2331dThe Report by Sidharth Monga

Trinidad & Tobago roar into the main draw

Winning the Caribbean T20 wasn't enough this time, but former finalists Trinidad & Tobago roared back into the Champions League main draw with a walloping of the England champions Leicestershire

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

LMP Simmons
LMP Simmons
67(58) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 23 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
2 14 9 6 12 7 1 16
AB Barath
AB Barath
62(47) 6x4 - 2x6
Control %68%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 29 runs
  • 3x4 - 2x6
18 1 9 9 6 12 0 7

Best performances - Bowlers

R Rampaul
R Rampaul
O4
M1
R14
W4
Eco3.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
S Badree
S Badree
O4
M1
R7
W2
Eco1.75
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Trinidad & Tobago , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.20, Interval 17.20-17.40, Second Session 17.40-19.00

Match days

20 September 2011 - day/night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Match Referee

Points

Trinidad & Tobago 2, Leicestershire 0

Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Siddarth Ravindran

END OF OVER:
20 | (wicket maiden) | LEICS: 117/9 (52 runs required, RR: 5.85)

  • Harry Gurney0 (2b)
  • James Taylor56 (47b)
  • Ravi Rampaul4-1-14-4
  • Kevon Cooper4-0-24-1

T&T continue to add to their list of triumphs at Hyderabad. It wasn't quite a polished performance from them yesterday, needing Sherwin Ganga's big-hitting to save them in the chase. They were never in trouble today though, starting with the huge partnership between Simmons and Barath, and then with the superb opening spells by Rampaul and Badree, backed up by Sunil Narine.

Allan Alexander: "Leicestershire justifies the reason that the tournament includes a qualifying round this year."

Post-match presentation
Daren Ganga: "We weren't in a good position yesterday chasing a small total, today Barath and Simmons played really well. As a team we got to do the right thing over and over again, we need to keep ourselves motivated for every match, and try qualify for the semi-finals. I'm not too worried about the fifth bowling option going for plenty of runs."

Matthew Higgard:" We were chasing a a good total, and for that we needed a couple of partnerships but we didn't get it. It was poor execution from the batsmen. Our fingers crossed now and hope for rain (laughs) in the other game. "

Man of the Match is Adrian Barath: "I think yesterday was a bit unfortunate, it wasn't the manner in which you want to be dismissed. I had to really come back mentally and get over yesterday. I think both of us go out to bat, it's a matter of who's day it is, one of us play the anchor role."

That's all we have from this game, hop over to commentary for the day's second game to see whether Auckland can stay alive in the tournament. The toss for that game is at 7.30 pm.

19.6
0
Rampaul to Gurney, no run, and T&T are through with a dominant performance, the final ball of the game is blocked towards mid-on by Gurney, Leics are nearly out of the tournament now, their net run rate will be in a shambles, they will need to beat Ruhuna by a massive margin now to stand a chance
19.5
0
Rampaul to Gurney, no run, Rampaul thought he had him, Gurney went for the big swipe and missed, it was an inch outside off stump, there is a weak appeal for caught-behind as well, Rampaul can't believe he hasn't got a hat-trick

Rampaul on a hat-trick

19.4
W
Rampaul to Hoggard, OUT, Rampaul keeps knocking over the leg stump, that is the sixth Leics batsman to be bowled today, Hoggard it is this time, he moved away from the stumps and looks to defend, through him and Leics are nine down

MJ Hoggard b Rampaul 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

19.3
W
Rampaul to Henderson, OUT, the end of Henderson's troubled stay, Rampaul takes out of the leg stump to get his third wicket

CW Henderson b Rampaul 10 (19m 16b 0x4 1x6) SR: 62.50

19.2
0
Rampaul to Henderson, no run, bottom edge through to the keeper as Henderson looks to slash the ball through the off side, wants a single but is sent back
19.1
0
Rampaul to Henderson, no run, Rampaul keeps it full and on middle, defended

Leics 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st5AB McDonaldJJ Cobb
2nd4WI JeffersonJJ Cobb
3rd7WI JeffersonWA White
4th1WI JeffersonJWA Taylor
5th3PA NixonJWA Taylor
6th47Abdul RazzaqJWA Taylor
7th3J du ToitJWA Taylor
8th47CW HendersonJWA Taylor
9th0MJ HoggardJWA Taylor
10th0HF GurneyJWA Taylor

Champions League Twenty20

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
NSW43160.627
MI4215-0.28
T&T42240.176
COBRA41230.229
CSK4132-0.712
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SOM4215-0.557
RCB42240.325
KKR42240.306
WAR42240.246
SOA4123-0.533
Qualifying Tournament Pool A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SOM22040.3
KKR2112-0.225
AUCK2020-0.075
Qualifying Tournament Pool B
TeamMWLPTNRR
T&T22041.659
RU2112-0.275
LEICS2020-1.375