Twenty20 - Essex v Essex
THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TWENTY20
The 1st ever world club twenty20 tournament is here and with the cricketing world watching the biggest club money spinning competition ever it promised to be exciting stuff.
12 sides from around the world do battle in 4 groups of 3, then 2 groups of 4 and finally semis and a final. The opening groups are as follows:
A1 - Deccan Chargers
A2 - Somerset CCC
A3 - Trinidad & Tobago
B1 - NSW Blues
B2 - Diamond Eagles
B3 - Sussex Sharks
C1 - Royal Challengers Bangalore
C2 - Cape Cobras
C3 - Otago Volts
D1 - Delhi Daredevils
D2 - Victorian Bushrangers
D3 - Wayamba Elevens
I dont have time to talk about all the sides here, So instead i will just concentrate of my tip to win this thing:
NWS Blues
To me the 'Blues' look the most complete side here, with exciting big hitting openers, a nice balanced middle order and a great bowling attack. Simon Katich captains a blues side that could well open with both Philip Hughes and the distructive David Warner, Its an excellent opening pairing of power and skill with Hughes looking to score quick and steady and Warner expected to tee off. The middle order could be made up of Katich, Thornley and Henriques and with Smith behind the stumps they have a hard hitting keeper to move the scoreboard along. The bowling has plenty of depth to it also, Lee, Clark, Bollinger and the lesser known Bird will likely spearhead there attack and Hauritz with his spin could prove vital for the blues here.
All in all a like what the blues have in there ranks and although we have 12 very capable sides here i think the Blues are the best looking side on paper and should go well.














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