The 2010 Champions League Twenty20 was the second edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. The tournament, which was held from 10 to 26 September 2010 in South Africa, featured ten teams from Australia, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and the West Indies. Chennai Super Kings won the tournament, defeating the Warriors in the final.
Host selection In February 2010, Cricket South Africa announced that the country had been chosen to host the tournament, although this was later denied by tournament chairman Lalit Modi, who listed a range of possibilities as hosts. At the conclusion of the 2010 Indian Premier League in April, South Africa was confirmed as the venue for the tournament. The country had previously hosted the 2009 Indian Premier League.
Format The tournament consisted of 23 matches, divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. In the group stage, teams were divided into two groups of five teams, with each team playing each other team in its group once. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Prize money
Unchanged from the previous edition, the total prize money for the competition was US$6 million. In addition to the prize money, each team received a participation fee of $500,000.
Following the tournament, several teams reported delays in receiving their prize money. By June 2011, the Australian and South African teams had been paid, while teams from other countries, including New Zealand's Central Districts, were still awaiting payment.
Teams The tournament was reduced from 12 teams to ten because the tournament dates clashed with the end of the English domestic season, preventing teams from the England and Wales Cricket Board from taking part.
Pakistani teams did not take part in the tournament, as in 2009. Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, had reportedly refused an invitation for a Pakistani team to take part due to no Pakistani cricketers being purchased during the 2010 Indian Premier League player auction. Butt later stated his comments were misunderstood, but tournament administrators had already made the decision to omit a Pakistani team.
+Cricket Board Domestic tournament Number of teams Qualified teams Australia 2009–10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash 2 India 2010 Indian Premier League 3 New Zealand 2009–10 HRV Cup 1 Central Districts Stags South Africa 2009–10 Standard Bank Pro20 2 Sri Lanka 2009–10 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 1 Wayamba Elevens West Indies 2010 Caribbean Twenty20 1 Guyana
Squads
Several teams were missing star players that helped them qualify for the tournament, mostly due to their commitment to another qualified team or to their national team. In the case of a player being a part of more than one qualified team, he can play for his "home" team (the team from the country he is eligible to represent in international cricket) without consequence. If he plays for any other team, that team must pay the home team US$200,000 as compensation. The Royal Challengers Bangalore were the only team to pay the compensation, forcing three international players to play for them instead of their home team. Jacques Kallis, Cameron White and Ross Taylor were obligated to play for Bangalore as their contracts stated Bangalore had first rights over them should they qualify for the tournament with another team.
Venues
Matches were played at four venues in South Africa. Both Warriors and Highveld Lions played some of their group stage matches at their home grounds, St George's Park and Wanderers Stadium, and the semi-finals were held at Kingsmead Cricket Ground and Supersport Park. The final was held at Wanderers.
Fixtures and results All times shown are in South African Standard Time (UTC+02).
Group stage Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Most runs Player Team Runs Best scoreMurali Vijay Chennai Super Kings 294 73 Davy Jacobs Warriors 286 74Michael Klinger Southern Redbacks 226 78Suresh Raina Chennai Super Kings 203 94* Source: Most wickets Player Team Wickets Best bowlingRavichandran Ashwin Chennai Super Kings 13 4/18 Muttiah Muralitharan Chennai Super Kings 12 3/16Doug Bollinger Chennai Super Kings 9 3/27 Daniel Christian Southern Redbacks 9 4/23 Source:
References
External links Tournament site – CricInfo