Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) The Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20), scheduled to be held in South Africa Sep 10-26, will feature 10 teams, the governing council of CLT20 confirmed Monday. Teams from India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies will compete in the tournament. England counties have pulled out of the event because of clash of dates with their domestic competition. Of the nine teams already qualified, just three will be returning from the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2009 - Royal Challengers Bangalore (India), Victorian Bushrangers (Australia) and Wayamba Elevens (Sri Lanka). Only one place remains to be filled, with the West Indies' representative to be confirmed in late July. Trinidad and Tobago represented the Caribbean in 2009 and set the tournament alight with their brilliant run through to the final. 'There is no doubt that the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 has improved the quality of domestic Twenty20 cricket around the world and motivated teams in all countries to strive for a coveted place at the tournament,' said N. Srinivasan, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/ne...ns-league-twenty20-feature-10-teams-20100524/
