Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan has been signed by Australian domestic club Victorian Bushrangers to play in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash competition for the 2009-10 season.
Victorian Bushrangers have qualified to play in this year's Champions League Twenty20 after winning Big Bash Preliminary final against Gold Queensland Bulls.
Australian Dirk Nannes will represent his 'away' team Delhi Daredevils in the inaugural Champions League Twenty20, a move that would cost the Indian Premier League side USD 200,000.
With English counties giving it a miss, this year's Champions League Twenty20 will feature a reduced number of 10 teams in South Africa this September, the tournament's Governing Council said in Mumbai on Monday.
Injured left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori has been replaced by Yogesh Nagar in the Delhi Daredevils squad for the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 tournament, starting in Bangalore on Thursday.
Australian chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch has said that Victorian Bushrangers fast bowler Dirk Nannes will join the squad as a standby player for the World Cup.
After suffering an eight-wicket defeat at the hands of Cape Cobras, Victorian Bushrangers captain Cameron White on Saturday admitted their batting order failed to shrug off the hangover of two quick dismissals in very first over of the match.
A dominant Victoria Bushrangers put one foot in the semifinals of the Champions League Twenty20 after crushing local favourites Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets in Thursday night's League B encounter.
Three Indian teams -- IPL II champions Deccan Chargers Hyderabad, runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils, the top finishers after the league phase -- will figure in the tournament, matches of which will be played at three centres.
On a roll after two consecutive wins, IPL champions Chennai Super Kings face their toughest test yet when they take on Australian side Victoria Bushrangers in their third Group A match of the Champions League Twenty20 in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
Ashton Agar and Usman Khawaja are the other two names doing the rounds, as the visitors grapple with injury issues ahead of the third Test starting in Ranchi on Thursday.
Left-arm fast bowler Dirk Nannes has became the second Victorian star to retire from first class cricket this season.
Victorian fast bowler Clint McKay has revealed that he is excited to be part of the Australian Test squad, and adds that he was stunned when he got the call to join the national team at Adelaide.
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