2012 Champions League Twenty20

The 2012 Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 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]

2012 Champions League Twenty20
Administrator(s)BCCI
CA
CSA
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)South Africa[1]
ChampionsSydney Sixers (1st title)
Runners-upHighveld Lions
Participants10 (group stage)
14 (total)[2]
Matches29
Player of the seriesMitchell Starc (14 wickets)
Most runsMichael Lumb (226 runs)
Most wicketsMitchell Starc (14 wickets)
Official websitewww.clt20.com

This was the first season to have Karbonn Mobiles as the title sponsor. They replaced Nokia, who withdrew from their four-year deal after just one year.[4]

The Sydney Sixers emerged the winners of the tournament, defeating the Highveld Lions in the final.

Background

In Twenty20 cricket

Since the previous edition, three Test-playing nations introduced new premier Twenty20 tournaments. Australia created the Big Bash League, which began in December 2011. Compared to the previous KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, it has city-based franchise teams, more matches and allows two overseas players in the team.[5] It was very well received with high attendance and good television viewership.[6][7] The inaugural season of the Sri Lanka Premier League was held in August 2012 and also featured new privately owned city-based franchise teams and participation from overseas players.[8] Sri Lanka's previous Twenty20 tournament had a low profile and a primary focus on providing opportunities for players.[9] Bangladesh, the lowest ranked in Test cricket, created the Bangladesh Premier League, their first premier Twenty20 tournament, in February 2012.[10] However, their teams were not considered for the CLT20.

Other nations made no major changes to their tournaments. South Africa's MiWay T20 Challenge included a new team to give exposure to more players but was disbanded after the season.[11][12]

In the four weeks directly preceding the CLT20, the only international cricket played was in the Twenty20 format, including the 2012 ICC World Twenty20, which ran for 20 days and ended 2 days before the CLT20 started.[13]

Team preparation

As preparations for the tournament, the Trinidad and Tobago team played two Twenty20 competitions, both held at their home ground of Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. They competed in the "Twenty20 for 50" competition, held 24 to 26 August and also involving Jamaica and two all-star teams—the Daren Ganga XI and the Brian Lara XI.[14][15] T&T won the competition and all their matches.[16] From 6 to 8 September, T&T played the "Asia vs the Caribbean" tournament also involving the national teams of Barbados, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.[17][18] T&T, Afghanistan and Bangladesh were tied first with two wins each but came third on net run rate.[19] The T&T government also offered $5 million in funding to prepare the team for the tournament.[20]

During the Sialkot Stallions' preparations, they encountered issues when the Pakistan Cricket Board appointed Naushad Ali to replace Naeem Akhtar as team manager. The team were unhappy with the decision as Akhtar had held the position for a long time and knew the team well.[21] The decision affected team morale and their preparations.[22][23] The PCB then replaced Ali with Zaheer Abbas.[24]

Format

The tournament will feature a qualifying stage, introduced in the 2011 edition.[3] As with all previous editions, the tournament format was changed: only two teams qualify from the qualifying stage to the group stage.[25]

Six teams participate in the qualifying stage, from which two teams advance to the group stage to join eight direct entrants. The top four teams from the group stage advance to the knockout stage. The qualifying and group stages have the teams divided into two equal groups, with each playing a round-robin tournament, and the top two teams of each group advance to the next stage. The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, with the top team of one group facing the second from the other. The winners of the semi-finals play the grand final to determine the winners of the competition.

Points awarded in the qualifying and group stages:

ResultPoints
Win4 points
No result2 points
Loss0 points

Prize money

Same as previous editions, the total prize money for the competition is US$6 million. In addition to the prize money, each team receives a participation fee of $500,000. The prize money will be distributed as follows:

  • $200,000 – Each team eliminated in the group stage
  • $500,000 – Each semi-finalist
  • $1.3 million – Runners-up
  • $2.5 million – Winners

Qualification

This tournament will feature a team from Pakistan for the first time. Pakistan's participation had not been considered for past editions of the tournament due to the hostility between India and Pakistan since the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The attacks were also responsible for the cancellation of the planned first edition of the tournament in 2008, for which a Pakistan team had qualified.[26][27][28]

