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Pakistan disappointed at Champions League exclusion

The Pakistan board has expressed its disappointment at not having a domestic team invited to participate in the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa. This appears to be a u-turn on an earlier stance it had taken, when in the aftermath of the IPL snub to Pakistan players, Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, had ruled out the participation of any Pakistan team in the Champions League. That, says the chairman however, was not what he had said at the time. "Those comments of mine were about the IPL and our participation in that event and not at all about the Champions League," Butt told Cricinfo. "I had said our players would not be in the IPL because of what had happened at the auction. I did not say that our domestic teams would not go to the Champions League. Why would I deprive them of that opportunity? My comments were misinterpreted." Nevertheless, the confusion means that Sialkot Stallions, Pakistan's domestic Twenty20 champions five years running now, will again miss out on the most lucrative global club tournament in cricket. Sialkot, which won the RBS Twenty20 in March this year, could potentially include Pakistan players such as Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Asif, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Abdur Rehman and Abdul Razzaq. They were invited to take part in what would have been the inaugural Champions League at the end of 2008 but the terror attacks on Mumbai in November that year forced a postponement to 2009. By that time, relations between India and Pakistan having deteriorated, no team was invited from Pakistan. "Nobody has invited us this year and that is disappointing," Butt said. "We asked them about it and we received no reply at all. We will take up this issue with the ICC. After all, why are we being discriminated against like this? Clubs from so many other countries are invited and our Sialkot side has done so well over the last few years." A Champions League official, however, told Cricinfo that no Pakistan team had been considered for the 2010 tournament after Butt's statements in February. "Mr Butt had formally announced and communicated in February that no Pakistani team would be permitted to compete in the 2010 CLT20, and as Mr Butt is the Chairman of the PCB, the Governing Council of CLT20 could not and did not consider any invitations to Pakistani teams," the official told Cricinfo. "Unfortunately, due to the announcement by Mr Butt, it is now clearly too late to even consider the addition of Pakistani teams to the 2010 CLT20." Gerald Majola, chief executive of Cricket South Africa, one if the founding members of the Champions League, also said it was too late to include a Pakistan team. "I don't think the PCB approached us," he told Cricinfo. "If that was the case we would've known earlier. Unfortunately it too late now, things have been finalised so there can be no question of sending an invite." That means Shahid Afridi, who helped South Australia qualify, is likely to be Pakistan's only representative in the tournament this time round. The number of teams taking part was reduced to ten this year (from 12) after the ECB said its sides could not take part because of a clash of dates with the end of the English domestic season. Other than Bangladesh and England this year, teams from all Test-playing countries participate in the tournament. The tournament is run jointly by the cricket boards of Australia, India and South Africa. http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/461164.html
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Ijaz Butt, the chairman of PCB, has said no Pakistani team will participate in the Champions League Twenty20 this year. "I have already spoken to Lalit Modi about this and there is no chance of any team from Pakistan playing in the Champions League this year," Butt was quoted as saying by PTI. "After the way our players were treated [in the IPL auction] I don't see our players or teams taking part in the Champions League this year http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/450018.html
What a bunch of effin morons :wall:
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2010 Champions League T20 to have new format 2010 Champions League T20 to have new format

