Northamptonshire will face Sussex in one of the semi-finals of the ECB’s Twenty20 championship on August 15 and should it enter the final to be played at Birmingham on the same day, the English county will be disqualified from the Champions League Twenty20 be played in India from October 8 to 23.
“Should Northants qualify for the final, it will be not allowed to take part in the CLT20 in India. In that event only one team from England will be allowed to play in the CLT20,” said Lalit Modi, Chairman, CLT20 league.
Nicky Boje is the captain of the Northants team and other members of the team are South Africans Andrew Hall and J J van der Wath.
Michael Owen-Smith, Media Officer of the Cricket South Africa told The Hindu that he understands that the three have cut links with ICL, but Cricket South Africa has set a six month cool off period.
Meanwhile, according to Tony Irish, CEO of the South Africa Cricketers Association, Van der Wath, Boje and Kemp have applied for reinstatement with CSA and have been cleared subject to the cooling off period of 6 months which will happen by the start of the CSA season. “The Champions League also have to clear them. No ICL player including the cleared ones will be allowed to play in the Champions League this year for England qualifiers as it would prejudice teams from other countries who have not been able to use them.
“In other words the earliest Van der Wath, Boje and Kemp can qualify for the Champions League is in 2010,” said Irish.
Mr. Modi hinted that a fourth IPL team may be accommodated in the event of Northants’ disqualification, but things would become clear after August 15 once the results of the ECB Twenty20 semifinals are known.
“We would not like to dilute the CLT20 with a fourth Indian team,” said a BCCI official.
But the circumstances may create an opportunity for Chennai Super Kings — finalist in IPL season I and semifinalist in IPL season II — to claim for an entry into the CLT20 league.
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