Representation from Australia changes to teams from the Big Bash League, which replaced their previous premier Twenty20 tournament and features new city-based teams instead of the previous first-class teams.[29] Similarly, representation from Sri Lanka changes to teams from the Sri Lanka Premier League, which features franchise teams.[30] While the 2011 edition had the fourth-placed Indian team play the qualifying stage, this year's team, the Mumbai Indians, directly qualified for the main tournament on account of being the defending champions.[31]

Direct entry qualifying tournaments[25]
Domestic tournamentTeams fromTeams
2012 Indian Premier LeagueIndia4 (top four teams)
2011–12 Big Bash LeagueAustralia2 (Winners and runners-up)[32][33]
2011–12 MiWay T20 ChallengeSouth Africa2 (Winners and runners-up)
Qualifying stageEngland
New Zealand
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
West Indies
2 (Top team from each group)

Teams

This edition did not feature the Royal Challengers Bangalore, who participated in all the previous editions.[34][35] The New South Wales Blues, who won the 2009 tournament, no longer play Twenty20 cricket. However, the Sydney Sixers contain many former Blues players in their squad, including nine who were in the Blues' squad from the 2011 tournament.[36]

Qualified teams
TeamDomestic tournamentPositionAppearanceQualified
Perth Scorchers[32]2011–12 Big Bash LeagueRunners-up1st21 January 2012
Sydney Sixers[33]2011–12 Big Bash LeagueWinners1st22 January 2012
Highveld Lions[37][38]2011–12 MiWay T20 ChallengeRunners-up2nd18 March 2012
Titans[39]2011–12 MiWay T20 ChallengeWinners1st1 April 2012
Delhi Daredevils[40]2012 Indian Premier LeagueThird place2nd15 May 2012
Kolkata Knight Riders[40]2012 Indian Premier LeagueWinners2nd17 May 2012
Mumbai Indians[25]2012 Indian Premier LeagueFourth place3rd19 May 2012
Chennai Super Kings[41]2012 Indian Premier LeagueRunners-up3rd20 May 2012
Auckland AcesQualifying stagePool 1 winners2nd10 October 2012
Yorkshire CarnegieQualifying stagePool 2 winners1st10 October 2012
Teams participating in the qualifying stage[2]
TeamDomestic tournamentPositionQualified
Auckland Aces[42]2011–12 HRV CupWinners22 January 2012
Trinidad and Tobago[43]2011–12 Caribbean Twenty20Winners22 January 2012
Sialkot Stallions[44]2012 Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup[45]Winners1 April 2012
Yorkshire Carnegie[46]2012 Friends Life t20Runners-up25 August 2012
Hampshire Royals[46]2012 Friends Life t20Winners25 August 2012
Uva Next2012 Sri Lanka Premier LeagueWinners31 August 2012

Squads

As with previous editions, several players qualified for the tournament with multiple teams, allowing them to play for the teams of their choosing. Should a player decline the option of playing for his "home" team, his chosen team must pay the "home" team a compensation fee of $150,000.[47] Nine players were nominated in preliminary squad of more than one team and all of them chose to play for their Indian Premier League teams.[48] As a result, teams lost players who helped them qualify for the tournament. Amongst these teams, Trinidad and Tobago were very determined to have Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine represent them (their national team) instead of their IPL teams.[49] The T&T government offered to match the higher match fees given by the IPL teams as compensation. In June, T&T sports minister Anil Roberts announced that the players wanted to play for T&T and were close to signing memorandums of understanding.[50] All three players eventually chose to play for their IPL teams despite their efforts.[20][51]

Venues

The organisers originally considered hosting the tournament at five venues across India: Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and New Delhi.[3] This was later changed due to the possibility of monsoons and Durga Puja celebrations and the organisers chose South Africa as the host.[52] The teams that qualified through the Indian Premier League were opposed to this idea as it would likely affect their revenue, which is dependent on television viewership.[53] The venues are: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Centurion and Durban.[1]

