2011 World Cup Final to be held in Mumbai

October 23, 2009 - Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium will host the 2011 World Cup final while seven other venues in India will be used for the event, which is being jointly hosted with Bangladesh and Sri Lanka .

The Indian cricket board (BCCI) revealed in a statement that Mohali, Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Nagpur and Kolkata would be the other venues with Mohali hosting a semi-final as well as two other matches, Ahmedabad hosting a quarter-final and two other matches while the fully refurbished Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai would also host two matches in addition to the final.

New Delhi , Chennai, Bangalore , Nagpur and Kolkata will each have four matches during the tournament, the full schedule for which will be revealed on 14th November.

Sri Lanka is to host the other semi-final and one quarter-final with Bangladesh hosting the other two quarter-finals.

Group A: Australia , Pakistan , New Zealand , Sri Lanka , Zimbabwe , Canada , Kenya

Group B: India , South Africa , England , West Indies , Bangladesh , Ireland , Netherlands

Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Final

October 23, 2009 - Hyderabad : Clark And Lee The Heroes As NSW Crowned Champions

New South Wales 159-9 (Lee 48, Rampaul 3-20) beat

Trinidad & Tobago 118 (Pollard 26, Clark 3-21) by 41 runs

Brett Lee starred with bat and ball before Stuart Clark applied the finishing touches as New South Wales were crowned the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 winners courtesy of a 41-run win over Trinidad & Tobago in Hyderabad.

Lee rescued his side with an innings of 48 in 31 balls that included five sixes and their score of 159 for nine proved beyond Trindiad & Tobago, who were then bowled out for 118, Lee taking two for ten and Clark three for 21 to seal a comprehensive victory in the end.

It came as little surprise that Trinidad & Tobago chose to bowl first and they had New South Wales in trouble at 47 for four, Dwayne Bravo excelling once again with ball in hand by having David Warner (19) caught by Dave Mohammed and Simon Katich caught by Adrian Barath for 16.

The Blues rebuilt, first with Stephen Smith hitting 33 in 26 balls and Lee's onslaught effectively took the game away from Trinidad & Tobago as he hit one four as well as the five maximums, racing past his previous best score in Twenty20 cricket of 43 before he was caught by William Perkins off Ravi Rampaul facing the last ball of the innings.

Rampaul actually returned the best figures of the day, three for 20, bowling Phillip Hughes (3) before returning to dismiss Daniel Smith as well as Lee while Bravo picked up two for 27.

Trinidad & Tobago were soon in trouble themselves when Lee got past the defences of Perkins, the opener bowled for a two-ball duck and Lee struck again to have Lendl Simmons caught and bowled for four.

Barath made 14 and Daren Ganga 17 as they tried to hit back, but wickets continued to tumble, Bravo going for 17 and then Denesh ramdin for 16, the first of Clark 's three wickets.

Kieron Pollard blasted three sixes in making 26 in 15 balls but there was to be no repeat of his heroics earlier in the tournament when the two sides met, Nathan Hauritz ending his innings before Clark cleaned up by having Navin Stewart (4) caught by Moises Henriques and Mohammed caught by Hughes for one to bring about the end of Trinidad & Tobago's innings in 15.5 overs.

Source : cricket world