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School Cricketer
Following up on the recent success of the Champions League Twenty20, there has been a new domestic tournament following up in its place - the Club Championship. This tournament will decide the best One Day team - where the matches will consist of 50 overs per side.
The original teams of the Champions League have been scrapped with new teams entering in place from all around the world. 12 teams will compete - but only one will be victorious when the Club Championship is completed.
The final squads have been completed, the auction has finished, and it's time to get down to business. This is the Club Championship.
Fixtures:
Round 1
Kamikaze Miners vs Panthers United
Alpha Crushers vs Southern Sharks
Blue Spiders vs Skull Tigers
Northern Hurricanes vs Toxic Stingrays
Flying Falcons vs The Scorpions
Silver Stars vs Quicksilver XI
Round 2
Panthers United vs Skull Tigers
Alpha Crushers vs Blue Spiders
Kamikaze Miners vs Southern Sharks
The Scorpions vs Silver Stars
Flying Falcons vs Northern Hurricanes
Quicksilver XI vs Toxic Stingrays
Round 3
Blue Spiders vs Panthers United
Southern Sharks vs Skull Tigers
Kamikaze Miners vs Alpha Crushers
Northern Hurricanes vs The Scorpions
Toxic Stingrays vs Silver Stars
Quicksilver XI vs Flying Falcons
Round 4
Panthers United vs Southern Sharks
Blue Spiders vs Kamikaze Miners
Skull Tigers vs Alpha Crushers
The Scorpions vs Toxic Stingrays
Northern Hurricanes vs Quicksilver XI
Silver Stars vs Flying Falcons
Round 5
Panthers United vs Alpha Crushers
Kamikaze Miners vs Skull Tigers
Southern Sharks vs Blue Spiders
Quicksilver XI vs The Scorpions
Flying Falcons vs Toxic Stingrays
Silver Stars vs Northern Hurricanes
Round 6
Skull Tigers vs Panthers United
Blue Spiders vs Alpha Crushers
Southern Sharks vs Kamikaze Miners
Silver Stars vs The Scorpions
Northern Hurricanes vs Flying Falcons
Toxic Stingrays vs Quicksilver XI
Round 7
Panthers United vs Blue Spiders
Skull Tigers vs Southern Sharks
Alpha Crushers vs Kamikaze Miners
The Scorpions vs Northern Hurricanes
Silver Stars vs Toxic Stingrays
Flying Falcons vs Quicksilver XI
Round 8
Southern Sharks vs Panthers United
Kamikaze Miners vs Blue Spiders
Alpha Crushers vs Skull Tigers
Toxic Stingrays vs The Scorpions
Quicksilver XI vs Northern Hurricanes
Flying Falcons vs Silver Stars
Round 9
Panthers United vs Kamikaze Miners
Southern Sharks vs Alpha Crushers
Skull Tigers vs Blue Spiders
The Scorpions vs Quicksilver XI
Toxic Stingrays vs Flying Falcons
Northern Hurricanes vs Silver Stars
Round 10
Alpha Crushers vs Panthers United
Skull Tigers vs Kamikaze Miners
Blue Spiders vs Southern Sharks
The Scorpions vs Flying Falcons
Quicksilver XI vs Silver Stars
Toxic Stingrays vs Northern Hurricanes
Finals
TBA
Squads:
Northern Hurricanes
Coach: Rahulkhush
Team Colours: silver and black
Team Information: The Northern Hurricanes are the direct rivals of the Southern Sharks. The two share a fierce rivalry and a huge clash is always expected between these two teams. The Hurricanes possess a state-of-the-art stadium which is always filled in rival matches, and they are known for their grittiness and use of cheap tactics on the field.
Squad:
Kevin Pietersen
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Hashim Amla
Peter Fulton
Brad Haddin
Daniel Vettori
Irfan Pathan
Abhishek Nayar
Dale Benkenstein
Grant Elliott
Shoaib Malik
James Anderson
Nathan Hauritz
Ryan Sidebottom
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Southern Sharks
Coach: 20/20 Pro
Team Colours: blue and yellow
Team Information: The Southern Sharks have been rivals with the Hurricanes since the beginning of the competition, and although it is the Hurricanes who come out on top more often than not the Sharks always give a good showing. Always the underdogs of big matches, the Southern Sharks have incredible spirit and never stop fighting.
