# 2012 Champions League Twenty20

The 2012 Champions League Twenty20 was the fourth edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa from 9 to 28 October 2012.
Sydney Sixers won the tournament, defeating Highveld Lions in the final.

## Background

Since the previous edition, three Test-playing nations had introduced new Twenty20 tournaments. Australia established the city-based Big Bash League, replacing the established state structured KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, the Sri Lanka Premier League also featured city-based franchise teams, and the Bangladesh Premier League was established in February 2012, although teams from the league did not feature in the Champions League in 2012.

## Qualification

As in the previous season, the tournament featured a qualifying stage, although with only two of the six teams competing in it qualifyed for the final stages, compared with three during 2011.
This qualifying stages included a team from Pakistan for the first time, with teams previously excluded due to friction between India and Pakistan following the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Whilst in 2011 the fourth-ranked Indian Premier League team had played in the qualifying stage, this year's team, Mumbai Indians, qualified for the final stages as the defending champions.

## Teams

Qualified teams :
| Cricket Board | Team | How qualified |
| Australia | Perth Scorchers | Runners-up, 2011–12 Big Bash League |
| Australia | Sydney Sixers | Winners, 2011–12 Big Bash League |
| England and Wales | Yorkshire Carnegie | Qualifying stage |
| India | Chennai Super Kings | Runners-up, 2012 Indian Premier League |
| India | Delhi Daredevils | Third ranked team, 2012 Indian Premier League |
| India | Kolkata Knight Riders | Winners, 2012 Indian Premier League |
| India | Mumbai Indians | Fourth ranked team, 2012 Indian Premier League |
| New Zealand | Auckland Aces | Qualifying stage |
| South Africa | Highveld Lions | Runners-up, 2011–12 MiWay T20 Challenge |
| South Africa | Titans | Winners, 2011–12 MiWay T20 Challenge |

## Squads

As with previous editions, several players had the opportunity to play for more than one team. These players were allowed to play for the teams of their choice, although if they did not choose to play for their "home" team, a compensation fee of $150,000 was payable. Nine players were names in the preliminary squad of more than one team, all of whom chose to play for their Indian Premier League team.

## Venues

The organisers originally considered hosting the tournament at five venues across India, but this was changed due to the possibility of monsoons and Durga Puja celebrations, with South Africa chosen to host matches. Four venues were chosen, SuperSport Park at Centurion, Kingsmead at Durban, New Wanderers Stadium at Johannesburg and Newlands at Cape Town.

## Qualifying stage fixtures

    All times shown are in South African Standard Time (UTC+02).

### Pool 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Auckland Aces | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.904 |
| 2 | Sialkot Stallions | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −0.511 |
| 3 | Hampshire Royals | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −1.331 |

### Pool 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.507 |
| 2 | Uva Next | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −0.244 |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −0.777 |

## Final stage fixtures
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Delhi Daredevils | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1.440 |
| 2 | Titans | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | −0.017 |
| 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0.488 |
| 4 | Perth Scorchers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −0.474 |
| 5 | Auckland Aces | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −0.963 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Sydney Sixers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.656 |
| 2 | Highveld Lions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0.140 |
| 3 | Chennai Super Kings | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −0.049 |
| 4 | Mumbai Indians | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | −0.471 |
| 5 | Yorkshire Carnegie | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | −1.791 |

### Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Delhi Daredevils | 117/9 (20 overs) | | | |
| B2 | Highveld Lions | 139/5 (20 overs) | | | |
| B2 | Highveld Lions | 139/5 (20 overs) | B2 | Highveld Lions | 121 (20 overs) |
| | | | B1 | Sydney Sixers | 124/0 (12.3 overs) |
| A2 | Titans | 163/5 (20 overs) | B1 | Sydney Sixers | 124/0 (12.3 overs) |
| B1 | Sydney Sixers | 164/8 (20 overs) | | | |

#### Final
## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Team | Runs |
| Michael Lumb | Sydney Sixers | 226 |
| Gulam Bodi | Highveld Lions | 208 |
| Neil McKenzie | Highveld Lions | 176 |
| Jacques Rudolph | Titans | 172 |
| Henry Davids | Titans | 162 |
* Source: CricInfo

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Wickets |
| Mitchell Starc | Sydney Sixers | 14 |
| Azhar Mahmood | Auckland Aces | 10 |
| Aaron Phangiso | Highveld Lions | 10 |
| Lasith Malinga | Mumbai Indians | 8 |
| Moisés Henriques | Sydney Sixers | 8 |
* Source: CricInfo