The Spitfires went into the Twenty20 Cup Finals Day at Edgbaston looking to claim their second Twenty20 Cup title and were most people's favorites but they suffered a suprise semi final defeat against the Somerset Sabres who went on to lose in the final against the Sussex Sharks.
The Sharks victory at Edgbaston was their first Twenty20 Cup title and although they will play in the Champions League along side the Sabres neither team we able to claim a place in the jackotyCity.com Power Rankings top ten.
With no other Twenty20 games being played this month the Deccan Chargers remain in first place in the rankings followed closely by the Stallions and Royal Challengers. With no domestic Twenty20 games taking place in September attention will now turn to the T20 Champions League in October.
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| 1 |  Deccan Chargers | The Deccan Chargers climb to the top of the power rankings thans to their amazing turn around from last place to IPL winners in less then a year thanks to the leadership of Adam Gilchrist | IND (IPL) | |
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| 2 |  Sialkot Stallions | With Shoaib Malik and Kamran Younis in fine form the Sialkot Stallions claimed back to back Pakistan Twenty20 Championships to strenghten their place in the top half of the power rankings | PAK | |
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| 3 |  Bangalore R. Challengers | The Challengers started this years IPL poorly but once Anil Kumble took charge they started to look like a lot better and they played some fantastic cricket during their late 5 game winning streak which took them to the final | IND (IPL) | |
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| 4 |  Delhi Daredevils | Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag lead the Daredevils from the front and they looked the best team during the group stages of the IPL but they fell apart again as soon as they got to the semis losing to the Chargers | IND (IPL) | |
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| 5 |  New South Wales Blues | The Blues won this years KFC Big Bash beating the Victorian Bushrangers in a thrilling final to claim a place in the Champions League in October were they have set their sights on qualifying for the semi final stages | AUS | |
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| 6 |  Chennai Super Kings | At times during this years IPL the Super Kings looked like they would be challenging for a place in the final but they lost to many games against the poor teams and eventfully petered out in the semis against the Challengers | IND (IPL) | |
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| 7 |  Victorian Bushrangers | After four straight KFC Big Bash championships the Bushrangers lost their crown to the Blues but with the Champions League in October they will be looking to stake their claim as one of the worlds nest Twenty20 teams | AUS | |
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| 8 |  Cape Cobras | The Cape Cobras claimed their first Pro20 title this year and with players like Jean-Paul Duminy, Graeme Smith and Charl Langeveldt in their ranks they could suprise a number of teams this autumn during the Champions League | SA | |
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| 9 |  Karachi Dolphins | The Karachi Dolphins just missed out on a place in the Champions League after losing to the Sialkot Stallions in the final of Pakistan's domestic Twenty20 Cup but climb back into the top ten | PAK | |
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| 10 |  Kent Spitfires | The Spitfires went into the Twenty20 Cup Finals Day as the everyone's favorite to claim their second title but ended up losing out to the Somerset Sabres in the semi final stages and missing out on the Champions League was a huge blow | ENG | |
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