T20 Masters Champions League: How to watch on Sky Sports
Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis and Graeme Swann among the legends...
Sunday 14 February 2016 09:39, UK
Brian Lara led a list of cricket legends playing in the T20 Masters, which was streamed live on Sky Sports' digital platforms...
But what is the tournament all about? Who else is playing, and for what teams? Here is all you need to know...
THE FIXTURES (live streamed on Sky Sports' digital platforms)
FINALS PHASE:
Saturday 13 February
Gemini Arabians beat Leo Lions by 16 runs
Thursday 11 February
Semi-final #1 - Gemini Arabians beat Sagittarius Strikers by 10 runs
Friday 12 February
Semi-final #2 - Leo Lions beat Virgo Super Kings by 17 runs
LEAGUE PHASE:
Thursday 28 January
Libra Legends lost to Gemini Arabians by 78 runs
Friday 29 January
Capricorn Commanders lost to Leo Lions by 26 runs
Virgo Super Kings lost to Sagittarius Strikers by 26 runs
Saturday 30 January
Gemini Arabians beat Leo Lions by eight wickets
Sagittarius Strikers lost to Capricorn Commanders by three runs
Wednesday 3 February
Libra Legends lost to Virgo Super Kings by five runs
Gemini Arabians beat Capricorn Commanders by 10 runs
Thursday 4 February
Libra Legends lost to Sagittarius Strikers by 63 runs
Leo Lions lost to Virgo Super Kings by four wickets
Friday 5 February
Sagittarius Strikers lost to Gemini Arabians by 12 runs
Capricorn Commanders lost to Libra Legends by eight wickets
Saturday 6 February
Gemini Arabians beat Virgo Super Kings by 22 runs
Leo Lions beat Sagittarius Strikers by five wickets
Sunday 7 February
Virgo Super Kings beat Capricorn Commanders by 12 runs
Libra Legends lost to Leo Lions by 11 runs
UK and ROI residents can watch live streams from the Masters Champions League on Sky Sports' digital platforms where you can also keep up-to-date with all the latest news throughout the tournament.
THE FORMAT
This is the inaugural Masters Champions League (MCL), set up by Pakistan-born Zafar Shah, a cricket enthusiast and entrepreneur, so that many of the top cricket legends that had left international cricket prior to the launch of the Twenty20 could compete in the format.
Six teams named after six of the zodiac signs compete against one another once in the UAE-based tournament, with the top four in the table after five games progressing through to the semi-finals, and ultimately the final in Dubai on February 13.
PLAYER AUCTION
With a total budget of US $750,000 to spend on players, two 'legend' players were bought by each team for a combined $100,000 before the auction, while six 'icon' players, with a base price set at $100,000, were bid for to be spread out among the six teams.
Former South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis attracted the highest bid of $175,000 by the Libra Legends, ex-Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist was the second most expensive, purchased for $170,000 by the Sagittarius Strikers and Paul Collingwood the most expensive Englishman at $140,000, brought by the Capricorn Commanders.
TEAMS
NB: Icon player, Legend player
Capricorn Commanders
Michael Vaughan, Paul Collingwood, Geraint Jones, Rikki Clarke (England); Andrew Symonds, Ben Laughlin (Australia); Ashwell Prince, Ryan McLaren, Rory Kleinveldt (South Africa); Abdul Razzaq, Saleem Elahi (Pakistan); Chamara Silva, Upul Chandana (Sri Lanka); Jeetan Patel (New Zealand); Sunil Joshi (India); Rizwan Cheema (Canada)
Gemini Arabians
Graham Onions (England); Kumar Sangakkara, Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka); Virender Sehwag (India); Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies); Brad Hodge (Australia); Saqlain Mushtaq, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Pakistan); Jacques Rudolph, Richard Levi, Justin Kemp, Paul Harris (South Africa); Kyle Mills (New Zealand); Ashish Bagai (Canada); Saqib Ali (UAE)
Leo Lions
Darren Gough, Simon Jones (England); Brian Lara, Fidel Edwards (West Indies); Herschelle Gibbs, Robin Peterson, Johan Botha (South Africa); Scott Styris, Hamish Marshall, James Franklin (New Zealand), Heath Streak, Brendan Taylor, Kyle Jarvis (Zimbabwe), Ramesh Powar (India); Neil Carter (Scotland); Mohammad Tauqir (UAE)
Sagittarius Strikers
Jonathan Trott, Michael Carberry, Phil Mustard (England); Adam Gilchrist, Nathan Hauritz (Australia); Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka); Daniel Vettori, Shane Bond (New Zealand); Mushtaq Ahmed, Yasir Hameed (Pakistan); Tino Best, Krishmar Santokie (West Indies); Alviro Petersen (South Africa); Gavin Hamilton (Scotland); Khurram Khan (UAE)
Libra Legends
Graeme Swann, Ryan Sidebottom, Michael Lumb, Chris Read (England); Jacques Kallis, Nicky Boje (South Africa); Sourav Ganguly, Ajay Ratra (India); Marcus North, Shaun Tait, Brad Hogg (Australia); Ian Butler (New Zealand); Taufeeq Umar (Pakistan); Sean Ervine (Zimbabwe); Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)
Virgo Super Kings
Owais Shah, James Foster, Gareth Batty (England); Brett Lee, Dirk Nannes (Australia); Graeme Smith, Neil McKenzie, Jonty Rhodes (South Africa); Mohammad Yousuf, Azhar Mahmood, Hasan Raza, Humayun Farhat (Pakistan); Jacob Oram (New Zealand); Murali Kartik (India); Malinga Bandara (Sri Lanka); John Mooney (Ireland)
