over the past year.
Significantly, just one of the award winners is not participating in the Airtel Champions League Twenty20.
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Trinidad and Tobago: Daren Ganga (c), Sherwin Ganga, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons, Dave Mohammed, Keiron Pollard, William Perkins, Samuel Badree, Rayad Emrit, Navin Stewart, Sunil Narine, Adrian Barath.
Victorian Bushrangers: Cameron White (c), Bradley Hodge, Peter Siddle, David Hussey, Andrew McDonald, Jon Holland, Clinton McKay, Robert Quiney, Matthew Wade, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, John Hastings, Damien Wright, Bryce McGain.
Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir, Dirk Nannes, Dinesh Karthik, Daniel Vettori, Ashish Nehra, Amit Mishra, AB DeVilliers, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Pradeep Sangwan, Aavishkar Salvi, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas.
NSW Blues: Simon Katich (c), Phillip Hughes, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Moises Henriques, Nathan Hauritz, Daniel Smith, Doug Bollinger, Stephen O'Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Steven Smith, Aaron Bird, Dominic Thornely, David Warner.
Otago Volts: Craig Cumming (c), Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Aaron Redmond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Greg Todd, Hamish Rutherford, Derek de Boorder, Nick Baird, Warren McSkimming, Neil Wagner, Mattew Harvie, James McMillan.
Cape Cobras: Graeme Smith (c), Hershelle Gibbs, J P Duminy, Justin Ontong, Charl Langeveldt, Claude Henderson, Monde Zondeki, Vernon Philander, Henry Davids, Derek Brand, Francois Plaatjies, Ryan Canning, Rory Kleinveldt, Richard Levi, Sybrand Engelbrecht.
Wayamba: Jehan Mubarak (c), Mahela Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, Farveez Maharoof, Kaushlya Lokuarachchi, Jeevantha Kulathunga, Mahela Udawatta, Thisara Perera, Sameera Soysa, Shalika Karunanayake, Isura Udana, Ishara Amerasinghe, Chanka Welagedera, Michael Vandort.
Sussex Sharks: Michael Yardy (c), Luke Wright, Piyush Chawla, Dwayne Smith, Edmund Joyce, Joe Gatting, Robin Martin-Jenkins, William Beer, Andrew Hodd, Christopher Nash, Ben Brown, Rory Hamilton-Brown, Mohmmed Yasir Arafat, Chad Keegan, James Kirtley.
Diamond Eagles: Boeta Dippenaar (c), Dillion du Preez, Morne van Wyk, Mthandeki Tshabalala, Adrian McLaren, Ryan McLaren, Victor Mpitsang, Ryan Bailey, Jandre Coetzee, Cornelis De Villiers, Dean Elgar, Reeza Hendricks, Alan Kruger, Rilee Rossouw, Shadley van Schalkwyk.
Somerset Sabres: Justin Langer (c), Marcus Trescothick, Zander de Bruyn, Omari Banks, James Hildreth, Craig Kieswetter, Pete Trego, Arul Suppiah, Alfonso Thomas, Max Waller, Charl Willoughby, Wes Durston, Mark Turner, Jos Buttler, Ben Philips.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Anil Kumble (c), Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor, Dale Steyn, Manish Pandey, Praveen Kumar, Jesse Ryder, Roelof Van Der Merwe, Mark Boucher, Vinay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Akhil Balachandra, Rajesh Bishoni.