Squad:
Rahul Dravid
Simon Katich
Misbah-ul-Haq
Chris Rogers
Loots Bosman
Denesh Ramdin
James Hopes
Samit Patel
Jesse Ryder
Ian Botham
Umar Gul
James Franklin
Shane Harwood
Steve Harmison
Tim Southee
Jeetan Patel
Flying Falcons
Coach: Mattfb
Team Colours: red and white
Team Information: The Falcons are an extremely skilful team by nature and have found themselves around the top mid-table in their past few seasons in their previous leagues before the Championship. They are a classy, delicate team and they are not afraid of victory - always challenging any team. They have been known to struggle under pressure sometimes, but more often than not they aren't required to be in that situation anyway.
Squad:
AB de Villiers
Gautam Gambhir
Murali Vijay
Chamara Kapugedera
Joe Denly
Steve Davies
Jacques Kallis
Cameron White
Abdul Razzaq
Wavell Hinds
Harbhajan Singh
Graham Onions
Ishant Sharma
Danish Kaneria
Courtney Walsh
Ajit Agarkar
Quicksilver XI
Coach: D0N
Team Colours: silver and green
Team Information: The Quicksilver XI have been cellar dwellars for their past few seasons in non-league cricket, and have held the wooden spoon for bottom position more than any other team. They have struggled to find the right balance of players and their finances have impacted as a result, but with some helpful drafting and a good manager they could quickly find themselves on the way up.
Squad:
Herschelle Gibbs
Andrew Strauss
Callum Ferguson
Phil Hughes
Imran Nazir
Nasir Jamshed
Steve Waugh
Martin Guptill
Robert Key
Tim Paine
Luke Wright
Peter Siddle
Andre Nel
Nuwan Kulasekara
Charl Langeveldt
Mohammad Asif
The Scorpions
Coach: OffCutters
Team Colours: pink and yellow
Team Information: The Scorpions have held the reputation for 'Finals Chokers' for a number of years now. They have looked a strong force for the entire season until finals time when they fall to pieces - and as a result two grand finals and six preliminary finals have been lost without a single premiership to date. Despite their finals woes, they are a very strong club in the regular season and definitely are not write-offs.
Squad:
Ricky Ponting
Jonathan Trott
Virat Kohli
Ashwell Prince
Neil Broom
MS Dhoni
Chris Gayle
Adrian Mascarenhas
Scott Styris
Dale Steyn
Ajantha Mendis
Abdur Razzak
Stuart Clark
Brett Geeves
Graeme Swann
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Panthers United
Coach: Gazza 11
Team Colours: black and blue
Team Information: The Panthers United finished 2nd in 2004, but apart from that haven't been able to find any good form since and have hovered mostly around the bottom of the table. They haven't been as poor as the Quicksilver XI, but they just haven't been able to produce their best cricketing form. However, they have some encouraging players which might help them in the future.
Squad:
Younus Khan
Mahela Jayawardene
David Warner
Rohit Sharma
Michael Carberry
Adam Gilchrist
Thilan Samaraweera
Shakib Al Hasan
Yusuf Pathan
Kieron Pollard
Lasith Malinga
Matthew Hoggard
Liam Plunkett
Amit Mishra
Fidel Edwards
Glenn McGrath
Skull Tigers
Coach: Nakul
Team Colours: yellow and red
Team Information: The Skull Tigers certainly have the most threatening name but have finished in mid-table for the past few seasons. They have an extraordinary amount of talent in the squad, but some poor coaches and some poor decisions behind the scenes have really cost the Tigers. However, with a competent coach behind the Tigers they really have the potential to go places.
