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| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 48 | 5906 | 123 |
| 2 | Australia | 34 | 3861 | 114 |
| 3 | England | 38 | 4257 | 112 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 49 | 5435 | 111 |
| 5 | South Africa | 34 | 3584 | 105 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 44 | 4416 | 100 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 29 | 2593 | 89 |
| 8 | West Indies | 41 | 3639 | 89 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 23 | 1754 | 76 |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 25 | 1393 | 56 |
| 11 | Ireland | 10 | 394 | 39 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 7 | 88 | 13 |
| 13 | Kenya | 4 | 40 | 10 |
Clive Lloyd, born August 31, 1944, was one of the most destructive batsmen of all time and one of the most successful and respected captains of West Indies. Arunabha Sengupta remembers the “Supercat” who perfected the West Indian system of world domination through relentless pace bowling.
Not quite the non-violent leader
Not often in cricket have we witnessed the police being summoned to curb on-field violence unleashed by a batsman. Yet, such was the sheer brutality of Clive Lloyd’s massive bat that a troubled old lady in Haslingden, Lancashire, feared for her safety whennearby windows were peppered and smashed by sailing cricket balls travelling at screaming rates. She called up the local constabulary and reported destruction of property.
But then, Lloyd was an exception. No one wielded a heavier bat in world cricket. Few in the worldused the willow better or hit the ball harder. And that was not the only charge of violence that were voiced against him in his cricketing days. Captain Clive Lloyd transformed the philosophy of West Indian cricket, turning a band of supremely talented, yet inconsistent happy-go-lucky cricketers into ruthless machinery for destruction. To do that,he followed the way of fastest and fearsome of bowlers running in one after the other in groups of four. Opponents were battered, bruised, blasted away. No team had been more successful and no captain since Douglas Jardine more criticised.
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The 2013 Champions League Twenty20 squads have been named, and Trinidad & Tobago players Dwayne Bravo, Kevin Cooper, and Keiron Pollard have chosen to play for their IPL teams rather than represent T&T. Most of the other international stars in the CLT20 are also part of this trend:
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 24 | 3240 | 135 |
| 2 | England | 38 | 4407 | 116 |
| 3 | India | 30 | 3473 | 116 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 19 | 1947 | 102 |
| 5 | Australia | 33 | 3318 | 101 |
| 6 | West Indies | 22 | 2168 | 99 |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 26 | 2295 | 88 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 27 | 2126 | 79 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 13 | 135 | 10 |
Bridgetown, Barbados - The inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) has named its team of the tournament.
The team, a playing eleven plus a twelfth man, and in batting order, is:
1. Andre Fletcher (St. Lucia Zouks)
2. Chris Gayle (Jamaica Tallawahs, captain)
3. Lendl Simmons (Guyana Amazon Warriors)
4. Shoaib Malik (Barbados Tridents)
5. James Franklin (Guyana Amazon Warriors)
6. Andre Russell (Jamaica Tallawahs)
7. Marlon Samuels (Antigua Hawksbills)
8. Shakib Al Hasan (Barbados Tridents)
9. Rayad Emrit (Barbados Tridents)
10. Krishmar Santokie (Guyana Amazon Warriors)
11. Muttiah Muralitharan (Jamaica Tallawahs)
12th Man: Ashley Nurse (Barbados Tridents)
The side, which includes six players from the finalists, the Jamaica Tallawahs and the Guyana Amazon Warriors, was chosen on the basis of it being balanced and, as a result, theoretically capable of playing a match.
Selections were made from performances in the tournament only; past records and reputations were not taken into consideration. The captain was only selected once the side had been chosen.