Oct

5

Australian teams in Champions League -CL T20

By Neetu Sharma

Lets travel DOWN UNDER to meet the teams qualifying for the Champions league T20 -

New South Wales Blues and Victoria Bushrangers..

Aussie domestic set up is pretty much familiar with most cricket fans.. For starters, though, Aussie domestic cups are simple.. 6 teams, 3 competitions..

New South Wales – based in Sydney
Victoria – MCG, Melbourne
South Australia- Adelaide
Queensland- Gabba, Brisbane
Tasmania – Hobart
Western Australia – WACA,Perth

Pura cup which is now Sheffield Shield cup 4 day matches, Ford Ranger cup – limited overs and KFC big bash T20.. 

In KFC big bash, each team plays against the other once.. The 2nd and 3rd placed teams play in a semi final, and the winner plays the team which had topped the points table in the round robin stage..

2009 KFC Big Bash T20 Points table


 Played Won        

Lost       
Pts
RTA SpeedBlitz Blues 6 4 2 8.00
XXXX Gold Queensland Bulls 6 3 3 6.00
West End Redbacks 5            2 3 4.00
PKF Tasmanian Tigers 5 2 3 4.00
VB Victorian Bushrangers 7 4 3 8.00
Retravision Warriors 5 2 3 4.00
Series Highlights
Record Detail
Highest Total 5/203     VB Victorian Bushrangers,  2nd Twenty20 – TAS v VIC,  Bellerive Oval
Lowest Total 10/105 Retravision Warriors,  10th Twenty20 – VIC v WA,  Melbourne Cricket Ground
Biggest winning margin 78 VB Victorian Bushrangers,  10th Twenty20 – VIC v WA,  Melbourne Cricket Ground
Lowest winning margin 2 RTA SpeedBlitz Blues,  15th Twenty20 – NSW v VIC,  Stadium Australia

NSW qualified for the decider in top spot after a thrilling win over Victoria ..The preliminary finals was played between Queensland and Victoria, Victoria won the match with 2 overs to spare chasing 113..

In the finals, Victoria won the toss and elected to bat first. They made a strong total of 4/166 from their 20 overs, mainly due to a brilliant knock of 91 from 56 balls from opener Rob Quiney.Aaron Bird continued his outstanding form for the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues in limited overs cricket, taking 3/21 from four overs. Doug Bollinger was the other wicket-taker.

Brendon Mc Cullum was drafted into the NSW squad to enable him to be a part of the CL T20 campaign with the blues, after a good start he nicked a ball to the keeper, Katich and Hughes played well.. But after losing those two and Mosis Henriques in quick succession the match was evenly poised..  Dominic Thornely and Ben Rohrer who came to bat together put on 73 runs in five overs.With 10 runs needed of the last over, Thornely scored a boundary and was out the next ball leaving 2 runs to be scored of 2 balls.. The batsmen scampered through for a bye of the last ball and had to wait for the 3rd umpire’s decision before celebrating the win..

This 5 wicket win ended Victoria’s dominance in the T20 format and gave the blues their first KFC T20 trophy..

IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE T20 :
NSW are placed with the Eagles and Sussex in group B..
Australia’s icons and international cricketing royalty, Sir Donald Bradman, Richie Benaud, Steve Waugh and Glenn McGrath, have played first-class cricket for New South Wales. The Speed Blitz Blues have won the first-class competition 44 times and the one-day domestic cup nine times.
To name a few more, Brett Lee, Mark Waugh, Katich, Warner, Henriques, Hughes, Jaques, Michael Clarke, Bracken, Stuart Clark, Haddin , Shane Watson..
They start their campaign on the 9th against Diamond Eagles at the Kotla, Delhi..
Team :
  • Aaron Bird
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    David Warner
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    Dominic Thornely- played for Mumbai Indians sparingly used..
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    Steven Smith
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    Daniel Smith
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    Ben Rohrer
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    Steve O’Keefe – miserly left arm orthodox bowler
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    Brett Lee
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    Simon Katich (C)
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    Doug Bollinger
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    Simon Keen
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    Stuart Clark
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    Nathan Hauritz
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    Moises Henriques – played for the controversial KKR
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    Phillip Hughes
Victoria are placed with Delhi Daredevils and Wayamba elevens in group D.
Victoria have won 3 editions of KFC big bash and was the runner up in the 4th edition.. Victoria in the current squad boast of the likes of Hodge, David Hussey, Cameron White..
  • Aiden Blizzard – excellent T20 player
  • Peter Siddle
  • C White (C) – powerful striker, RCB player
  • Matthew Wade
  • Robert Quiney- hand picked by Warne for the Rajasthan Royals
  • Clinton McKay
  • Bryce McGain – an old leg spinner
  • Andrew McDonald- Daredevil, who is good with both bat and ball
  • David Hussey – one of the best T20 players
  • Aaron Finch
  • Shane Harwood
  • John Hastings
  • Brad Hodge- we all know who he was with in the IPL-2 don’t we ?
  • Jon Holland
  • James Pattinson

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