Sri Lanka in S. Africa T20

CRICKET: JOHANNESBURG, Feb 20, 2010: South Africa will host the 2010 Champions League T20 tournament in September, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced Friday.

Twelve teams from seven countries will play in the event from September 10 to 26. The first edition of the tournament, for the leading Twenty20 teams from the participating countries, was played in India last year with New South Wales beating Trinidad and Tobago in the final. CSA are shareholders, with the Indian and Australian boards, in the Champions League.

The tournament will be played at the home venues of the two South African qualifiers and a third ground to be decided by CSA. The participants will be three teams from the Indian Premier League, two from South Africa, Australia and England, and one each from Sri Lanka, New Zealand and the West Indies.

-AFP