Squad:
Graeme Smith
VVS Laxman
Alistair Cook
Phil Jaques
Mohammad Kaif
Sanath Jayasuriya
Luke Ronchi
Moises Henriques
Piyush Chawla
Angelo Mathews
Chaminda Vaas
Zaheer Khan
Iftikhar Anjum
Thilan Thushara
Shoaib Akhtar
Dilhara Fernando
Alpha Crushers
Coach: Hedger14
Team Colours: teal and dark grey
Team Information: The Crushers are undoubtedly the best team in the competition. They are extremely strong on the cricket field and have been in sensational form lately, with 3 premierships in 5 years. They have a powerful batting line-up and are dynamic in the field, and they have been a nightmare to beat in the recent years. They have been destined for success and they are going in favourites to the Club Championship.
Squad:
Sachin Tendulkar
Ian Bell
JP Duminy
Marcus North
Adam Voges
Shaun Marsh
Fawad Alam
Upul Tharanga
Ryan ten Doeschate
Tim Bresnan
Dwayne Bravo
Yasir Arafat
Kyle Mills
Muttiah Muralitharan
Mitchell Johnson
Curtly Ambrose
Toxic Stingrays
Coach: BKB1991
Team Colours: dark green and orange
Team Information: The Stingrays are a proud club with a lot of history, but they haven't been up the top half of the ladder for a while, spending the past two seasons down in the dirt with all sorts of troubles. The players weren't committed to the squad, the board was having financial dilemmas and nobody wanted to join the Stingrays for a while. Last year they showed signs of improvement towards the end with some encouraging performances, but they still need a lot more.
Squad:
Michael Hussey
Mohammad Yousuf
Ravi Bopara
Brad Hodge
Manoj Tiwary
Wasim Jaffer
Subramaniam Badrinath
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Stuart Broad
Jacob Oram
Roelof van der Merwe
Nathan Bracken
Doug Bollinger
Ashish Nehra
Mohammad Aamer
Wasim Akram
Blue Spiders
Coach: Madhur
Team Colours: navy and white
Team Information: One of the crowd favourites, the Blue Spiders have the true underdog spirit and are always determined to win. They are best in big matches, and are one of the only teams to knock off the Alpha Crushers in recent years after two thrilling victories - one by 1 wicket and the other by 3 runs. Known for their friendly temperament and cheerful banter, the Spiders love a challenge but can sometimes fall apart against the mediocre teams.
Squad:
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Michael Clarke
David Hussey
Suresh Raina
Brendan Nash
Dinesh Karthik
Paul Collingwood
Sohail Tanvir
Albie Morkel
Johan Botha
Vernon Philander
Shane Bond
Makhaya Ntini
Praveen Kumar
Paul Harris
Joel Garner
Silver Stars
Coach: Mihir Doshi
Team Colours: silver and brown
Team Information: The Silver Stars have a lot of potential in their line-up but have yet to demonstrate it - with some players finding it tough to perform for the silver and brown. The Stars haven't challenged the competition much in recent years but they are one of the richer clubs financially wise and will be hoping to build on that in the upcoming player auction.
Squad:
Saurav Ganguly
Runako Morton
Marvin Atapattu
Brian Lara
Yalaka Venugopal Rao
Michael Vandort
Kumar Sangakkara
Richard Hadlee
Gareth Batty
Brett Lee
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
Jerome Taylor
Kemar Roach
Sulieman Benn
Manpreet Gony
Monty Panesar
Kamikaze Miners
Coach: Rahuldravidfan
Team Colours: red, yellow and black
Team Information: The Kamikaze Miners are very much a hit and go team, known for a powerful array of big hitters and quick bowlers. They won the Twenty20 competition earlier in the non-league thanks to some powerful batting but sometimes this can be their weakness as they collapse far too early in the 50 over matches. That said, they are still a good team and have finished in the finals for the past 3 years.
