Perkins hit a four and a six in the first over bowled by Mpitsang. He did not leave him in his second over as well as he it a six and a four. Barath opened up his shoulder and hit a six in the last ball. Mpitsang conceeded 28 runs in his 2 overs.
Perkins and Barath displayed fire work during this Diwali season with fours and sixes. Perkins had 3 fours and 3 sixes to his account while Barath, playing his first T20 international game, had 4 each to his innings. He scored 63 from 41 balls and Perkins took 25 balls for his 35. At the end of the powerplay of 6 overs, T&T were 64 for no loss.
Simmons contributed 40 from his bat consuming 25 deliveries. At the end of 10 overs, T&T were 96 for 1. deVilliers over changed the momentum and gave confidence to the batsmen. His 3rd over, 14th of the innings went for 20 runs including a six and 3 fours. At the end of 18 overs, T&T were 177 for 4.
Towards the end, it was Steward who hit 3 sixes and 3 fours in his 11-ball innings in which he scored 33. He hit 3 sixes and 2 fours in du Preez's over, 19th of the innings. This over added 27 to the total and helped T&T to cross 200 and also put highest score in this edition of CL.
To qualify, Eagles should reach 214 in 14.2 overs--86 balls. It is never an easy task and if happens, it is a miracle. Though Eagles fought well, the miracle did not happen.
At the end of powerplay, Eagles were 77 for 2. Though Wyk and Rossouw were hitting fours and sixes, they could not maintain it till the end. Wyk was trapped lbw after hitting 3 continuous fours.
Rossouw made 44 from 19 with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Skipper Dippenaar made 33 but all these were not enough for Eagles. At 14.2 overs, they were 132 for 3. Even if they had won this game, it wouldn't matter to T&T as they have already qualified on better net run rate along with NSW.
Eagles ended their innings at 189 short by 24 runs.
Scoreboard:
Match # 19, League A
Date: Sunday Oct 18, 2009
Teams: Trinad & Tobago v. Eagles
Captains: D Ganga and H Dippenaar
Toss: T&T, decided to bat
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Result: T&T won by 24 runs
Points: Trinad & Tobago 2; Eagles 0
Man of the Match: A Barath off Trinad & Tobago
Trinad & Tobago Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| W Perkins | b Tshabalala | 35 | 25 | 3 | 3 |
| A Barath | b du Preez | 63 | 41 | 4 | 4 |
| L Simmons | b R McLaren | 40 | 25 | 6 | 1 |
| K Pollard | c Kruger b Bailey | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| N Stewart | not out | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| DJ Bravo | not out | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 4, w 5, nb 1) | 10 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 4 wkts in 20 overs | 213 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-66 (Perkins, 6.4 ov), 2-142 (Simmons, 14.2 ov), 3-159 (Barath, 16.3 ov), 4-175 (Pollard, 17.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| P Mpitsang | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| C deVilliers | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| D du Preez | 4 | 0 | 54 | 1 |
| R McLaren | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| T Tshabalala | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| R Bailey | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| A Kruger | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Eagles Innings: (214 to win in 20 overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| M van Wyk | lbw b S Ganga | 25 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| R Rossouw | c Pollard b Simmons | 44 | 19 | 5 | 3 |
| A McLaren | lbw b S Ganga | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| D du Preez | c Simmons b Pollard | 35 | 41 | 1 | 2 |
| H Dippenaar | c Ramdin b Pollard | 33 | 19 | 4 | 1 |
| R Bailey | not out | 21 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| R McLaren | not out | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, w 3, nb 1) | 10 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 5 wkts in 20 overs | 189 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-54 (van Wyk, 3.6 ov), 2-77 (AP McLaren, 5.4 ov), 3-81 (Rossouw, 6.3 ov), 4-139 (Dippenaar, 14.5 ov), 5-156 (du Preez, 16.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| R Rampaul | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| DJ Bravo | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| S Ganga | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| L Simmons | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| D Mohammed | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| K Pollard | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| N Stewart | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
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