The second edition of the Champions League Twenty20 will be held from September 25th to October 10th 2009, Cricket Boards of India, Australia and South Africa said in a joint statement in Mumbai on Monday.
Twelve teams from five nations will participate in the cash-rich tournament, which will feature 23 matches. Interestingly, the postponed Champions Trophy has also been scheduled for the same time period.
To save the clash between the two tournaments, ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat on Monday said that Executive Committee meeting of the ICC will discuss the calender this week. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) have already announced the dates for the inaugural edition of the Champions League, which is slated for December 3-10 later this year.
However, venues and commercial partnership details of the inaugural edition of the event have not been decided yet.
Eight teams including the winners and runners-up from the domestic Twenty20 competitions in India, Australia and South Africa will compete in the inaugural tournament. Winners of 2008 Twenty20 championships from Pakistan and the reigning Twenty20 Cup champion from England – Middlesex -- have also been invited to compete in the event.
The inaugural Champions League offers a whopping USD six million prize money, the biggest in world cricket at a domestic level competition. The inaugural contest offers $6 million in prize money. The winning team will get $3 million.
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