Australian CLT20 squads

 Champions league teams from Australia, Victoria and South Australia announced 20-man preliminary squads. All CLT20 teams are required to announce their final 15-member squads by August 9. Victoria Bushrangers is one of the strong favourites to win 2010 Champions League tournament along with IPL teams and Warriors. Victoria has outstanding cricketers in all departments. South Australia is weakened by the absence of its two important players, Shahid Afridi & Kieron Pollard. Pollard may play for Mumbai Indians. But, Victoria named Dwayne Bravo in their preliminary squad. Victoria Bushrangers are winners in the KFC Twenty20 Bigbash tournament while South Australia Redbacks are runners-up in the Australian domestic tournament. 2010 Champions League Preliminary squads:    Victoria Bushrangers CLT20 preliminary squad: Captain: Cameron White Batsmen: Aaron Finch, Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Chris Rogers, Robert Quiney All-rounders: Dwayne Bravo, Andew McDonald, John Hastings, Glenn Maxwell, Damien Wright. Wicket-keepers: Mathew Wade, Ryan Carters Bowlers: Dirk Nannes, Shane Harwood, Peter Siddle, Clinton McKay, Bryce McGain, Jon Holland, Darren Pattinson, James Pattinson  South Australian Redbacks CLT20 preliminary squad: Captain: Michael Klinger Batsmen: James Smith, Daniel Harris, Callum Ferguson, Michael Cranmer, Tom Cooper, Cameron Borgas All-rounders: Daniel Christian, Chris Duval, Aaron O’Brien, Joel Davies Wicket-keepers: Graham Manou, Tim Ludeman Bowlers: Shaun Tait, Cullen Bailey, Gary Putland, Peter George, Kane Richardson, Jake Haberfield, Daniel Cullen  … [Read more...]

IPL teams: Preliminary squads

 Indian premier league (IPL) teams announced their 20-man preliminary squads for 2010 Airtel Champions League (CLT20) cricket. They need to prune their teams to 15 members by August 9, last date to announce final squads. Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Bengaluru Royal Challengers qualified for 2010 CLT20 cricket tournament which will start from September 10 in South Africa. 20-man CLT20 preliminary squads: 1. Mumbai Indians: Captain: Sachin Tendulkar Batsmen: Shikhar Dhawan, Saurabh Tiwary, J.P. Duminy, Ajinkya Rahane. All-rounders: Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, R. Satish, Ryan McLaren, Abhishek Nayar Wicket-keeper: Ambati Rayudu, Sushant Marathe, Luke Ronchi Bowling: Lasith Malinga, Zaheer Khan, Dhawal Kulkarni, Harbhajan Singh, Dilhara Fernando, Ali Murtaza, Abu Nechim Ahmed  2. Chennai Super Kings: Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni Batsmen: Murali Vijay, Mathew Hayden, Suresh Raina, S. Badrinath, Michael Hussey, Abhinav Mukund, Anirudha Srikkanth All-rounders: Albie Morkel, Andrew Flintoff, Thisara Perera Wicket-keeper: Parthiv Patel Bowling: Muttiah Muralidharan, R. Ashwin, Doug Bollinger, L. Balaji, Shadab Jakati, Sudeep Tyagi, Joginder Sharma, Thilan Thushara 3. Bangalore Royal challengers: Captain: Anil Kumble Batsmen: Kevin Pietersen, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, Sridharan Sriram All-rounders: Jacques Kallis, Akhil Balachandra, Cameron While, Dillon Du Preez, Bhuvneshwar Kumar Wicket-keeper: Robin Uthappa Bowling: Dale Steyn, Praveen kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar, Pankaj Singh, Nayan Doshi, Udit Patel  … [Read more...]