2012 Champions League Twenty20 squads explained

This is a list of the squads that qualified for the 2012 Champions League Twenty20.

Auckland Aces

Coach: Paul Strang^[1]

No. Player^[2] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style 48 Gareth Hopkins (c & wk) October 9, 2012 Right — 9 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 1 October 9, 2012 Right Left-arm medium-fast — October 9, 2012 Right — 22 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 31 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 16 October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm slow 6 October 9, 2012 Right Slow left arm orthodox — October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm medium-fast — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium — October 9, 2012 Right Slow left arm orthodox 32 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 37 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 18 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm medium-fast 10 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium

Chennai Super Kings

Coach: Stephen Fleming

No. Player^[3] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style 7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c & wk) October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 3 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm off break 4 October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm fast-medium 6 October 9, 2012 Right — 8 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 9 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast 12 October 9, 2012 Left Slow left arm orthodox 13 October 9, 2012 Right Leg break 27 October 9, 2012 Left Slow left arm orthodox 28 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 33 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 48 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm medium 81 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm medium-fast 92 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast 99 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break

Delhi Daredevils

Ahead of the tournament, Mahela Jayawardene was named the captain after Virender Sehwag stepped down from the position. Sehwag had captained the team for four of the past five years.^[4]

Coach: Eric Simons

No. Player^[5] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style 27 Mahela Jayawardene (c) October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 3 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 6 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 12 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast 15 October 9, 2012 Left Slow left arm orthodox 24 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 31 October 9, 2012 Left Leg break 35 Naman Ojha (wk) October 9, 2012 Right — 36 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 55 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 56 October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm medium-fast 65 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm fast 77 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast 87 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast

Hampshire Royals

Hampshire were able to include Shahid Afridi in their squad as he was registered with the team, despite him having not played any matches in the 2012 Friends Life t20 due to visa issues. From the domestic tournament, Hampshire were unable to have Neil McKenzie and Simon Katich due to them having qualified with other teams.^{[6] [7]}

Coach: Craig White

No. Player^[8] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style 4 James Adams (c) October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm medium 0 October 9, 2012 Right Leg break googly 7 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm medium 8 October 9, 2012 Right Slow left arm orthodox 14 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 15 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm off break 16 Michael Bates (wk) October 9, 2012 Right — 17 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 18 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm fast 19 October 9, 2012 Right Slow left arm orthodox 25 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 32 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 33 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast 38 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 46 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast

Kolkata Knight Riders

Coach: Trevor Bayliss

No. Player^[9] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style 5 Gautam Gambhir (c) October 9, 2012 Left Leg break 3 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 6 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 9 October 9, 2012 Right Leg break googly 14 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 21 October 9, 2012 Left Slow left arm orthodox 22 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast 27 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast 28 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 36 October 9, 2012 Right — 42 Brendon McCullum (wk) October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 55 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast 58 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast 74 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm off break 75 October 9, 2012 Left Slow left arm orthodox

Highveld Lions

Coach: Geoffrey Toyana

No. Player^[10] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style 73 Alviro Petersen (c) October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium — October 9, 2012 Left Slow left-arm wrist-spin 58 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium — October 9, 2012 Left — 4 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium — October 9, 2012 Right Left-arm fast 54 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast — October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm medium-fast, Slow left arm orthodox 86 October 9, 2012 Left Slow left arm orthodox 10 Thami Tsolekile (wk) October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break

Mumbai Indians

Coach: Robin Singh

No. Player^[11] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style 3 Harbhajan Singh (c) October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 1 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm medium-fast 9 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 10 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break, Leg break googly 13 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast 16 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 19 Dinesh Karthik (wk) October 9, 2012 Right — 30 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 30 October 9, 2012 Left Slow left arm orthodox 45 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 50 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 55 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast 88 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 99 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast 25 October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm fast

Perth Scorchers

Coach: Lachlan Stevens

No. Player^[12] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style 26 Marcus North (c) October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm off break 12 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 19 October 9, 2012 Right Slow left arm orthodox 5 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 13 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast 41 October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm fast-medium 28 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm fast-medium 74 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm bowler 31 October 9, 2012 Left Slow left-arm wrist-spin 37 October 9, 2012 Left Slow left-arm wrist-spin 10 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 15 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 20 October 9, 2012 Left Slow left arm orthodox 11 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 34 Luke Ronchi (wk) October 9, 2012 Right —

Sialkot Stallions

Coach: Naved Anjum

No. Player^[13] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style — Shoaib Malik (c) October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break — October 9, 2012 Left Slow left arm orthodox — October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm fast-medium — Shakeel Ansar (wk) October 9, 2012 Right — — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast — October 9, 2012 Right Slow left arm orthodox — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast — October 9, 2012 Right Leg break — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast — October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm medium — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast

