Put into bat, Hughes went for 3. Warner took most of the strike and gave just 4 deliveries to Hughes in 3 overs. Trying to maintain the run rate, he played across and lost his stumps.
Warner followed him to the pavilion in the next over for just 19. Katich scored just 16 and Henriques 4. S Smith alone made good contribution at the top with 33. New South Wales were 75 for 5 in 10.1 overs.
Wicket Keeper D Smith was bowled by Rampual for 3 which gave T&T a good chance to restrict the NSW. Brett Lee joined S Smith when the score was 83 for 6 in 11.2 overs.
Brett Lee took charge and played marvellous shots along the ground and also over the ropes. He cleared the rope 5 times and hit only one four. Both Smith and Lee took on Simmons and scored 23 from his 2 overs.
Rampual was the pick of the bowler with 3 for 20 in his 4. Dwyne Bravo also picked 2 wickets.
Chasing 160, the safe bet was in favor of T&T. They have chased above 170 couple of times, including 171 against NSW in their league encounter.
But, Brett Lee had a different story to write. He had Perkins stumps dislocated. He moved and tried to hit it over covers and missed straight delivery.
In the 2nd over, Barath hit two fours and a six in the first 3 balls. He chased a wide delivery only to get a thin under edge and give a simple catch to D Smith. That was a poor shot as 15 runs have already come out of that over.
Lee took a wonderful return catch to dismiss dangerous Simmons for just 4. T&T were 21 for 3 in 2.2 overs.
The Bravo-Ganga pair, which won the Semi Final against Cape Cobras steadied the innings. They did not want to lose another wicket. They managed to add 24 more runs to the total. When it was going good, Bravo tried to push the ball loosely but ended up dragging it to the stumps. Big break through from Bollinger.
Ganga was caught in the last ball of the 10th over for 19. T&T were struggling at half-way mark. They needed one more big innings from Pollard.
T&T needed 92 from 60 balls. As exected Pollard damaged the NSW bowling attack. He hit huge sixes sending the ball to 2nd tier.
Ramdin was caught at point trying to steer to third man. S Ganga and Pollard got out in the same over. Pollard hit two sixes of Harutiz. In the last ball of the over, going for the third six, he mistimed it an ballooned it long on. Brett Lee was in picture once again taking a good catch to relieve the New South Wales team and their supporters.
Stuart Clark dismissed Stewart and Mohammed in the next over. This is the first time T&T were dismissed in less than 20 overs.
NSW clinched the first edition of the Champions League, thanks to all-round performance from Brett Lee--48 from 31 balls with 1 four and 5 sixes; 2 for 10 in 2 overs; and took 2 catches.
He was awarded both man of the match and also the series.
Scoreboard:
Match # 23, Final
Date: Friday Oct 23, 2009
Teams: NSW v. T&T
Captains: S Katich and D Ganga
Toss: T&T, decided to field
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Result: NSW won by 41 runs and win the final
Points: NSW Won the Champions Trophy 2009
Man of the Match: Brett Lee off NSW
Man of the Series: Brett Lee off NSW
New South Wales Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| D Warner | c Mohammed b Bravo | 19 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| P Hughes | b Rampaul | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| S Katich | c Barath b Bravo | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| M Henriques | c S Ganga b Pollard | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| B Rohrer | c S Ganga b Mohammed | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| S Smith | c Simmons b S Ganga | 33 | 26 | 2 | 1 |
| D Smith | b Rampaul | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| B Lee | c Perkins b Rampaul | 48 | 31 | 1 | 5 |
| N Hauritz | run out (Ramdin/Rampaul) | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| S Clark | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 2) | 7 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 9 wkts in 20 overs | 159 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-24 (Hughes, 3.1 ov), 2-32 (Warner, 4.3 ov), 3-45 (Katich, 6.5 ov), 4-47 (Henriques, 7.2 ov), 5-75 (Rohrer, 10.1 ov), 6-83 (DLR Smith, 11.2 ov), 7-132 (SPD Smith, 17.3 ov), 8-159 (Hauritz, 19.5 ov), 9-159 (Lee, 19.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| S Ganga | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| R Rampaul | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| DJ Bravo | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| K Pollard | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| D Mohammed | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| L Simmons | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| N Stewart | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Trinad & Tobago Innings: (160 to win in 20 overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| W Perkins | b B Lee | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A Barath | c D Smith b S Smith | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| L Simmons | c & b B Lee | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| D Ganga | c Warner b S Smith | 19 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| DJ Bravo | b Bollinger | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| D Ramdin | c S Smith b S Clark | 16 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| K Pollard | c B Lee b Hauritz | 26 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| S Ganga | c Henriques b Hauritz | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| N Stewart | c Henriques b S Clark | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| D Mohammed | c Hughes b S Clark | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| R Rampaul | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 4, nb 3) | 12 | - | - | - |
| Total | all out in 15.5 overs | 118 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-1 (Perkins, 0.2 ov), 2-21 (Barath, 1.6 ov), 3-21 (Simmons, 2.2 ov), 4-45 (Bravo, 5.3 ov), 5-68 (D Ganga, 9.6 ov), 6-93 (Ramdin, 13.1 ov), 7-107 (S Ganga, 14.4 ov), 8-113 (Pollard, 14.6 ov), 9-118 (Stewart, 15.4 ov), 10-118 (Mohammed, 15.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Brett Lee | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| S SmithN Hauritz4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
| D Bollinger | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| S Clark | 3.5 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| N Hauritz | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
