"Cricket Champions League unveiled"

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Four major national governing bodies have unveiled plans for cricket's first Champions League tournament.

The authorities in England and Wales, India, Australia and South Africa have set up an eight-team autumn event with a £2.5m cheque for the winners.

Such rewards are unprecedented in English cricket, where most counties make a loss and rely on funding from the England and Wales Cricket Board.

The tournament will be played in India or the Middle East.

The announcement comes after discussions between the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Cricket Australia, the Board for the Control of Cricket in India and Cricket South Africa, and is inspired by the success of the Indian Premier League.

English cricket will be represented by the two finalists from the ECB Twenty20 Cup.

They will line up against India's Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings, Western Australia and Victoria, and the Titans and KwaZulu Natal Dolphins from South Africa.

"The ECB Twenty20 Cup will be even more fiercely contested this season in the knowledge that the two teams who reach the final will qualify for the Champions League," said ECB chairman Giles Clarke.


BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew believes many questions need answering.

"What about England's one-day cricketers, as they will be unavailable for almost all of the domestic Twenty20?

"Would Peter Moores release them, and, if so, what effect would that have on their county team?

"And where are the other countries like the West Indies, New Zealand and Pakistan?," he added.

"In fact, is this the first split between the haves and have-nots?"

This year's Twenty20 Cup starts on Wednesday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7441994.stm
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Its finally been decided on then. The whole thing is taking over.

If you don't like it - blame the Indians.
 
I take it the team you were supporting in the IPL didn't quite make it eh..
 
kietotheworld said:
How can you take teams with such stupid names seriously?
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I am not sure if the names are stupid or not, but i think the whole point of this tournament is probably to take cricket at next stage, similar to football, club adn country level.

I do not agree with this idea, but i thibnk tha's where its going. Anyways i dont watch it, so it doesn't really bother me.
 
Shame the Mumbai Indians didn't make it.

I'd have loved to have seen how they fared against the West Australia Australians.
 
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