ECB was consulted on dates

The ECB said in a statement that they were not consulted before finalising the Champions League dates but Modi dismissed the allegation. This is not true, Modi said,adding that CL governing council member Dean Kino is and has been in touch with ECB chief executive David Collier on a regular basis since December 2009.

The ECB is most upset with the CL clashing with both the domestic tournaments,to which Modis suggestion was to prepone them. We hope the ECB will be able to prepone their domestic tournament and be able to participate, Modi told Cricinfo.

Modi said scheduling the league was complicated since the existing Future Tours Programme had to be kept in mind. Given that Australias tour to India begins on October 2 and other countries also have pre-committed FTP games it was the only window available this year, he said.