New South Wales Blues won the Champions League T20, beat Trinidad in the Final 41 runs

Australia's New South Wales Blues won the inaugural Airtel Champions League Twenty20 - CLT20, beat West Indies Trinidad & Tobago by 41 runs in the Final on Friday, 23rd October, 2009 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad.

T&T won the toss and elected to bowl first reduced NSW to 83/6 but Brett Lee hit 48 runs of 31 balls and guide them to 159/9 in 20 overs. Man of the Match and Series Brett Lee then took 2 wickets for 10 runs in 2 overs to register a win.

Match Summary:

New South Wales - 159/9 in 20 overs (Lee 48, Smith 33, Rampaul 3-20)

Trinidad & Tobago - 118 all out in 15.5 overs (Pollard 26, Clark 3-21, Lee 2-10)

Toss - Trinidad & Tobago, who chose to bowl first.

Man of the Match - Brett Lee (New South Wales)

Man of the Series - Brett Lee (New South Wales)

Result - New South Wales won by 41 runs.