International 20:20 Club Championship

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International 20:20 Club Championship
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)Flag of England.svg  England
Champions Flag of Pakistan.svg Faisalabad Wolves (1st title)
Participants6
Matches9

The International 20:20 Club Championship was an international Twenty20 competition for club cricket teams. It was held once, hosted by Leicestershire County Cricket Club from 15 to 17 September 2005. It featured the winners of the domestic Twenty20 competitions from England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, as well as the Leicestershire Foxes and the PCA Masters XI, a composition of current and past players of international cricket from around the world. [1] The winners were awarded £25,000. [2]

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The competition was the first notable attempt at a competition featuring the top domestic Twenty20 teams from around the world. As Twenty20 cricket had only been introduced in 2003, the scale of the competition was limited. Australia, New Zealand and the West Indies were not represented due to their lack of a domestic Twenty20 competition. The competition had limited television coverage, and three of the nine games could not proceed due to bad weather. [3] While this competition was only held once, the creation of an international Twenty20 club tournament was executed successfully with the Champions League Twenty20 in 2009.

Teams

Squads

Fixtures

Group stage

Group A
Team [4] Pld W L NR Pts
Flag of England.svg Leicestershire Foxes 22004
Flag of Pakistan.svg Faisalabad Wolves 21102
Flag of England.svg Somerset Sabres 20200
15 September 2005
14:00
Scorecard
v
Leicestershire Foxes won the bowl-out 5–3
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: John Holder and Nigel Llong
  • Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

16 September 2005
10:30
Scorecard
Faisalabad Wolves Flag of Pakistan.svg
207/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg Somerset Sabres
177 (19.4 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 79 (35)
Gareth Andrew 2/45 (4 overs)
Ian Blackwell 82 (48)
Mohammad Hafeez 3/23 (3.4 overs)
Faisalabad Wolves won by 30 runs
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Trevor Jesty and Richard Kettleborough
Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Faisalabad Wolves)
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to field.

16 September 2005
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Leicestershire Foxes Flag of England.svg
172/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg Somerset Sabres
106/8 (20 overs)
Darren Maddy 42 (27)
Rob Woodman 2/37 (4 overs)
John Francis 49 (44)
Dinesh Mongia 2/6 (4 overs)
Leicestershire Foxes won by 66 runs
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: John Holder and Trevor Jesty
Player of the match: Dinesh Mongia (Leicestershire Foxes)
  • Leicestershire Foxes won the toss and elected to bat.
Group B
Team [4] Pld W L NR Pts
Flag placeholder.svg PCA Masters XI 22004
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Chilaw Marians 21102
Flag of South Africa.svg Titans 20200
15 September 2005
10:30
Scorecard
Chilaw Marians Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
21/0 (2.1 overs)
v
PCA Masters XI won the bowl-out 6–2
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Nigel Cowley and Steve Garratt
  • PCA Masters XI won the toss and elected to field.
  • No result.

15 September 2005
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
PCA Masters XI won the bowl-out 6-5
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Nigel Cowley and John Holder
  • Match abandoned without a ball bowled

16 September 2005
14:00
Scorecard
Chilaw Marians Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
179 (19.1 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg Titans
112 (18 overs)
Nimesh Perera 39 (18)
Johann Myburgh 3/16 (3 overs)
Alviro Petersen 29 (24)
Janaka Gunaratne 4/21 (4 overs)
Chilaw Marians won by 67 runs
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Nigel Cowley and Nigel Llong
  • Chilaw Marians won the toss and elected to bat.

Knockout stage

Semifinals Final
      
A1 Flag of England.svg Leicestershire Foxes 103 (19.5 ov)
B2 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Chilaw Marians 112/9 (20 ov)
B2 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Chilaw Marians 132 (19.5 ov)
A2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Faisalabad Wolves 133/5 (18.1 ov)
B1 Flag placeholder.svg PCA Masters XI 138/9 (20 ov)
A2 Flag of Pakistan.svg Faisalabad Wolves 142/7 (20 ov)
Semi-finals
17 September 2005
11:00
Scorecard
Chilaw Marians Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
112/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg Leicestershire Foxes
103 (19.5 overs)
Hasantha Fernando 38 (34)
David Masters 3/7 (4 overs)
Paul Nixon 19 (28)
Hasantha Fernando 3/22 (4 overs)
Chilaw Marians won by 9 runs
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough and Nigel Llong
Player of the match: Hasantha Fernando (Chilaw Marians)
  • Chilaw Marians won the toss and elected to bat.

17 September 2005
14:00
Scorecard
PCA Masters XI
138/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg Faisalabad Wolves
142/7 (20 overs)
Robin Singh 38 (31)
Imran Khalid 2/15 (4 overs)
Naved Latif 36 (25)
Chris Gayle 3/13 (4 overs)
Faisalabad Wolves won by 3 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Nigel Cowley and Trevor Jesty
Player of the match: Mohammad Salman (Faisalabad Wolves)
  • PCA Masters XI won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
17 September 2005
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chilaw Marians Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
132 (19.5 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg Faisalabad Wolves
133/5 (18.1 overs)
Nimesh Perera 37 (33)
Saeed Ajmal 2/25 (4 overs)
Naved Latif 45 (33)
Nimesh Perera 3/21 (3.1 overs)
Faisalabad Wolves won by 5 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: John Holder and Richard Kettleborough
Player of the match: Naved Latif (Faisalabad Wolves)
  • Chilaw Marians won the toss and elected to bat.

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