Squad:
Virender Sehwag
Yuvraj Singh
Owais Shah
Eoin Morgan
Jehan Mubarak
Lou Vincent
Viv Richards
Mark Boucher
Shane Watson
Andrew Flintoff
Shahid Afridi
Wayne Parnell
Ben Hilfenhaus
Dirk Nannes
Darren Sammy
Ravi Rampaul
The original teams of the Champions League have been scrapped with new teams entering in place from all around the world. 12 teams will compete - but only one will be victorious when the Club Championship is completed.
The final squads have been completed, the auction has finished, and it's time to get down to business. This is the Club Championship.
Fixtures:
Round 1
Kamikaze Miners vs Panthers United
Alpha Crushers vs Southern Sharks
Blue Spiders vs Skull Tigers
Northern Hurricanes vs Toxic Stingrays
Flying Falcons vs The Scorpions
Silver Stars vs Quicksilver XI
Round 2
Panthers United vs Skull Tigers
Alpha Crushers vs Blue Spiders
Kamikaze Miners vs Southern Sharks
The Scorpions vs Silver Stars
Flying Falcons vs Northern Hurricanes
Quicksilver XI vs Toxic Stingrays
Round 3
Blue Spiders vs Panthers United
Southern Sharks vs Skull Tigers
Kamikaze Miners vs Alpha Crushers
Northern Hurricanes vs The Scorpions
Toxic Stingrays vs Silver Stars
Quicksilver XI vs Flying Falcons
Round 4
Panthers United vs Southern Sharks
Blue Spiders vs Kamikaze Miners
Skull Tigers vs Alpha Crushers
The Scorpions vs Toxic Stingrays
Northern Hurricanes vs Quicksilver XI
Silver Stars vs Flying Falcons
Round 5
Panthers United vs Alpha Crushers
Kamikaze Miners vs Skull Tigers
Southern Sharks vs Blue Spiders
Quicksilver XI vs The Scorpions
Flying Falcons vs Toxic Stingrays
Silver Stars vs Northern Hurricanes
Round 6
Skull Tigers vs Panthers United
Blue Spiders vs Alpha Crushers
Southern Sharks vs Kamikaze Miners
Silver Stars vs The Scorpions
Northern Hurricanes vs Flying Falcons
Toxic Stingrays vs Quicksilver XI
Round 7
Panthers United vs Blue Spiders
Skull Tigers vs Southern Sharks
Alpha Crushers vs Kamikaze Miners
The Scorpions vs Northern Hurricanes
Silver Stars vs Toxic Stingrays
Flying Falcons vs Quicksilver XI
Round 8
Southern Sharks vs Panthers United
Kamikaze Miners vs Blue Spiders
Alpha Crushers vs Skull Tigers
Toxic Stingrays vs The Scorpions
Quicksilver XI vs Northern Hurricanes
Flying Falcons vs Silver Stars
Round 9
Panthers United vs Kamikaze Miners
Southern Sharks vs Alpha Crushers
Skull Tigers vs Blue Spiders
The Scorpions vs Quicksilver XI
Toxic Stingrays vs Flying Falcons
Northern Hurricanes vs Silver Stars
Round 10
Alpha Crushers vs Panthers United
Skull Tigers vs Kamikaze Miners
Blue Spiders vs Southern Sharks
The Scorpions vs Flying Falcons
Quicksilver XI vs Silver Stars
Toxic Stingrays vs Northern Hurricanes
Finals
TBA
Squads:
Northern Hurricanes
Coach: Rahulkhush
Team Colours: silver and black
Team Information: The Northern Hurricanes are the direct rivals of the Southern Sharks. The two share a fierce rivalry and a huge clash is always expected between these two teams. The Hurricanes possess a state-of-the-art stadium which is always filled in rival matches, and they are known for their grittiness and use of cheap tactics on the field.
Squad:
Southern Sharks
Coach: 20/20 Pro
Team Colours: blue and yellow
Team Information: The Southern Sharks have been rivals with the Hurricanes since the beginning of the competition, and although it is the Hurricanes who come out on top more often than not the Sharks always give a good showing. Always the underdogs of big matches, the Southern Sharks have incredible spirit and never stop fighting.