Durban Centurion Johannesburg Cape Town
Kingsmead
Capacity: 25,000
SuperSport Park
Capacity: 20,000
New Wanderers Stadium
Capacity: 34,000
Newlands
Capacity: 25,000
Kingsmead SuperSport Park New Wanderers Stadium Newlands

Fixtures

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

Warm-up matches

7 October
Hampshire Royals
135/8 (20 overs)
v
Uva Next
188/8 (18.4 overs)
Uva Next won by 6 wickets
 
 
Sean Ervine 37 (38)
Jacob Oram 3/13 (4 overs)
Andrew McDonald 70 (25)
Kabir Ali 2/25 (3 overs)
  • Uva Next won the toss and elected to field
7 October
Yorkshire Carnegie
146/7 (20 overs)
v
Sialkot Stallions
123/6 (20 overs)
Yorkshire Carnegie won by 23 runs
 
 
Andrew Gale 61 (55)
Bilawal Bhatti 3/20 (4 overs)
Faisal Naved 28 (27)
Adil Rashid 2/20 (4 overs)
  • Yorkshire Carnegie won the toss and elected to bat
11 October
Delhi Daredevils
109 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers
137/5 (20 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets
 
 
Ross Taylor 30 (27)
Mitchell Starc 3/17 (4 overs)
Moisés Henriques 46* (30)
Pawan Negi 2/16 (3 overs)
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
11 October
Kolkata Knight Riders
104/4 (12.5 overs)
v
No result
 
 
Gautam Gambhir 31 (24)
Zander de Bruyn 2/19 (3 overs)
  • Highveld Lions won the toss and elected to field
12 October
Perth Scorchers
169/6 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
136 (19.5 overs)
Perth Scorchers won by 33 runs
 
 
Herschelle Gibbs 66* (40)
Mitchell Johnson 2/13 (3 overs)
Kieron Pollard 31 (24)
Ben Edmondson 4/28 (3.5 overs)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field
12 October
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
 
 

Pool 1

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Auckland Aces 2 2 0 0 8 1.904
2 Sialkot Stallions 2 1 1 0 4 −0.511
3 Hampshire Royals 2 0 2 0 0 −1.331
Source: [54]
9 October
Sialkot Stallions
130/9 (20 overs)
v
Auckland Aces
136/4 (17.1 overs)
Auckland Aces won by 6 wickets
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Kyle Mills (Auckland Aces)
Shahid Yousuf 39 (25)
Kyle Mills 2/6 (4 overs)
Martin Guptill 40 (32)
Sarfraz Ahmed 2/31 (4 overs)
  • Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to bat
10 October
Hampshire Royals
121/8 (20 overs)
v
Auckland Aces
123/2 (14.3 overs)
Auckland Aces won by 8 wickets
 
 
13:30
Scorecard
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (Auckland Aces)
Michael Carberry 65 (65)
Azhar Mahmood 5/24 (4 overs)
Azhar Mahmood 55* (30)
Chris Wood 1/21 (2 overs)
11 October
Hampshire Royals
143/8 (20 overs)
v
Sialkot Stallions
144/4 (19.1 overs)
Sialkot Stallions won by 6 wickets
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
Player of the match: Haris Sohail (Sialkot Stallions)
Glenn Maxwell 42 (29)
Umaid Asif 2/42 (4 overs)
Haris Sohail 63* (57)
Liam Dawson 1/14 (2 overs)
  • Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to field

Pool 2

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Yorkshire Carnegie 2 2 0 0 8 0.507
2 Uva Next 2 0 1 1 2 −0.244
3 Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 1 1 2 −0.777
Source: [54]
9 October
Uva Next
150/7 (20 overs)
v
Yorkshire Carnegie
151/5 (19.3 overs)
Yorkshire Carnegie won by 5 wickets
 
