2023 Legends League Cricket Masters

Legends League Cricket Masters
Dates	10 – 20 March 2023
Administrator(s)	Absolute Legends Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Cricket format	T20
Host(s)	Qatar
Champions	Asia Lions (1st title)
Runners-up	World Giants
Participants	3
Matches	8
Player of the series	Upul Tharanga (Asia Lions)
Most runs	Upul Tharanga (Asia Lions) (221)
Most wickets	Sohail Tanvir (Asia Lions) (7)
Official website	https://www.llct20.com
	← 2022

The 2023 Legends League Cricket Masters or LLC Masters^[1] was a Twenty20 cricket tournament featuring retired players, many of them former internationals. It featured three teams and was held in Doha in March 2023.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Gautam Gambhir, Shahid Afridi, and Aaron Finch were chosen to be the captains of the three teams.^[8] The league featured players such as Harbhajan Singh, Brett Lee, Shoaib Akhtar, Aaron Finch, Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Shahid Afridi, and S. Sreesanth.

Squads edit

India Maharajas Coach: Lance Klusener	Asia Lions Coach: Dav Whatmore	World Giants Coach: Lalchand Rajput
Gautam Gambhir (c) Parvinder Awana Stuart Binny Manvinder Bisla (wk) Ashok Dinda Harbhajan Singh Mohammad Kaif Praveen Kumar Pragyan Ojha Yusuf Pathan Irfan Pathan Suresh Raina^[9] Reetinder Singh Sodhi S. Sreesanth Pravin Tambe Robin Uthappa (wk) Murali Vijay	Shahid Afridi (c) Abdul Razzaq Abdur Razzak Asghar Afghan Dhiman Ghosh (wk) Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Paras Khadka Misbah-ul-Haq Mohammad Amir Mohammad Hafeez Nawroz Mangal Thisara Perera Shoaib Akhtar Sohail Tanvir Upul Tharanga (wk) Isuru Udana	Aaron Finch (c) Hashim Amla Tino Best Paul Collingwood Chris Gayle Jacques Kallis Brett Lee Christopher Mpofu Kevin O'Brien Monty Panesar Ricardo Powell Denesh Ramdin (wk) Lendl Simmons Ross Taylor Morné van Wyk (wk) Shane Watson Samit Patel

Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Venue edit

The season was hosted by the Qatar Cricket Association at West End Park International Cricket Stadium.^[10]

Points table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	World Giants	4	3	1	6	0.001
2	Asia Lions (C)	4	2	2	4	−0.593
3	India Maharajas	4	1	3	2	0.512

Source: ESPN Cricinfo

(C) Champions Advanced to the final Advanced to the eliminator

Matches edit

The match schedule was published on the official website on 27 February 2023.

League stage edit

All times are according to Arabian Standard Time (UTC+03:00).

10 March 2023	Asia Lions 165/6 (20 overs)	v	India Maharajas 156/8 (20 overs)	Asia Lions won by 9 runs
17:30 Scorecard	Asia Lions 165/6 (20 overs)	v	India Maharajas 156/8 (20 overs)	West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Jasmine Naeem (Eng) Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Asia Lions)
17:30 Scorecard	Misbah-ul-Haq 73 (50) Stuart Binny 2/22 (4 overs)		Gautam Gambhir 54 (39) Sohail Tanvir 3/27 (4 overs)
Asia Lions won the toss and elected to bat.

11 March 2023	World Giants 166/8 (20 overs)	v	India Maharajas 164/5 (20 overs)	World Giants won by 2 runs
17:30 Scorecard	World Giants 166/8 (20 overs)	v	India Maharajas 164/5 (20 overs)	West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Kerrin Klaaste (SA) and Shivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match: Aaron Finch (World Giants)
17:30 Scorecard	Shane Watson 55 (32) Harbhajan Singh 4/13 (2 overs)		Gautam Gambhir 68 (42) Ricardo Powell 2/16 (3 overs)
World Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

13 March 2023	Asia Lions 99/3 (10 overs)	v	World Giants 64/5 (10 overs)	Asia Lions won by 35 runs
17:30 Scorecard	Asia Lions 99/3 (10 overs)	v	World Giants 64/5 (10 overs)	West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Kerrin Klaaste (SA) and Jasmine Naeem (Eng) Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Asia Lions)
17:30 Scorecard	Misbah-ul-Haq 44* (19) Ricardo Powell 1/17 (2 overs)		Chris Gayle 23 (16) Abdur Razzak 2/2 (2 overs)
World Giants won the toss and elected to field. The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.

14 March 2023	Asia Lions 157/5 (20 overs)	v	India Maharajas 159/0 (12.3 overs)	India Maharajas won by 10 wickets
17:30 Scorecard	Asia Lions 157/5 (20 overs)	v	India Maharajas 159/0 (12.3 overs)	West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Jasmine Naeem (Eng) and Nimali Perera (SL) Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (India Maharajas)
17:30 Scorecard	Upul Tharanga 69 (48) Suresh Raina 2/16 (2 overs)		Robin Uthappa 88* (39)
India Maharajas won the toss and elected to field.

15 March 2023	India Maharajas 136/9 (20 overs)	v	World Giants 139/7 (18.4 overs)	World Giants won by 3 wickets
17:30 Scorecard	India Maharajas 136/9 (20 overs)	v	World Giants 139/7 (18.4 overs)	West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Jasmine Naeem (Eng) and Nimali Perera (SL) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (World Giants)
17:30 Scorecard	Suresh Raina 49 (41) Brett Lee 3/18 (3 overs)		Chris Gayle 57 (46) Yusuf Pathan 2/14 (4 overs)
World Giants won the toss and elected to field.