Squad:
Flying Falcons
Coach: Mattfb
Team Colours: red and white
Team Information: The Falcons are an extremely skilful team by nature and have found themselves around the top mid-table in their past few seasons in their previous leagues before the Championship. They are a classy, delicate team and they are not afraid of victory - always challenging any team. They have been known to struggle under pressure sometimes, but more often than not they aren't required to be in that situation anyway.
Squad:
Quicksilver XI
Coach: D0N
Team Colours: silver and green
Team Information: The Quicksilver XI have been cellar dwellars for their past few seasons in non-league cricket, and have held the wooden spoon for bottom position more than any other team. They have struggled to find the right balance of players and their finances have impacted as a result, but with some helpful drafting and a good manager they could quickly find themselves on the way up.
Squad:
The Scorpions
Coach: OffCutters
Team Colours: pink and yellow
Team Information: The Scorpions have held the reputation for 'Finals Chokers' for a number of years now. They have looked a strong force for the entire season until finals time when they fall to pieces - and as a result two grand finals and six preliminary finals have been lost without a single premiership to date. Despite their finals woes, they are a very strong club in the regular season and definitely are not write-offs.
Squad:
Panthers United
Coach: Gazza 11
Team Colours: black and blue
Team Information: The Panthers United finished 2nd in 2004, but apart from that haven't been able to find any good form since and have hovered mostly around the bottom of the table. They haven't been as poor as the Quicksilver XI, but they just haven't been able to produce their best cricketing form. However, they have some encouraging players which might help them in the future.
Squad:
Skull Tigers
Coach: Nakul
Team Colours: yellow and red
Team Information: The Skull Tigers certainly have the most threatening name but have finished in mid-table for the past few seasons. They have an extraordinary amount of talent in the squad, but some poor coaches and some poor decisions behind the scenes have really cost the Tigers. However, with a competent coach behind the Tigers they really have the potential to go places.
Squad:
Alpha Crushers
Coach: Hedger14
Team Colours: teal and dark grey
Team Information: The Crushers are undoubtedly the best team in the competition. They are extremely strong on the cricket field and have been in sensational form lately, with 3 premierships in 5 years. They have a powerful batting line-up and are dynamic in the field, and they have been a nightmare to beat in the recent years. They have been destined for success and they are going in favourites to the Club Championship.
Squad:
Toxic Stingrays
Coach: BKB1991
Team Colours: dark green and orange
Team Information: The Stingrays are a proud club with a lot of history, but they haven't been up the top half of the ladder for a while, spending the past two seasons down in the dirt with all sorts of troubles. The players weren't committed to the squad, the board was having financial dilemmas and nobody wanted to join the Stingrays for a while. Last year they showed signs of improvement towards the end with some encouraging performances, but they still need a lot more.
Squad:
Blue Spiders
Coach: Madhur
Team Colours: navy and white
Team Information: One of the crowd favourites, the Blue Spiders have the true underdog spirit and are always determined to win. They are best in big matches, and are one of the only teams to knock off the Alpha Crushers in recent years after two thrilling victories - one by 1 wicket and the other by 3 runs. Known for their friendly temperament and cheerful banter, the Spiders love a challenge but can sometimes fall apart against the mediocre teams.
Squad:
Silver Stars
Coach: Mihir Doshi
Team Colours: silver and brown
Team Information: The Silver Stars have a lot of potential in their line-up but have yet to demonstrate it - with some players finding it tough to perform for the silver and brown. The Stars haven't challenged the competition much in recent years but they are one of the richer clubs financially wise and will be hoping to build on that in the upcoming player auction.
Squad:
Kamikaze Miners
Coach: Rahuldravidfan
Team Colours: red, yellow and black
Team Information: The Kamikaze Miners are very much a hit and go team, known for a powerful array of big hitters and quick bowlers. They won the Twenty20 competition earlier in the non-league thanks to some powerful batting but sometimes this can be their weakness as they collapse far too early in the 50 over matches. That said, they are still a good team and have finished in the finals for the past 3 years.
Squad:
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