 
13:30
Scorecard
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Adil Rashid (Yorkshire Carnegie)
Thilina Kandamby 29* (22)
Moin Ashraf 2/29 (4 overs)
David Miller 39* (29)
Dilshan Munaweera 3/32 (4 overs)
  • Yorkshire Carnegie won the toss and elected to field
  • T20 debut : Dan Hodgson (Yorkshire Carnegie)
10 October
Trinidad and Tobago
148/9 (20 overs)
v
Yorkshire Carnegie
154/4 (18.5 overs)
Yorkshire Carnegie won by 6 wickets
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Gary Ballance (Yorkshire Carnegie)
Dinesh Ramdin 59 (40)
Ryan Sidebottom 3/13 (4 overs)
Gary Ballance 64* (37)
Yannick Ottley 1/16 (2 overs)
11 October
Trinidad and Tobago
181/3 (20 overs)
v
Uva Next
0/1 (0.1 overs)
No result
 
 
13:30
Scorecard
Darren Bravo 54* (42)
Andrew McDonald 1/28 (4 overs)

Shannon Gabriel 1/0 (0.1 overs)
  • Uva Next won the toss and elected to field
  • Match abandoned after first ball of second innings due to rain

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Delhi Daredevils 4 2 0 2 12 1.440
2 Titans 4 2 1 1 10 −0.017
3 Kolkata Knight Riders 4 1 2 1 6 0.488
4 Perth Scorchers 4 1 2 1 6 −0.474
5 Auckland Aces 4 1 2 1 6 −0.963
Source: [55]
13 October
Titans
163/4 (20 overs)
v
Perth Scorchers
124/7 (20 overs)
Titans won by 39 runs
 
 
13:30
Scorecard
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Cornelius de Villiers (Titans)
Jacques Rudolph 83* (59)
Nathan Rimmington 2/20 (4 overs)
  • Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
13 October
Delhi Daredevils
160/8 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
108/7 (20 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won by 52 runs
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Irfan Pathan (Delhi Daredevils)
Unmukt Chand 40 (27)
Sunil Narine 3/21 (4 overs)
Manoj Tiwary 33 (38)
Umesh Yadav 2/13 (4 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
15 October
Kolkata Knight Riders
137/6 (20 overs)
v
Auckland Aces
139/3 (17.4 overs)
Auckland Aces won by 7 wickets
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (Auckland Aces)
Brendon McCullum 40 (35)
Azhar Mahmood 3/16 (4 overs)
Azhar Mahmood 51* (42)
Sunil Narine 2/24 (4 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat
17 October
Titans
172/4 (20 overs)
v
Auckland Aces
113 (18.1 overs)
Titans won by 59 runs
 
 
13:30
Scorecard
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus) and S. Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Farhaan Behardien (Titans)
Jacques Rudolph 63 (56)
Michael Bates 1/21 (3 overs)
Andre Adams 30 (17)
Alfonso Thomas 3/18 (3.1 overs)
  • Auckland Aces won the toss and elected to field
17 October
Perth Scorchers
91/2 (14 overs)
v
No result
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Simon Katich 43* (32)
Brett Lee 1/11 (2 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field
  • Kolkata Knight Riders are eliminated as a result of this match
19 October
v
No result
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
  • Match abandoned without a toss due to rain
21 October
Perth Scorchers
121/5 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
123/7 (19.3 overs)
Delhi Daredevils won by 3 wickets
 
 
13:30
Scorecard
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Ajit Agarkar (Delhi Daredevils)
Shaun Marsh 39 (41)
Morne Morkel 3/19 (4 overs)
Virender Sehwag 52 (44)
Michael Beer 2/18 (4 overs)
  • Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field
  • Perth Scorchers are eliminated as a result of this match
21 October
Kolkata Knight Riders
188/5 (20 overs)
v
Titans
89 (16.4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 99 runs
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Debabrata Das (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Gautam Gambhir 44 (36)
Roelof van der Merwe 2/18 (4 overs)
Jacques Rudolph 25 (24)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4/19 (4 overs)
  • Titans won the toss and elected to field
23 October
Perth Scorchers
140/7 (20 overs)
v
Auckland Aces
124/8 (20 overs)
Perth Scorchers won by 16 runs
 
