20/20 Champions League, & more

[BhoysFC1995]

Leicestershire have announced plans to stage their own 20-over style tournament in September, billed as "The Champions League."

story (http://cricket365.com/news/story_16074.shtml)

sounds good, perhaps teams from south africa, NZ, india, sri lanka, australia, and maybe some sort of USA all-star team will participate. that being said, the planned event is only 3 months away. add to that the fact the first domestic 20/20 aussie comp doesn't happen to january 2006.

other 20/20 news-

old-timers to play a 20/20 tourny in Bermuda (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4087900.stm)
sounds like an excuse for these guys to visit bermuda, i doubt the games will be well attended.

20/20 comp-Super12 Rugby style (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4090330.stm)
South African great Barry Richards believes Twenty20 should follow rugby's Super 12 in becoming a global competition between city teams

and from the article, the $$$$$$ ""If you had 16 or 20 sides you could float it around the world and you could sell it into America and Canada," Richards told BBC Sport."

[DoyleG]

There was a debate on The Score (one of our 3 all-sports channels) today about 20/20. One of the guests saw 20/20 as a mockery of cricket. Another guest compared the fuss about 20/20 to when ODI's were first played.

One would see 20/20 as the way to promote the game to the youth and to make it into a TV product.

[BhoysFC1995]

def. makes most sense to me that 20/20 is the way to promote the game worlwide. i recall the mentioning of it possibly being an olympic trial if London gets the nod.

here's an editorial from cricinfo, worth a read
No Laughing Matter
John Stern
June 16, 2005

Ricky Ponting made history this week as the first Australian cricket captain to "laugh off" a 100-run defeat by England.

[BhoysFC1995]

here's just an update for the compt which will take place sept 15-17

so its
PCA Masters XI
Somerset, england
Nashua Titans, sout african
Faisalabad Wolves, Pakistan
Chilaw Marians, Sri Lanka
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/4173212.stm

and one reagrding somerset playing...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/4737713.stm

note, no teams from australia and new zealand. Aus's domestic comp didn't start yet, and NZ doesn't have one. i am surprised USA didn't put one of their teams in (had to throw that in there with extreme sarcasm).

it should be well attended, and boost the popularity of 20/20.

[PsychedelicCeltic]

NZ has domestic cricket, what do you mean? They even have a version of 20/20 called MaxCricket (10 overs) that was the foundation for the concept of 20/20.

[BhoysFC1995]

i was refering to a domestic 20/20. i am aware of their MaxCricket, but like you said, its not the 20/20 cricket that the other countries play. do they even still play max?

[BhoysFC1995]

note, no teams from new zealand... and NZ doesn't have one.

well that has changed now.

New Zealand welcome Twenty20 (http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/217585.html)

The Twenty20 tournament will involve two pools of three teams playing a home and away game before the top qualifiers contest the final on February 6.