English likely to make CLT20 cut

London, Feb. 21: A clash of dates with their domestic season had almost ruled out English teams’ participation in the Champions League but with the BCCI and the ECB in talks to break the deadlock, their chances of competing in the Twenty20 event have once again brightened up.

League’s commissioner Lalit Modi, however, remains adamant that the dates for the event would not change from the planned September 10 to 26, a schedule that coincides with England’s domestic season finale.

According to Cricinfo, BCCI secretary N. Srinivasan, who is also a member of the CLT20 governing council, is negotiating with the ECB on the issue.

Sussex and Somerset took part in the inaugural Champions League last year in India. Though the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has missed the deadline to accept the invitation for the upcoming edition, its domestic teams could still make the final list of participants to be announced after CLT20’s governing council meeting in March.

English likely to make CLT20 cut

English likely to make CLT20 cut

source www.deccanchronicle.com