 
13:30
Scorecard
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Michael Beer (Perth Scorchers)
Paul Collingwood 38 (27)
Michael Bates 4/34 (4 overs)
Martin Guptill 36 (32)
Michael Beer 3/13 (4 overs)
  • Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Auckland Aces are eliminated and Dehli Daredevils and Titans qualify for the Semi-finals as a result of this match
23 October
v
No result
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
  • Titans cricket team
  • Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Sydney Sixers 4 4 0 0 16 1.656
2 Highveld Lions 4 3 1 0 12 0.140
3 Chennai Super Kings 4 2 2 0 8 −0.049
4 Mumbai Indians 4 0 3 1 2 −0.471
5 Yorkshire Carnegie 4 0 3 1 2 −1.791
Source: [56]
14 October
Sydney Sixers
185/5 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
171/9 (20 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 14 runs
 
 
13:30
Scorecard
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Moisés Henriques (Sydney Sixers)
Suresh Raina 57 (33)
Moisés Henriques 3/23 (3 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field
14 October
Mumbai Indians
157/6 (20 overs)
v
Highveld Lions
158/2 (18.5 overs)
Highveld Lions won by 8 wickets
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Neil McKenzie (Highveld Lions)
Mitchell Johnson 30 (29)
Sohail Tanvir 2/31 (4 overs)
Neil McKenzie 68* (41)
Lasith Malinga 1/18 (3.5 overs)
  • Highveld Lions won the toss and elected to field
16 October
Yorkshire Carnegie
96/9 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers
98/2 (8.5 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 8 wickets
 
 
13:30
Scorecard
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Brad Haddin (Sydney Sixers)
Joe Root 25 (24)
Mitchell Starc 3/22 (4 overs)
Michael Lumb 43* (24)
Azeem Rafiq 1/21 (1.5 overs)
  • Yorkshire Carnegie won the toss and elected to bat
16 October
Chennai Super Kings
158/6 (20 Overs)
v
Highveld Lions
159/4 (19.3 Overs)
Highveld Lions won by 6 wickets
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
Player of the match: Aaron Phangiso (Highveld Lions)
MS Dhoni 34 (26)
Aaron Phangiso 2/17 (4 Overs)
Gulam Bodi 64 (46)
Doug Bollinger 2/18 (4 Overs)
  • Highveld Lions won the toss and elected to field
18 October
Highveld Lions
137/9 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers
141/5 (19 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets
 
 
13:30
Scorecard
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Sydney Sixers)
Gulam Bodi 61 (44)
Mitchell Starc 3/19 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 47 (38)
Aaron Phangiso 3/14 (4 Overs)
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
18 October
Mumbai Indians
156/6 (17.5 overs)
v
No result
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Kieron Pollard 37* (20)
Azeem Rafiq 2/36 (4 overs)
  • Yorkshire Carnegie won the toss and elected to field
  • Sydney Sixers qualify for the Semi-finals as a result of this match
20 October
Yorkshire Carnegie
131/7 (20 overs)
v
Highveld Lions
134/5 (19.2 overs)
Highveld Lions won by 5 wickets
 
 
13:30
Scorecard
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
Player of the match: Jean Symes (Highveld Lions)
Phil Jaques 31 (29)
Aaron Phangiso 2/23 (4 overs)
Quinton de Kock 32 (35)
Steven Patterson 2/21 (3.2 overs)
  • Highveld Lions won the toss and elected to field
  • Highveld Lions qualify for the Semi-finals and Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and Yorkshire Carnegie are eliminated as a result of this match
20 October
Chennai Super Kings
173/8 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
167/7 (20 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 runs
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Ben Hilfenhaus (Chennai Super Kings)
Faf du Plessis 52 (33)
Lasith Malinga 5/32 (4 overs)
Dinesh Karthik 74 (45)
Ben Hilfenhaus 2/14 (4 overs)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field
22 October
Yorkshire Carnegie
140/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
141/6 (19 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wickets
 
