2012 Champions League Twenty20 Explained

2012 Champions League Twenty20
Cricket Format:Twenty20
Tournament Format:Round-robin and knockout
Host:South Africa[1]
Champions:Sydney Sixers
Count:1
Participants:10[2]
Matches:23
Player Of The Series:Mitchell Starc
Most Runs:Michael Lumb (226 runs)
Most Wickets:Mitchell Starc (14 wickets)
Website:www.clt20.com
Previous Year:2011
Previous Tournament:2011 Champions League Twenty20
Next Year:2013
Next Tournament:2013 Champions League Twenty20
Runner Up:Highveld Lions

The 2012 Champions League Twenty20 was the fourth edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa from 9 to 28 October 2012.[1] [3]

Sydney Sixers won the tournament, defeating Highveld Lions in the final.

Background

Since the previous edition, three Test-playing nations had introduced new Twenty20 tournaments. Australia established the city-based Big Bash League, replacing the established state structured KFC Twenty20 Big Bash,[4] the Sri Lanka Premier League also featured city-based franchise teams,[5] [6] and the Bangladesh Premier League was established in February 2012, although teams from the league did not feature in the Champions League in 2012.[7]

Qualification

As in the previous season, the tournament featured a qualifying stage, although with only two of the six teams competing in it qualifyed for the final stages, compared with three during 2011.[3] [8]

This qualifying stages included a team from Pakistan for the first time, with teams previously excluded due to friction between India and Pakistan following the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[9] [10] [11] Whilst in 2011 the fourth-ranked Indian Premier League team had played in the qualifying stage, this year's team, Mumbai Indians, qualified for the final stages as the defending champions.[12]

Teams

Qualified teams! Cricket Board !! Team !! How qualified
Australia Runners-up, 2011–12 Big Bash League
Australia Winners, 2011–12 Big Bash League
England and Wales Qualifying stage
India Chennai Super Kings[13] Runners-up, 2012 Indian Premier League
India Delhi Daredevils[14] Third ranked team, 2012 Indian Premier League
India Winners, 2012 Indian Premier League
India Fourth ranked team, 2012 Indian Premier League
New Zealand Qualifying stage
South Africa Highveld Lions[15] [16] Runners-up, 2011–12 MiWay T20 Challenge
South Africa Titans[17] Winners, 2011–12 MiWay T20 Challenge

Squads

See main article: 2012 Champions League Twenty20 squads. As with previous editions, several players had the opportunity to play for more than one team. These players were allowed to play for the teams of their choice, although if they did not choose to play for their "home" team, a compensation fee of $150,000 was payable.[18] Nine players were names in the preliminary squad of more than one team, all of whom chose to play for their Indian Premier League team.[19] [20]

Venues

The organisers originally considered hosting the tournament at five venues across India,[3] but this was changed due to the possibility of monsoons and Durga Puja celebrations, with South Africa chosen to host matches.[21] Four venues were chosen, SuperSport Park at Centurion, Kingsmead at Durban, New Wanderers Stadium at Johannesburg and Newlands at Cape Town.[1]

Qualifying stage fixtures

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

Pool 2

Final stage fixtures

Knockout stage

Final

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Runs
Sydney Sixers226
Highveld Lions208
Highveld Lions176
Titans172
Titans162

Most wickets

Player Team Wickets
Sydney Sixers14
Auckland Aces10
10
Mumbai Indians8
8

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: South Africa to host Champions League . 26 June 2012 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2012-06-26 .
  2. News: Mumbai grouped with Chennai for CLT20 . 27 July 2012 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2012-07-28 .
  3. News: Five cities shortlisted to host Champions League Twenty20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105131648/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-26/top-stories/31860818_1_champions-league-sialkot-stallions-chennai-super-kings . dead . 5 November 2013 . Dwaipayan . Datta . 26 May 2012 . . 2012-05-28 .
  4. News: New look and feel for freshly formed Big Bash teams . 6 April 2011 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2012-06-26 .
  5. News: Sri Lanka Premier League set for August this year . Tariq . Engineer . 7 May 2012 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2012-06-26 .
  6. News: Who will benefit from the new Sri Lanka Premier League T20 tournament? . Ranjan . Paranavithana . 29 May 2011 . Island Cricket . 2012-06-26 .
  7. News: Bangladesh Premier League to begin on February 9 . 28 December 2011 . Tariq . Engineer . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2012-06-26 .
  8. News: CLT20 from October 9–28, fourth IPL team gets direct entry . 3 July 2012 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2012-07-26 .
  9. News: CLT20 set to have team from Pakistan . Siddarth . Ravindran . 12 May 2012 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2012-05-12 .
  10. News: India's move step towards reviving bilateral ties – PCB . Umar . Farooq . 12 May 2012 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2012-05-14 .
  11. News: Pakistan welcomes India invitation . 14 May 2012 . Pakistan Observer . 2012-05-14 . dead . https://archive.today/20120712132517/http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=155303 . 12 July 2012.
  12. News: Mumbai Indians to get direct entry to CLT20? . https://archive.today/20130103140440/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-24/top-stories/32393140_1_ipl-teams-mumbai-indians-champions-league . dead . 3 January 2013 . Indranil . Basu . 24 June 2012 . . 2012-06-25 .
  13. News: Chennai knock Mumbai out of IPL . 23 May 2012 . The Indian Express. 2012-05-24 .
  14. News: Bisla powers Kolkata to maiden IPL title . https://archive.today/20130124172142/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hPRhHekKUs_2DzQ2SK2_KINLFRDw . dead . 24 January 2013 . 28 May 2012 . Agence France-Presse . 2012-05-28 .
  15. News: Titans oust Knights in a thriller . 25 March 2012 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2012-04-08 .
  16. News: Lions qualify for MiWay T20 final . 19 March 2012 . SuperSport . 2012-06-12 .
  17. News: du Plessis spins Titans to T20 title . Firdose . Moonda . 1 April 2012 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2012-06-01 .
  18. News: Champions League 2011 ready reckoner . 18 September 2011 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2012-06-12 .
  19. News: Players choose IPL teams in Champions League . 14 September 2012 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2012-09-14 .
  20. News: Pollard, Bravo and Narine to play for T&T – Sports minister . 26 July 2012 . ESPN . Cricinfo . 2012-08-23 .
  21. News: CLT20 likely to be shifted to South Africa. 31 May 2012. MiD DAY. 31 May 2012. Press Trust of India.
  22. Web site: Cricket Records | Indian Premier League, 2012 | Records | Most runs | ESPN Cricinfo . 21 April 2012.
  23. Web site: Cricket Records | Indian Premier League, 2012 | Records | Most wickets | ESPN Cricinfo . Stats.espncricinfo.com . 21 April 2012.