Deccan Chargers: Adam Gilchrist (c), VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Fidel Edwards, Scott Styris, Chaminda Vaas, RP Singh, Ryan Harris, Pragyan Ojha, Y Venugopal Rao, T Suman, Azhar Bilakhia, Harmeet Singh, SM Shoaib.
| Date and Time | Match |
| Thu Oct 8 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group C - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| Fri Oct 9 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | Group B - Eagles v New South Wales Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| Fri Oct 9 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group D - Delhi Daredevils v Victoria Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| Sat Oct 10 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | Group C - Cape Cobras v Otago Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
| Sat Oct 10 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group A - Deccan Chargers v TBC Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
| Sun Oct 11 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | Group B - New South Wales v TBC Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| Sun Oct 11 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group D - Delhi Daredevils v Wayamba Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| Mon Oct 12 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | Group A - TBC v Trinidad & Tobago M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| Mon Oct 12 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group C - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Otago M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| Tue Oct 13 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | Group D - Victoria v Wayamba Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| Tue Oct 13 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group B - Eagles v TBC Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| Wed Oct 14 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Group A - Deccan Chargers v Trinidad & Tobago Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
| Thu Oct 15 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | League B - TBC v TBC (C1 v D2) M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| Fri Oct 16 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | League A - TBC v TBC (A2 v B2) Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
| Fri Oct 16 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | League A - TBC v TBC (A1 v B1) Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
| Sat Oct 17 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | League B - TBC v TBC (C2 v D2) M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| Sat Oct 17 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | League B - TBC v TBC (C1 v D1) M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| Sun Oct 18 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT | League A - TBC v TBC (A2 v B1) Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
| Sun Oct 18 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | League A - TBC v TBC (A1 v B2) Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
| Mon Oct 19 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | League B - TBC v TBC (C2 v D1) Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| Wed Oct 21 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | 1st semi-final - TBC v TBC (Winner B v Runner up A) Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| Thu Oct 22 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | 2nd semi-final - TBC v TBC (Winner A v Runner up B) Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
| Fri Oct 23 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT | Final - TBC v TBC Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
It's counting down to the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 and with just a day to go, the players are looking forward to a blockbuster event. In an interview with TIMES NOW's Correspondent Harini Rana Champions League T20 Chairman Lalit Modi said that the tournament wouldn't be as big a hit as the Indian Premier League (IPL), but there would be no shortage of excitement.
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Deccan Chargers, the IPL 2 winners, will not impose any curfew on the controversial Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds during the inaugural October 8-23 Champions League Twenty20 tournament.
"No, we don’t have a curfew with the Chargers. Our coach Darren Lehmann has been very good as he allows us to have some fun but when we get onto the field its just cricket," said the burly all-rounder here today.
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Somerset County Cricket Club captain Justin Langer reckons that playing their first match of the Champions League against IPL-II winners Deccan Chargers will prepare them well for the rest of the event. Somerset and Sussex are the two team who qualified from England for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament, that kicks off on Thursday.
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Insisting that his troubled days are a thing of past, mercurial Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds today said he is looking for a fresh start in the Champions League Twenty20 scheduled from October 8.
Symonds is a crucial player for Indian Premier League champions Deccan Chargers, who will open their campaign against Somerset on October 10.
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The Garden City of Bengaluru will be the epicentre of cricket fans as the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 kicks-off this week. The cricketing quotient aside, fans will be treated to an eye-catching line-up of entertainers at the Grand Opening Ceremony at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The Opening Ceremony promises to be a breath-taking visual extravaganza which will showcase world-class international acts and the global nature of the tournament. Just prior to the commencement of the Opening Ceremony, the 12 team captains participating in the inaugural edition of the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 will exchange team flags and take the "MCC - Spirit of Cricket" oath to respect their opponents, their teams and their umpires. The captains will then leave their handprints in clay, as an attestation to play the game within the spirit of cricket. Meanwhile 200 school children will perform a choreographed sequence to the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 theme song before revealing the team logos and releasing balloons.
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The Aussie spark will be missing from the Delhi Daredevils’ frontline. David Warner was apparently too costly for Delhi. Even before the start of the Airtel Champions League Twenty20, Delhi Daredevils seem to be on the brink. As if injury woes weren’t enough, the team apparently made a ‘sacrifice’ by asking Australian dasher David Warner to stay put with his ‘home’ team, the New South Wales Blues.
