Twenty20 confusion reigns

Even while England's four Twenty20 finals day participants are preparing for tomorrow's jamboree of the short game, there was fresh confusion as to whether the winners of the event would have a Champions League tournament to go through to as reports emerged that this year's inaugural event would be postponed. "Lalit Modi, the Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner, denies stories that the original version of the Champions League, seen as his brainchild, has stalled," reports the Times, "even though [that paper] understands that at least one of the IPL finalists was told last week that the tournament will not go ahead. Other officials within the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have briefed media networks that the eight-team competition will be postponed, at best, because the four participating countries - Australia, South Africa, England and India - are struggling to agree terms."