 
13:30
Scorecard
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Subramaniam Badrinath (Chennai Super Kings)
Gary Ballance 58 (38)
Albie Morkel 2/12 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field
22 October
Sydney Sixers
136/7 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
124/8 (20 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 12 runs
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and S. Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Steve Smith (Sydney Sixers)
Steve Smith 41 (41)
Munaf Patel 2/17 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 26 (28)
Pat Cummins 2/16 (4 overs)
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat

Knockout stage

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Delhi Daredevils 117/9 (20 overs)
B2 Highveld Lions 139/5 (20 overs)
B2 Highveld Lions 121 (20 overs)
B1 Sydney Sixers 124/0 (12.3 overs)
A2 Titans 163/5 (20 overs)
B1 Sydney Sixers 164/8 (20 overs)

Semi-finals

25 October
Highveld Lions
139/5 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Daredevils
117/9 (20 overs)
Highveld Lions won by 22 runs
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Neil McKenzie (Highveld Lions)
Gulam Bodi 50 (49)
Umesh Yadav 2/20 (4 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 50 (44)
Chris Morris 2/7 (4 overs)
  • Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field
  • Highveld Lions qualify for the final and Delhi Daredevils are eliminated as a result of this match
26 October
Titans
163/5 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers
164/8 (20 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 2 wickets
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Player of the match: Stephen O'Keefe (Sydney Sixers)
David Wiese 61 (28)
Mitchell Starc 2/33 (4 overs)
Michael Lumb 33 (20)
Alfonso Thomas 2/36 (4 overs)
  • Titans won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Sixers qualify for the final and Titans are eliminated as a result of this match

Final

28 October
Highveld Lions
121 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers
124/0 (12.3 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 10 wickets
 
 
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Attendance: 28,719
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Michael Lumb (Sydney Sixers)
Jean Symes 51 (46)
Josh Hazlewood 3/22 (4 overs)
Michael Lumb 82* (42)
Sohail Tanvir 0/16 (3 overs)
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field

Final standings

Pos. Team
1 Sydney Sixers
2 Highveld Lions
3 Delhi Daredevils
4 Titans
5 Chennai Super Kings
6 Kolkata Knight Riders
7 Perth Scorchers
8 Auckland Aces
9 Mumbai Indians
10 Yorkshire Carnegie
11 Sialkot Stallions
12 Uva Next
13 Trinidad and Tobago
14 Hampshire Royals

Statistics

Most runs

Player[57]Team Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
Michael Lumb Sydney Sixers 622656.50155.8682*01317
Gulam Bodi Highveld Lions 620834.66117.5164031610
Neil McKenzie Highveld Lions 617644.00134.3568*01241
Jacques Rudolph Titans 417257.33119.4483*02183
Henry Davids Titans 416254.00142.1059*02139

Most wickets

Player[58]Team Inns Wkts Ave Econ BBI SR 4WI 5WI
Mitchell Starc Sydney Sixers 61412.357.203/1910.200
Azhar Mahmood Auckland Aces 51011.606.445/2410.801
Aaron Phangiso Highveld Lions 61011.805.363/1413.200
Lasith Malinga Mumbai Indians 3810.757.265/328.801
Moisés Henriques Sydney Sixers 6814.507.253/2312.000

Criticism and controversy

The changes to the tournament format were met with criticism from the Trinidad and Tobago team. The changes resulted in the Mumbai Indians receiving a spot in the group stage previously given to a team from the qualifying stage, leaving Trinidad and Tobago with a lesser chance of advancing to the group stage. The Mumbai Indians were given the spot on account of being the defending champions. The eight teams receiving direct entry are all from India, Australia and South Africa, the three countries arranging the tournament. These teams were selected instead of Trinidad and Tobago despite their good performances in past editions and their win–loss record—the best in the history of the tournament.[59][60]

On 28 August, Lalit Modi, the former chairman of both the IPL and the CLT20, claimed on Twitter that the Board of Control for Cricket in India were "arm twisting" to make Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine play for their IPL teams instead of their national team of Trinidad and Tobago. Modi claimed the BCCI threatened to withdraw Trinidad and Tobago's invitation to participate in the tournament and threatened the players with their IPL contracts.[61][62]

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