Sydney Sixers

Coach: Corey Richards

No. Player^[14] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style 24 Brad Haddin (c & wk) October 9, 2012 Right — 33 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 27 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast 8 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm fast-medium 21 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 45 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm medium 15 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 53 October 9, 2012 Left Slow left arm orthodox — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 20 October 9, 2012 Right — 72 October 9, 2012 Right Slow left arm orthodox 99 October 9, 2012 Left — 19 October 9, 2012 Right Leg break googly 56 October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm fast 7 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium, Right-arm off break

Titans

Coach: Matthew Maynard

No. Player^[15] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style 34 Martin van Jaarsveld (c) October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium, Right-arm off break 24 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 19 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast 36 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast 17 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 22 October 9, 2012 Right Slow left arm orthodox 20 Heino Kuhn (wk) October 9, 2012 Right — — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 80 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast — October 9, 2012 Right — — October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm fast-medium 1 October 9, 2012 Left Leg break googly 52 October 9, 2012 Right Slow left arm orthodox 8 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 96 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast

Trinidad and Tobago are without Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine, who all elected to play for Indian teams.^[16]

Coach: David Williams

No. Player^[17] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style 80 Denesh Ramdin (c & wk) October 9, 2012 Right — 7 October 9, 2012 Right Leg break 15 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 46 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm medium-fast 20 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 51 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 1 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm off break 3 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break — October 9, 2012 Left — — October 9, 2012 Right Slow left arm orthodox 40 October 9, 2012 Right — 14 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm fast-medium 54 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium

Uva Next

Coach: Dave Nosworthy

No. Player^[18] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style 25 Thilina Kandamby (c) October 9, 2012 Left Leg break — October 9, 2012 Left Slow left arm orthodox 6 October 9, 2012 Left Leg break 26 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 55 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 89 October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm medium-fast — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium 34 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium — October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 24 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm fast-medium 41 October 9, 2012 Right Leg break 27 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm medium 15 October 9, 2012 Left — 18 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 44 Upul Tharanga (wk) October 9, 2012 Left —

Yorkshire Carnegie

Yorkshire's overseas player David Miller may only be available for their first match due to commitments in South African domestic cricket. Yorkshire were unable to include Andrew Hodd due to him only being on loan from Sussex and having not played any Twenty20 matches for Yorkshire.^[19]

Coach: Jason Gillespie

No. Player^[20] Nat Date of birth Batting Bowling style 26 Andrew Gale (c) October 9, 2012 Left Leg break 2 October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm medium 3 October 9, 2012 Right Leg break 5 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break 7 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 8 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm off break 9 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm medium-fast, Right-arm off break 11 October 9, 2012 Left Left-arm fast-medium 12 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm medium-fast 17 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm medium-fast 19 October 9, 2012 Left Right-arm slow 21 Jonny Bairstow (wk) October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm bowler 23 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm fast-medium 30 October 9, 2012 Right Right-arm off break — October 9, 2012 Right —

External links

• 2012 Champions League Twenty20 squads on ESPN CricInfo

Notes and References

1. News: Aces name experienced Champions League squad . Brenton . Vannisselroy . Newstalk ZB . 2012-09-16 .
2. Web site: Auckland Squad . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-15 .
3. Web site: Chennai Super Kings Squad . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
4. News: Jayawardene to lead Daredevils in CLT20 . 2012-09-15 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
5. Web site: Delhi Daredevils Squad . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
6. News: Hampshire eye Afridi for CLT20 . George . Dobell . 2012-08-30 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
7. News: Hampshire Royals squad named for T20 Champions League . 2012-09-14 . Daily Echo . 2012-09-16 .
8. Web site: Hampshire Squad . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
9. Web site: Kolkata Knight Riders Squad . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
10. Web site: Lions Squad . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
11. Web site: Mumbai Indians Squad . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
12. Web site: Perth Scorchers Squad . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
13. Web site: Sialkot Stallions Squad . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
14. Web site: Sydney Sixers Squad . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
15. Web site: Titans Squad . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
16. News: Players choose IPL teams in Champions League . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-14 .
17. Web site: Trinidad & Tobago Squad . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
18. Web site: Uva Next Squad . 2012-09-14 . ESPN . CricInfo . 2012-09-16 .
19. News: Miller time for Yorkshire in Champions League . Chris . Parrott . 2012-09-08 . York Press . 2012-09-16 .
20. News: Yorkshire can take on the world in South Africa, says Phil Jaques . Graham . Hardcastle . 2012-09-10 . Bradford Telegraph and Argus . 2012-09-11 .