2334dThe Report by Firdose Moonda

Cooper keeps T&T alive

Kevon Cooper's 25 off 11 balls saw Trinidad and Tobago beat the Cape Cobras and stay alive in the Champions League T20

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

OA Shah
OA Shah
63(50) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 30 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
7 8 7 9 4 2 1 25
DJ Vilas
54(44) 7x4 - 0x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 23 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
7 9 13 4 0 2 9 10

Best performances - Bowlers

JM Kemp
O4
M0
R22
W3
Eco5.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
CK Langeveldt
O3.4
M0
R32
W2
Eco8.72
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Sidharth Monga

Thanks for joining us. Just enough time for you to catch a drink and hop over to the other game. Cheers

Kevon Cooper is the MoM. He says: "When I went out to bat, I believed I could do it. You have to bowl slower balls and take your pace off, which I have done to the best of my ability. It's a good feeling to win the game for Trinidad & Tobago."

Daren Ganga: "It's amazing, our first two games didn't go well in the end, but Kevon Cooper has fantastically pulled off these two in the end. If we set a good foundation, it's easy, but if we keep losing wickets, it is not. Again it was a small total, and Kevon's was just the cameo we needed. Now we go and put on our yellow t-shirts and hope Chennai win."

Justin Kemp: "We had enough runs, we bowled pretty well middle ad up front, but we need to end well. We were not good enough in the field again. When it comes down to 10 an over, you can't get too funky. Pick a hole and bowl. But we couldn't execute the yorkers."

A sea of red invades the field, and they are running away with the stumps. They have knocked Cobras out, who have choked twice in two matches now. T7T will have to wait for the next match's result, but that can wait. Kevon Cooper is the man of the moment right now. He has won them two matches they had no business winning. Move over Kieron Pollard, T&T have found a new heist man. Ironically, though, Cooper has made sure his Trini compatriot Pollard and his Mumbai Indians side is safely through to the semi-finals. And what of the Cobras? Dale Steyn comes in to bowl with figures of 3-1-3-1, and in a full toss-infested over concedes 15 runs to leave T&T only nine to get in the last. Langeveldt then starts off with a wicket first ball, but he too bowls a full toss and a no-ball - in all the fifth free hit conceded by the Cobras. That's a massive massive choke. Steyn at death has lost his side two matches they had in the bank for 38 overs

19.4
2
Langeveldt to Cooper, 2 runs, Cooper has finished this game. He is so excited he is raising his bat even as he is finishing the first. This is pulled wide of long-on, he thinks it's going for four, but sees a diving save and then comes back for the second
19.3
1
Langeveldt to Narine, 1 run, slower ball, hit to long-on for one
19.3
2nb
Langeveldt to Cooper, (no ball) 1 run, All over. Langeveldt has bowled a no-ball. Can I use the word choke now? Massive no-ball. I can't believe how you can bowl those. Driven to deep cover for one
19.2
4
Langeveldt to Cooper, FOUR, Kevon Cooper is ripping into Cobras here. Langeveldt goes for a wide yorker, ends up being a low full toss, he plays with an open face, over point. Four more. Cooper, you beauty
19.1
W
Langeveldt to Rampaul, OUT, Another twist. The slower ball. Rampaul slog-seeps, gets a meaty top edge. Caught by Puttick at long-on, but he has brought Cooper on strike

R Rampaul c sub (AG Puttick) b Langeveldt 7 (5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 140.00

Langeveldt to bowl. Eight runs to defend. Worried Cobras faces all around. Round the wicket he goes

END OF OVER:
19 | 15 Runs | T&T: 129/7 (9 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.78, RRR: 9.00)

  • Kevon Cooper18 (8b)
  • Ravi Rampaul7 (4b)
  • Dale Steyn4-1-18-1
  • Robin Peterson4-0-30-1
18.6
6
Steyn to Cooper, SIX, Cooper you beauty. Has Steyn lost Cobras a second match in a row? The over of the devil, remember? It's a high full toss on leg, Cooper swings, Copper strikes, Cooper strikes cleanly, Cooper clears long-off. The T&T dugout on its feet

Trinidad & T 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st8LMP SimmonsWKD Perkins
2nd18LMP SimmonsDM Bravo
3rd35AB BarathDM Bravo
4th0D GangaDM Bravo
5th21D RamdinDM Bravo
6th21D RamdinS Ganga
7th2D RamdinKK Cooper
8th24R RampaulKK Cooper
9th9SP NarineKK Cooper

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