16 March 2023	World Giants 150/3 (20 overs)	v	Asia Lions 130 (19.1 overs)	World Giants won by 20 runs
17:30 Scorecard	World Giants 150/3 (20 overs)	v	Asia Lions 130 (19.1 overs)	West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Kerrin Klaaste (SA) and Shivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match: Hashim Amla (World Giants)
17:30 Scorecard	Hashim Amla 68 (59) Sohail Tanvir 1/31 (4 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 37 (28) Christopher Mpofu 3/16 (4 overs)
Asia Lions won the toss and elected to field.

Knockout stage edit

Eliminator			Final

			1	World Giants	147/4 (20 overs)
2	Asia Lions	191/5 (20 overs)	2	Asia Lions	148/3 (16.1 overs)
3	India Maharajas	106 (16.4 overs)

Eliminator edit

18 March 2023	Asia Lions 191/5 (20 overs)	v	India Maharajas 106 (16.4 overs)	Asia Lions won by 85 runs
17:30 Scorecard	Asia Lions 191/5 (20 overs)	v	India Maharajas 106 (16.4 overs)	West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Umpires: Jasmine Naeem (Eng) and Nimali Perera (SL) Player of the match: Upul Tharanga (Asia Lions)
17:30 Scorecard	Upul Tharanga 50 (31) Pragyan Ojha 2/26 (3 overs)		Gautam Gambhir 32 (17) Mohammad Hafeez 2/21 (4 overs)
Asia Lions won the toss and elected to bat.

Final edit

20 March 2023
17:30 (N)
Scorecard

World Giants 147/4 (20 overs)	v	Asia Lions 148/3 (16.1 overs)
Jacques Kallis 78* (54) Abdur Razzak 2/14 (4 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 58 (42) Monty Panesar 1/21 (4 overs)

Asia Lions won by 7 wickets
West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Jasmine Naeem (Eng)
Player of the match: Abdur Razzak (Asia Lions)

World Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics edit

Most runs edit

Player	Team	Matches	Runs	High score
Upul Tharanga	Asia Lions	6	221	69
Gautam Gambhir	India Maharajas	4	215	68
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Asia Lions	6	191	58
Jacques Kallis	World Giants	4	142	78 not out
Robin Uthappa	India Maharajas	5	137	88 not out

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets edit

Player	Team	Matches	Wickets	Best bowling
Sohail Tanvir	Asia Lions	6	7	3/27
Abdur Razzak	Asia Lions	6	6	2/2
Brett Lee	World Giants	4	6	3/18
Christopher Mpofu	World Giants	4	6	3/16
Tino Best	World Giants	4	6	3/20

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Broadcasters edit

Star Sports, Disney+ Hotstar and FanCode were the official broadcasters of this league in India.^[11]

References edit

^ "Legends League Cricket announces title sponsor of LLC Masters". Hindustan Times. 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
^ "Qatar Cricket to Host next season of Legends League Cricket Masters in Doha". Legends League Cricket. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "Legends League Cricket Announces Schedule for LLC Masters in Qatar". News 18. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ "Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar set to play for Asia Lions in Legends League Cricket 2023". India Today.
^ "Aaron Finch joins Legends League Cricket Masters". www.llct20.com. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^ "DISNEY STAR ACQUIRES TV BROADCAST RIGHTS FOR LLC MASTERS". www.llct20.com. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
^ "Legends League Cricket 2023: Asia Lions, World Giants And India Maharajas Announce Captains". Zee News. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
^ "Legends League Cricket 2023: Asia Lions, World Giants And India Maharajas Announce Captains". Zee News. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Suresh Raina to play for India Maharajas in Legends League Cricket". ANI News. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
^ "Legends League Cricket (LLC 2023) Live Streaming: Check full schedule, teams, squads | When and where to watch LIVE match". Zee Biz. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
^ "Legends League Cricket (LLC) Masters becomes the first Indian Cricket League to have two streaming partners- Disney+ Hotstar and FanCode". www.llct20.com. Retrieved 2023-03-07.

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[1] "Legends League Cricket announces title sponsor of LLC Masters". Hindustan Times. 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-03-07.

[2] "Qatar Cricket to Host next season of Legends League Cricket Masters in Doha". Legends League Cricket. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

[3] "Legends League Cricket Announces Schedule for LLC Masters in Qatar". News 18. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[4] "Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar set to play for Asia Lions in Legends League Cricket 2023". India Today.

[5] "Aaron Finch joins Legends League Cricket Masters". www.llct20.com. Retrieved 2023-02-28.

[6] "DISNEY STAR ACQUIRES TV BROADCAST RIGHTS FOR LLC MASTERS". www.llct20.com. Retrieved 2023-02-28.

[7] "Legends League Cricket 2023: Asia Lions, World Giants And India Maharajas Announce Captains". Zee News. Retrieved 2023-03-02.

[8] "Legends League Cricket 2023: Asia Lions, World Giants And India Maharajas Announce Captains". Zee News. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[9] "Suresh Raina to play for India Maharajas in Legends League Cricket". ANI News. Retrieved 2023-03-06.

[10] "Legends League Cricket (LLC 2023) Live Streaming: Check full schedule, teams, squads | When and where to watch LIVE match". Zee Biz. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.

[11] "Legends League Cricket (LLC) Masters becomes the first Indian Cricket League to have two streaming partners- Disney+ Hotstar and FanCode". www.llct20.com. Retrieved 2023-03-07.

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