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AMIDST RUMOURS that organisers of the upcoming T20 Champions League were pressurised by India to exclude former Pakistani pace ace Wasim Akram from the commentary panel, the Indian government has denied any role in the whole affair.
The government on Monday made it clear they it had not interfered in selection of commentary panel after reports appeared in Pakistan media that Indian government had denied Akram permission to commentate in India.
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The October 8-23 Champions League Twenty20 has roped in nine on-ground and on-air partners in addition to the title sponsors, the organisers said today. Samsung, Havells, Hero Honda, Coca Cola, Onida, Yahoo, Maruti Suzuki, Pepsico and Sony are the tournament&aposs sponsors in various categories, a media release said.
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VICTORIA overcame some shaky batting to begin its Champions League Twenty20 preparation with a comfortable 62-run win over a Delhi invitational XI on Sunday. In a Twenty20 match shortened to 17 overs a side because of rain, the Bushrangers easily defended their total of 9-130 by keeping Delhi to 9-62. The home team made a solid start, reaching 25 without the loss of a wicket, but squandered it by losing six wickets in five overs - three claimed by paceman Clint McKay.
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The Ferozshah Kotla in New Delhi will see the introduction of electronic tickets from the Airtel Champions League Twenty20. Capable of seating as many as 55,000 people the Kotla has often been home to at least 2,000 extra spectators during matches in the past.
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With an eye on the motto of catch them young, the Champions League Twenty20 organisers have announced a slew of enticements to lure students to watch the matches of the October 8-23 tournament to be held in three Indian cities.
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Organisers of the the Champions League Twenty20 tournament today rubbished media reports that Wasim Akram has been stopped from doing commentary in the event here by the Indian government, insisting that the pace legend was never a part of the commentators panel.
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India batsman Gautam Gambhir today unveiled the diamond-studded trophy that would be handed to the winner of USD six million Champions League Twenty20 tournament, commencing from October 8.
Gambhir, captain of the Indian Premier League's Delhi Daredevils team, unveiled the 1.5-foot tall trophy with his teammates and scores of children in attendance during a brief function at a city school.
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THE Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) hosted a farewell function for the national team on Friday night at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Port-of-Spain.
Attending the function were President of Trinidad and Tobago, Professor George Maxwell Richards and wife Dr Jean Ramjohn Richards; president of the TTCB, Deryck Murray; Chief Executive Officer, Forbes Persaud; second vice-president Leo Doodnath; Executive Director of the Sport Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Sportt), Darion William; Australian High Commissioner, Phillip Kentwell; members of the British diplomatic corp and the national team.
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Paul Collingwood may not be available for Delhi Daredevils in the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 starting October 8 as the England batsman has picked up a buttock injury in the ongoing Champions Trophy.
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South African domestic cricket team, Cape Cobras, arrived in Bangalore on Sunday to take part in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament, which begins on October 8.
Cape Cobras, is one of the 12 teams which will fight for the trophy with domestic twenty20 teams from India, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies.
Addressing the media Cape Cobras captain Andrew Puttin expressed their eagerness to take on the teams for the tournament, and said that his players would have to acclimatise to the situations quickly.
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They might be considered underdogs in the Champions League Twenty20, but New Zealand-based Otago Volts are confident of putting up a good show in the cash-awash event starting from October 8.
"We are pretty excited to be part of the tournament. We believe we have got a very good side. We believe that if we play to our potential, we have got a real chance in this tournament," Captain Craig Cumming told reporters here.
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The Otago Volts begin their quest for US$2.5 million in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament on Saturday - and should have a full team, sparking fully, after New Zealand's good run in the Champions Trophy 50-over tournament in South Africa.
Black Caps Brendon McCullum, Aaron Redmond, Neil Broom and Ian Butler join the Volts in India this week and will play two practice matches against other Champions League contenders before the competition proper starts on Thursday night (NZT). Otago have their first match against the highly-rated Cape Cobras, of South Africa, on Saturday.
