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 and was replaced by Champions League T20 in 2009 as the world championship for T20 club teams. 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. The winners were awarded £25,000.
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. 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 Somerset Sabres (2005 Twenty20 Cup winners) Leicestershire Foxes (2004 Twenty20 Cup winners) Chilaw Marians (2004 Twenty20 Challenge Trophy winners) Faisalabad Wolves (2004–05 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup winners) Titans (2004–05 Standard Bank Pro20 Series winners) PCA Masters XI
Squads
Leicestershire Foxes HD Ackerman (c) Paul Nixon (wk) James Allenby Stuart Broad Ottis Gibson Aftab Habib Darren Maddy David Masters John Maunders Dinesh Mongia John Sadler Jeremy Snape Charl Willoughby
Chilaw Marians Hasantha Fernando (c) Ishan Mutaliph (wk) Charith Sylvester (wk) Manoj Chanaka Kalidu Fernando Malintha Gajanayake Janaka Gunaratne Dinuka Hettiarachchi Praneth Jayasundera Arosha Perera Dammika Perera Chinthaka Perera Nimesh Perera Dinuk Sulakshana Mahela Udawatte Gayan Wijekoon Omesh Wijesiriwardene
Faisalabad Wolves Naved Latif (c) Mohammed Salman (wk) Abdul Mannan Ahmed Hayat Asif Hussain Faisal Afridi Ijaz Ahmed junior Imran Ali Imran Khalid Khurram Shehzad Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Saleem Saeed Ajmal Samiullah Khan Shahid Muzaffar Tauqeer Hussain
Titans Gerald Dros (c) Kruger van Wyk (wk) Maurice Aronstam Goolam Bodi Pierre de Bruyn Francois du Plessis Paul Harris Ethy Mbhalati Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Johannes Myburgh Alviro Petersen Aaron Phangiso Brendon Reddy Andre Seymore
PCA Masters XI Martyn Ball (c) Parthiv Patel (wk) Phil DeFreitas Rohan Gavaskar Chris Gayle Mark Hardinges Martin McCague Jon Lewis Nadeem Shahid Chris Schofield Robin Singh Craig Spearman Javagal Srinath
Somerset Sabres Ian Blackwell (c) Carl Gazzard (wk) Sam Spurway (wk) Gareth Andrew Andy Caddick Wes Durston John Francis Simon Francis James Hildreth Keith Parsons Arul Suppiah Matthew Wood Robert Woodman
Fixtures Group stage Group A TeamInternational 20:20 Club Championship, 2005 - Points table Leicestershire Foxes 2 2 0 0 4 Faisalabad Wolves 2 1 1 0 2 Somerset Sabres 2 0 2 0 0
Group B Team PCA Masters XI 2 2 0 0 4 Chilaw Marians 2 1 1 0 2 Titans 2 0 2 0 0
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
See also Champions League Twenty20 Faisalabad Wolves
References
External links Tournament site - CricInfo