Middlesex to launch inaugural T20 Champions League

Ed Joyce will lead Middlesex in the Twenty20 Champions League
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Middlesex will kick-off the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League tournament with a match against Australia's Victoria Bushrangers in Mumbai.

English Twenty20 champions Middlesex have also been drawn in the same group as South African side Pretoria Titans and home favourites Chennai Super Kings. The top two teams in the group will go into the semi-finals, where they will face the top two teams from the other group.

The competition features eight teams, two from Australia, South Africa, and hosts India. Pakistan have one representative and Middlesex are the only English county competing. Twenty20 finalists Kent also had the chance to take part, but were unable to as they had two players who competed in the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL).

Middlesex have been drawn in Group A, while Group B consists of Indian Premier League champions Rajasthan Royals, Sialkot, South Africa's Natal Dolphins and Australia's Western Warriors.

Full fixture list:

December 3:
Middlesex Crusaders vs Victoria Bushrangers, Mumbai; Rajasthan Royals vs Natal Dolphins, Mumbai

December 4:
Sialkot Stallions vs Western Warriors, Bangalore; Chennai Super Kings vs Victoria, Mumbai

December 5:
Middlesex Crusaders vs Pretoria Titans, Chennai; Sialkot Stallions vs Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai

December 6:
Western Australia vs Natal Dolphins, Bangalore; Victoria Bushrangers vs Pretoria Titan, Chennai; Chennai Super Kings vs Middlesex Crusaders, Chennai

December 7:
Natal Dolphins vs Sialkot Stallions, Bangalore; Rajasthan Royals vs Western Warriors in Bangalore; Chennai Super Kings vs Pretoria Titans, Chennai

Semi-finals:
December 8:
Group B winners vs Group A runners-up, Bangalore

December 9:
Group A winners vs Group B runners-up, Chennai

Final:
December 10:
Semi-final winners 1 v Semi-final winners 2, Mumbai

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