Trinidad and Tobago reaches final of Champions League
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Dwayne Bravo scored a superb 34-ball 58 as Trinidad and Tobago crashed Cape Cobras by seven wickets in the second semi-final and entered the final of the Champions League T20, in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Chasing a stiff 176 to set up a final with New South Wales Blues, Bravo and skipper Daren Ganga (44) produced a match-winning unbeaten 93-run stand for the third wicket to overhaul the target with four balls to spare at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium.
Earlier, electing to bat, Cape Cobras amassed a challenging 175 for five in 20 overs. J P Duminy (62 not out) and Herschelle Gibbs (42) were their top-scorers.
The match seemed evenly poised when Trinidad and Tobago lost three wickets at the half-way stage, but Bravo and Ganga batted fearlessly and took the match away from the South Africans, who were let down by some poor fielding. Read the rest of this entry »
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