2016 Masters Champions League
The 2016 Masters Champions League season will be the inaugural season of the Masters Champions League, established by Grand Midwest Sports, under the auspecies of the Emirates Cricket Board in 2016. The season will be commenced on 28 January 2016 with the final match on 13 February. The competition will have a triple round robin group stage, in which each of the 6 teams is scheduled to played a home match and an away match against every other team, followed by two semi-finals and a final. The MCL will take place over two weeks in Dubai and Sharjah.
Player auctions
(Note. Captains are marked in bold and icon players are marked in italics)
Libra Legends
Sourav Ganguly - Undisclosed
Jacques Kallis - $175,000
Brad Hogg - $68,000
Graeme Swann - Undisclosed
Ryan Ten Doeschate - $76,000
Ajay Ratra - $20,000
Chris Read - $20,000
Sean Ervine - $60,000
Shaun Tait - $60,000
Ryan Sidebottom - $32,000
Taufeeq Umar - $28,000
Michael Lumb - $118,000
Marcus North - $30,000
Nicky Boje - Undisclosed
Ian Butler - Undisclosed
Gemini Arabians
Virender Sehwag - Undisclosed
Muttiah Muralitharan - $100,000
Kyle Mills - $42,000
Saqlain Mushtaq - $42,000
Kumar Sangakkara - Undisclosed
Jacques Rudolph - $58,000
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan - $38,000
Justin Kemp - $70,000
Paul Harris - $20,000
Brad Hodge - $120,000
Richard Levi - $152,000
Ashish Bagai - $10,000
Graham Onions - $56,000
Shivnarine Chanderpaul- $30,000
Saqib Ali- $10,000
Sagittarius Strikers
Adam Gilchrist - $170,000
Mahela Jayawardene - Undisclosed
Daniel Vettori - Undisclosed
Michael Carberry - $42,000
Tino Best - $42,000
Krishmar Santokie - $35,000
Jonathan Trott - $30,000
Yasir Hameed - $30,000
Mushtaq Ahmed - $30,000
Nathan Hauritz - $20,000
Shane BOND - $30,000
Alviro Petersen - $28,000
Phil Mustard - $26,000
Khurram Khan - $22,000
Gavin Hamilton - $20,000
Virgo Super Kings
Graeme Smith - Undisclosed
Brett Lee - $100,000
Owais Shah - $75,000
Jacob Oram - $74,000
Murali Kartik - $52,000
Neil McKenzie - $52,000
Azhar Mahmood - Undisclosed
Dirk Nannes - $40,000
Jonty Rhodes - $40,000
Malinga Bandara - $35,000
- John Mooney - $31,000
Mohammad Yousuf - $30,000
James Foster - $29,000
Hasan Raza - $20,000
Humayun Farhat - $20,000
Gareth Batty - $20,000
Capricorn Commanders
Paul Collingwood - $100,000
Andrew Symonds - $80,000
Chamara Silva - $30,000
Ashwell Prince - $39,000
Upul Chandana - $30,000
Michael Vaughan - Undisclosed
Abdul Razzaq - Undisclosed
Ryan McLaren - $64,000
Jeetan Patel - $56,000
Rikki Clarke - $42,000
Rory Kleinveldt - $32,000
Ben Laughlin - $57,000
Rizwan Cheema - $16,000
Geraint Jones - Undisclosed
Sunil Joshi - Undisclosed
Saleem Elahi - Undisclosed
Leo Lions
Brian Lara - $100,000
Herschelle Gibbs - $40,000
Brendan Taylor - $70,000
James Franklin - $62,000
Johan Botha - $46,000
Robin Peterson - $80,000
Fidel Edwards - $90,000
Scott Styris - Undisclosed
Heath Streak - Undisclosed
Mohammad Tauqir - Undisclosed
Neil Carter - $10,000
Hamish Marshall - $28,000
Kyle Jarvis - $28,000
Ramesh Powar - $40,000
Simon Jones - Undisclosed
Darren Gough - Undisclosed
Venues
Dubai |
Sharjah |
|---|---|
Dubai International Cricket Stadium |
Sharjah Cricket Stadium |
Teams
Team |
Captain |
|
|---|---|---|
Libra Legends |
Sourav Ganguly |
|
Gemini Arabians |
Virender Sehwag |
|
Sagittarius Strikers |
Adam Gilchrist |
|
Virgo Super Kings |
Graeme Smith |
|
Capricorn Commanders |
Paul Collingwood |
|
Leo Lions |
Brian Lara |
|
Standings
Team |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
'''Libra Legends |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
'''0 |
0.000 |
'''Gemini Arabians |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
'''0 |
0.000 |
'''Sagittarius Strikers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
'''0 |
0.000 |
'''Virgo Super Kings |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
'''0 |
0.000 |
'''Capricorn Commanders |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
'''0 |
0.000 |
'''Leo Lions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
'''0 |
0.000 |
(Tied matches will be decided by a Super Over)
- Top 4 teams will qualify for the knockout stage
advance to the semi finals
Fixtures
The fixtures and time table of first MCL 2016 EDition was declared on 20 December 2015.
League Stage
Semi Finals
The top four teams from the group stage will qualify for the semi finals.
Final
The winners of the 2 semi-finals will qualify for the final.