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Paul Collingwood could miss the Delhi Daredevils' campaign in the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 after the England batsman picked up a buttock injury during the semi-final defeat against Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy. He will undergo a medical check-up when he returns to England from South Africa.
"We have a contract with the IPL about making our players available, however Collingwood has picked up a little niggle in his buttock," Andy Flower, the England coach, said. "He is going back to England with us and will have a scan. A proper assessment and decision will be made on him.
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MARCUS TRESCOTHICK believes the passion of India's cricket fans can help him through his fear of touring.
The Somerset batsman is set to fly out for the Champions League Twenty20 to do battle with the world's best club sides next week.
But the former England man, 33, has not played abroad since quitting the 2006/07 Ashes tour after suffering from a stress-related illness.
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NSW captain Simon Katich says the Blues will take plenty of confidence into next week's Champions League Twenty20 tournament in India, despite the absence of three international stars.
Paceman Nathan Bracken (knee surgery) and wicketkeeper Brad Haddin (finger operation) will miss the inaugural tournament for the Blues, who are chasing a first prize of $US2.5 million ($A2.88 million).
Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke had already declared himself unavailable before he was sent home early from the Champions Trophy one-day tournament in South Africa with a back problem.
Last summer's BigBash domestic T20 champions NSW will join runners-up Victoria in representing Australia in the 12-team event in India.
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JUSTIN Langer is targeting a “dream” end to his Somerset career, by leading the side to Twenty20 Champions League glory.
The former Australian Test ace missed out on lifting the Pro40 title after Somerset lost their crucial last game against Durham on Sunday.
But Langer, who returned to Perth this week before joining up with his team-mates in India, aims to finish on a high.
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The Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Technical Committee has today confirmed a change to the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad for the tournament from 8-23 October. New Zealand opening batsman Jesse Ryder has been replaced by Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the 15-man Royal Challengers squad after sustaining a groin injury playing for the Kiwis in the ICC Champions Trophy.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is an 18-year-old right-arm medium-pacer and lower order batsman who made his first-class debut in December 2007.
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Victorian coach Greg Shipperd believes the upcoming Champions League Twenty20 could catapult a low profile state player onto the world stage.
The Bushrangers fly out on Friday for the inaugural competition starting next week in India which features 12 of the world's top domestic sides, including three Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises.
Plans to stage the competition last year had to be abandoned because of security concerns.
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New South Wales quick Nathan Bracken has been ruled out of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament after booking in for arthroscopic surgery on his troublesome knee.
The pace bowler consulted specialists in Sydney and Melbourne this week after being sent home from the ICC Champions Trophy.
"Nathan has been booked in for arthroscopic surgery next week," Cricket Australia doctor Trefor James said on Thursday.
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Getty Images has been appointed by Global Cricket Ventures (GCV) as the official photographic partner to The Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20). The CLT20 brings together domestic leagues from seven nations as they clash for the top spot in Twenty20 cricket. The tournament takes place in India from 08 - 23 October and this will be the first time that domestic leagues from different nations have locked horns in a major competition. The visual content that Getty Images will be able to offer its customers from this unique event promises to be stunning.
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Somerset head coach Andy Hurry believes they can go one better than their efforts in domestic cricket and win the Champions League Twenty20. The Sabres are determined to round off a season which saw them finish runners-up in the Twenty20 Cup and Pro40 by winning a trophy.
Hurry told BBC Radio Bristol: "Bottom line is none of that won us silverware and everyone's aware of that.
"We want to make sure we finish that job off and get our just deserts."
The Airtel Champions League T20 has announced the list of umpires and match referees for the inaugural tournament.
Some of the best umpires and match referees from around the globe have been assembled for the event, with three of the ICC's Elite Panel, Daryl Harper (Australia), Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) and Billy Doctrove (West Indies), leading the list.
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