2012 Champions League Twenty20

2012 Champions League Twenty20
Administrator(s)	BCCI; CA; CSA
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)	South Africa[1]
Champions	Sydney Sixers (1st title)
Runners-up	Highveld Lions
Participants	10 (group stage); 14 (total)[2]
Matches	29
Player of the series	Mitchell Starc (14 wickets)
Most runs	Michael Lumb (226 runs)
Most wickets	Mitchell Starc (14 wickets)
Official website	www.clt20.com

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]

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:

Result	Points
Win	4 points
No result	2 points
Loss	0 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 tournament	Teams from	Teams
2012 Indian Premier League	India	4 (top four teams)
2011–12 Big Bash League	Australia	2 (Winners and runners-up)[32][33]
2011–12 MiWay T20 Challenge	South Africa	2 (Winners and runners-up)
Qualifying stage	England 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
Team	Domestic tournament	Position	Appearance	Qualified
Perth Scorchers[32]	2011–12 Big Bash League	Runners-up	1st	21 January 2012
Sydney Sixers[33]	2011–12 Big Bash League	Winners	1st	22 January 2012
Highveld Lions[37][38]	2011–12 MiWay T20 Challenge	Runners-up	2nd	18 March 2012
Titans[39]	2011–12 MiWay T20 Challenge	Winners	1st	1 April 2012
Delhi Daredevils[40]	2012 Indian Premier League	Third place	2nd	15 May 2012
Kolkata Knight Riders[40]	2012 Indian Premier League	Winners	2nd	17 May 2012
Mumbai Indians[25]	2012 Indian Premier League	Fourth place	3rd	19 May 2012
Chennai Super Kings[41]	2012 Indian Premier League	Runners-up	3rd	20 May 2012
Auckland Aces	Qualifying stage	Pool 1 winners	2nd	10 October 2012
Yorkshire Carnegie	Qualifying stage	Pool 2 winners	1st	10 October 2012

Teams participating in the qualifying stage[2]
Team	Domestic tournament	Position	Qualified
Auckland Aces[42]	2011–12 HRV Cup	Winners	22 January 2012
Trinidad and Tobago[43]	2011–12 Caribbean Twenty20	Winners	22 January 2012
Sialkot Stallions[44]	2012 Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup[45]	Winners	1 April 2012
Yorkshire Carnegie[46]	2012 Friends Life t20	Runners-up	25 August 2012
Hampshire Royals[46]	2012 Friends Life t20	Winners	25 August 2012
Uva Next	2012 Sri Lanka Premier League	Winners	31 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

Johannesburg Durban Centurion Cape Town

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
Scorecard	Hampshire Royals 135/8 (20 overs)	v	Uva Next 188/8 (18.4 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Johan Cloete and Shaun George
Scorecard	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
Scorecard	Yorkshire Carnegie 146/7 (20 overs)	v	Sialkot Stallions 123/6 (20 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Johan Cloete and Shaun George
Scorecard	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
Scorecard	Delhi Daredevils 109 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 137/5 (20 overs)	SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Shaun George and Brad White
Scorecard	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	Highveld Lions	No result
Scorecard	Kolkata Knight Riders 104/4 (12.5 overs)	v	Highveld Lions	SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Shaun George and Brad White
Scorecard	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
Scorecard	Perth Scorchers 169/6 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 136 (19.5 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Shaun George and Brad White
Scorecard	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	Titans	v	Chennai Super Kings	Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Scorecard	Titans	v	Chennai Super Kings	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Shaun George and Brad White
Scorecard

Pool 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Auckland Aces	2	2	0	8	1.904
2	Sialkot Stallions	2	1	1	4	−0.511
3	Hampshire Royals	2	0	2	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	Sialkot Stallions 130/9 (20 overs)	v	Auckland Aces 136/4 (17.1 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Kyle Mills (Auckland Aces)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Hampshire Royals 121/8 (20 overs)	v	Auckland Aces 123/2 (14.3 overs)	SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (Auckland Aces)
13:30 Scorecard	Michael Carberry 65 (65) Azhar Mahmood 5/24 (4 overs)		Azhar Mahmood 55* (30) Chris Wood 1/21 (2 overs)
Auckland Aces won the toss and elected to field Auckland Aces qualify for the Group Stage, Hampshire Royals and Sialkot Stallions are eliminated as a result of this match

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	Hampshire Royals 143/8 (20 overs)	v	Sialkot Stallions 144/4 (19.1 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Haris Sohail (Sialkot Stallions)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Uva Next 150/7 (20 overs)	v	Yorkshire Carnegie 151/5 (19.3 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Adil Rashid (Yorkshire Carnegie)
13:30 Scorecard	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	Trinidad and Tobago 148/9 (20 overs)	v	Yorkshire Carnegie 154/4 (18.5 overs)	SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Gary Ballance (Yorkshire Carnegie)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	Dinesh Ramdin 59 (40) Ryan Sidebottom 3/13 (4 overs)		Gary Ballance 64* (37) Yannick Ottley 1/16 (2 overs)
Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and elected to bat Yorkshire Carnegie qualify for the Group Stage, Trinidad and Tobago and Uva Next are eliminated as a result of this match

