2341dThe Report by Sidharth Monga

T&T stay alive with win at CSK's fortress

Trinidad & Tobago stayed alive in the tournament by beating Chennai Super Kings in their fortress, at their own game of choking oppositions out on a slow and low Chepauk track

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

WKD Perkins
34(28) 2x4 - 2x6
Control %71%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
2 2 3 1 5 1 6 14
DJ Bravo
DJ Bravo
32(22) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 14 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
9 0 2 0 9 4 7 1

Best performances - Bowlers

SP Narine
SP Narine
O4
M0
R8
W3
Eco2.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
DE Bollinger
DE Bollinger
O4
M0
R30
W3
Eco7.50
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)

20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00

Match days

2 October 2011 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Trinidad & Tobago 2, Chennai Super Kings 0

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: George Binoy

END OF OVER:
20 | 14 Runs | CSK: 111/6 (13 runs required, RR: 5.55)

  • Albie Morkel18 (12b)
  • Dwayne Bravo32 (22b)
  • Sherwin Ganga4-0-33-0
  • Kevon Cooper4-0-15-1

11.05 pm T&T have finally won a game. They came so close to winning their first two, but have finally got over the line today. They could have had three out of three wins, instead they have one. Chennai's chances have taken a massive hit with this defeat. Their fate is now out of their hands. So is T&T's.

Take a look at this points table.

Prashanth: "I don't know what Dhoni thinks but Morkel is far more accomplished to deal with spinners than Saha. Morkel should have come earlier. He could have played Franklin's role for Chennai."

Karn: "Spread the news: CSK are out. Would you believe it? I wouldn't. What's real; what's not? I don't know." They aren't out yet. They have the slimmest, flimsiest strand of hope.

Aravinda: "Thanks for sending my memo to T&T!"

Daren Ganga: Always good to get a win. Touch luck to Chennai. I'm sure people back home will be pleased. We have one important game against Cape Cobras. We have to win and win big. That is all we can do.

Dhoni: I was looking to chase 110 odd runs. Those extra 10 runs [that Cooper got] really helped them. It became really difficult to rotate strike. They bowled in good areas. We need to beat the next time, we're playing the last game so if everything goes our way we'll know what we need to do.

The Man of the Match is Sunil Narine for his spell of 4-0-8-3. He bowled two overs during the fielding restrictions as well. A terrific effort, worthy of the reward. A thought for Kevin Cooper though, who blitzed 28 off 10 balls out of no where. He also took 1 for 15 off four overs.

Ahmed: "@George... Tell us something about your prediction ahead of the game which you made." Hah, I was hoping no one would spot that. I said Chennai would win, and perhaps easily. Could I have been more wrong?

Thank you for your emails today. We'll be back tomorrow, and the day after ... Cheers.

19.6
6
S Ganga to Morkel, SIX, and again! Morkel helps Chennai's NRR with another monstrous hit over wide long-on, he got under it and hammered the ball. That's his favourite area. But Chennai lose of course
19.5
6
S Ganga to Morkel, SIX, Morkel does some NRR damage control by launching one into the stands beyond wide long-on

Chennai's NRR is about to take a hit.

19.4
1
S Ganga to Bravo, 1 run, driven from the crease towards deep cover
19.3
0
S Ganga to Bravo, no run, flat and fast outside off, Bravo lets it go!
19.2
0
S Ganga to Bravo, no run, in the blockhole and Bravo can only hit it hard towards the bowler, T&T have this won barring extras
19.1
1
S Ganga to Morkel, 1 run, Morkel makes room and swings hard, hitting the ball towards long-on where a fielder intercepts

Sherwin Ganga has 27 to defend in the final over.

CSK 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st21MEK HusseyM Vijay
2nd4MEK HusseySK Raina
3rd2MEK HusseyS Badrinath
4th21S BadrinathWP Saha
5th4MS DhoniS Badrinath
6th23MS DhoniDJ Bravo
7th36JA MorkelDJ Bravo

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