How the tournament works The ten teams are divided into two groups of five each, who play a round-robin format Group A: Chennai Super Kings, Victoria, Warriors, Wayamba, Central Districts Group B: Mumbai Indians, Lions, South Australia, Royal Challengers Bangalore, winners of West Indies domestic Twenty20 The top two teams from each group then progress to the semi-finals.
The 2010 Champions League Twenty20 will see two groups of five teams each competing in a round-robin format, with the top two sides from each group going through to the semi finals. The set-up is a departure from the 2009 edition, which had four groups of three teams, with the two teams from each group advancing to another league stage which determined the semi-finalists. Despite the change, the tournament features the same number of matches - 23 - as last year. The matches have been evenly distributed across four venues, with each stadium hosting at least five games. The Mumbai Indians open the event on September 10th against the South African side Lions at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, which also hosts the final on September 26. Mumbai and Lions are part of Group B, along with South Australia, Royal Challengers Bangalore and a team from the West Indies that will be determined in late July. The teams drawn in Group A are the 2010 IPL champions Chennai Super Kings, Australia's Big Bash champions Victoria, South Africa's Pro Series champions Warriors, which is a combination of the Eastern Province and Border first-class teams, as well as Sri Lanka's Wayamba, which represents the North Western Province, and New Zealand's Central Districts. The 2009 champions, the New South Wales Blues, did not qualify for the 2010 Champions League. There are a number of players who are eligible to play for two teams: Jacques Kallis (Warriors, Bangalore), Mark Boucher (Warriors, Bangalore), Makhaya Ntini (Warriors, Chennai ), Kieron Pollard (South Australia, Mumbai), Dwayne Bravo (Victoria, Mumbai) and Cameron White (Victorian, Bangalore). New Zealand's Ross Taylor is the first player to qualify with three teams - his home province Central Districts, and 'away' teams Victoria and Bangalore. Bravo and Kieron Pollard could join Taylor if T&T emerge as champions of West Indies' domestic Twenty20 competition. If a player chooses to play for an 'away' team rather than his 'home' team (the team from the country he is eligible to represent in international cricket), the 'away' team must pay US$200,000 compensation to the 'home' team. No compensation is payable to an 'away' team if a player chooses to play for his 'home' team. That being the case, South Australia are already resigned to losing Pollard and are waiting to learn whether Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi will be available. Pollard and Afridi were key components in the Redbacks qualifying for the lucrative Twenty20 event, but they were not part of the state's 20-man preliminary squad for the tournament.
http://www.cricinfo.com/t20champions2010/content/current/story/465152.html
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Final on September 26' date=' Test series against the Aussies starts on October 2. If Mumbai and Chennai get to the latter stages, Zak, Bhajji, Dhoni and SRT will all be playing T20s in SA till 6-8 days before such an important series.[/quote'] IPL/CL T20 is important for BCCI. Not test series:aha:
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why would they schedule the CL without two of the bigger teams unable to participate?.this is strange to say the least for a fledgling tournament.
There is also a big ego issue with ECB when it comes to BCCI which has led to a power struggle. Remember that BCCI offered a spot to ECB on the champions league committee which ECB turned down in favor of Stanford's money. I am sure, things could have been worked out if all the boards wanted but neither BCCI nor ECB is ready to stand down. The loser in all this are the English county cricket. Its no secret that spending in domestic T20 leagues has gone up since the inception of CL as even qualifying would make bucket-loads of money.
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CL T20: Teams name final squads Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayadu, Saurabh Tiwary, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Rajagopal Sathish, Ali Murtaza, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, JP Duminy, Lasith Malinga, Ryan McLaren Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Subramaniam Badrinath, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Ravi Ashwin, Shadeb Jakati, Anirudh Srikkanth, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Muttiah Muralitharan, Michael Hussey, Doug Bollinger, Thilan Thushara, Albie Morkel, Matthew Hayden, Joginder Sharma Warriors: Davy Jacobs, Ashwell Prince, Colin Ingram, Mark Boucher, Johan Botha, Nicky Boje, Craig Thyssen, Juan Theron, Makhaya Ntini, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Justin Kreusch, Garnett Kruger, Arno Jacobs, Lyall Meyer, Jon Jon Smuts Victoria: David Hussey, Ryan Carters, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, John Hastings, Bradley Hodge, Andrew McDonald, Clinton McKay, Glenn Maxwell, Dirk Nannes, James Pattinson, Robert Quiney, Peter Siddle, Matthew Wade Wayamba: Jehan Mubarak, Mahela Udawatte, Mahela Jayawardene, Jeevantha Kulatunga, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Kusal Perera, Rangana Herath, Chanaka Welagedara, Ajantha Mendis, Farveez Maharoof, Thissara Perera, Damith Hunukumbura, Shalika Karunanayake, Isuru Udana, Sameera Zoysa Central Districts: Adam Milne, Bevan Griggs, Brad Patton, Brendon Diamanti, Doug Bracewell, George Worker, Jacob Oram, Jamie How, Kieran Noema-Barnett, Mathew Sinclair, Michael Mason, Mitchell McClenaghan, Peter Ingram, Seth Rance, Tim Weston Royal Challengers Bangalore: Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Praveen Kumar, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Cameron White, Ross Taylor, Dale Steyn, Jacques Kallis, Dillon du Preez, Akhil Balachandra, Abhimanyu Mithun, Nayan Doshi Highveld Lions: Alviro Petersen, Thami Tsolekile, Craig Alexander, Shane Burger, Richard Cameron, Werner Coetsee, Cliffie Deacon, Zander de Bruyn, Robert Frylinck, Neil McKenzie, Ethan O'Reilly, Aaron Phangiso, Jean Symes, Jonathan Vandiar, Vaughn van Jaarsveld South Australia: Cullen Bailey, Daniel Harris, Graham Manou, Daniel Christian, Gary Putland, Peter George, Callum Ferguson, Michael Klinger, Jake Haberfeld, Tim Ludeman, Shaun Tait, Tom Cooper, Chris Duval, Cameron Borgas, Aaron O'Brien Guyana: Ramnaresh Sarwan, Royston Crandon, Lennox Cush, Travis Dowlin, Sewnarine Chattergoon, Narsingh Deonarine, Jonathan Foo, Derwin Christian, Christopher Barnwell, Esuan Crandon, Devindra Bishoo, Assad Fudadin, Paul Wintz, Steven Jacobs, Richard Ramdeen Bravo and Pollard to play for Mumbai Indians :dance::dance:

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