11 October	Trinidad and Tobago 181/3 (20 overs)	v	Uva Next 0/1 (0.1 overs)	No result
13:30 Scorecard	Trinidad and Tobago 181/3 (20 overs)	v	Uva Next 0/1 (0.1 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
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	Titans 163/4 (20 overs)	v	Perth Scorchers 124/7 (20 overs)	SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Cornelius de Villiers (Titans)
13:30 Scorecard	Jacques Rudolph 83* (59) Nathan Rimmington 2/20 (4 overs)		Mitchell Marsh 52* (41) Cornelius de Villiers 3/16 (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	Delhi Daredevils 160/8 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 108/7 (20 overs)	SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Irfan Pathan (Delhi Daredevils)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Kolkata Knight Riders 137/6 (20 overs)	v	Auckland Aces 139/3 (17.4 overs)	Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (Auckland Aces)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Titans 172/4 (20 overs)	v	Auckland Aces 113 (18.1 overs)	Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus) and S. Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Farhaan Behardien (Titans)
13:30 Scorecard	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	Kolkata Knight Riders	No result
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	Perth Scorchers 91/2 (14 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Delhi Daredevils	v	Auckland Aces	No result
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	Delhi Daredevils	v	Auckland Aces	Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
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	Perth Scorchers 121/5 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 123/7 (19.3 overs)	Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Ajit Agarkar (Delhi Daredevils)
13:30 Scorecard	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	Kolkata Knight Riders 188/5 (20 overs)	v	Titans 89 (16.4 overs)	Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Debabrata Das (Kolkata Knight Riders)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Perth Scorchers 140/7 (20 overs)	v	Auckland Aces 124/8 (20 overs)	SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Michael Beer (Perth Scorchers)
13:30 Scorecard	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	Delhi Daredevils	v	Titans	No result
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	Delhi Daredevils	v	Titans	SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
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	Sydney Sixers 185/5 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 171/9 (20 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Moisés Henriques (Sydney Sixers)
13:30 Scorecard	Moisés Henriques 49* (23) Ravichandran Ashwin 2/32 (4 overs)		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	Mumbai Indians 157/6 (20 overs)	v	Highveld Lions 158/2 (18.5 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Neil McKenzie (Highveld Lions)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Yorkshire Carnegie 96/9 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 98/2 (8.5 overs)	Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Brad Haddin (Sydney Sixers)
13:30 Scorecard	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	Chennai Super Kings 158/6 (20 Overs)	v	Highveld Lions 159/4 (19.3 Overs)	Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Aaron Phangiso (Highveld Lions)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Highveld Lions 137/9 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 141/5 (19 overs)	Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Sydney Sixers)
13:30 Scorecard	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	Yorkshire Carnegie	No result
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	Mumbai Indians 156/6 (17.5 overs)	v	Yorkshire Carnegie	Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Yorkshire Carnegie 131/7 (20 overs)	v	Highveld Lions 134/5 (19.2 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Jean Symes (Highveld Lions)
13:30 Scorecard	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	Chennai Super Kings 173/8 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 167/7 (20 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Ben Hilfenhaus (Chennai Super Kings)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Yorkshire Carnegie 140/6 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 141/6 (19 overs)	Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Subramaniam Badrinath (Chennai Super Kings)
13:30 Scorecard	Gary Ballance 58 (38) Albie Morkel 2/12 (4 overs)		Subramaniam Badrinath 47 (38) Steven Patterson 2/22 (3 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	Sydney Sixers 136/7 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 124/8 (20 overs)	Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and S. Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Steve Smith (Sydney Sixers)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Highveld Lions 139/5 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 117/9 (20 overs)	Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Neil McKenzie (Highveld Lions)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Titans 163/5 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 164/8 (20 overs)	SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Stephen O'Keefe (Sydney Sixers)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	Highveld Lions 121 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers 124/0 (12.3 overs)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance: 28,719 Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Michael Lumb (Sydney Sixers)
17:30 (D/N) Scorecard	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	50	4s	6s
Michael Lumb	Sydney Sixers	6	226	56.50	155.86	82*	1	31	7
Gulam Bodi	Highveld Lions	6	208	34.66	117.51	64	3	16	10
Neil McKenzie	Highveld Lions	6	176	44.00	134.35	68*	1	24	1
Jacques Rudolph	Titans	4	172	57.33	119.44	83*	2	18	3
Henry Davids	Titans	4	162	54.00	142.10	59*	2	13	9

Most wickets

Player[58]	Team	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	SR	5WI
Mitchell Starc	Sydney Sixers	6	14	12.35	7.20	3/19	10.2	0
Azhar Mahmood	Auckland Aces	5	10	11.60	6.44	5/24	10.8	1
Aaron Phangiso	Highveld Lions	6	10	11.80	5.36	3/14	13.2	0
Lasith Malinga	Mumbai Indians	3	8	10.75	7.26	5/32	8.8	1
Moisés Henriques	Sydney Sixers	6	8	14.50	7.25	3/23	12.0	0

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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