Chasing a stiff target of 176, the start was good with Perkins and Barath adding 53 in 5 overs. Perkins got run out for 20. It was a peculiar run out! Barath played the ball to point, the direct hit from Puttick knocked the stumps and rebound. Perkins went for a run but Baranth stood his ground. He was half the way. The ball was easily passed on to Lee and he takes the stump with the ball.
Barath was trapped leg before off Duminy for 29, adding just 5 runs with Simmons. No big contribution came from the first top 3 batsmen.
Simmons got out for 20 when the score was 85 in 10 overs. One should say that Simmons did not utilize the chances given to him by Cape Cobra fielder Davis. He dropped two chances--one was a sitter on 11, and hard chance on 14. Kleinveldt did not make the same mistake when offered the chance. He grabbed a straight catch at deep midwicket off Ontong.
T&T needed 91 in 65 balls with Bravo joining the party with Skipper Ganga. Bravo was dropped on 17 by Ontong at long on off Duminy. The drop catch turned the match and took it away from Cape Cobras.
Bravo then went on to score unbetaen 58 in just 34 balls which had 4 fours and 3 sixes. Ganga was on 44 not out and built a good winning partnership of 93 runs in 55 balls as T&T won with 4 balls remaining.
Earlier, Bravo picked was smashed in his 3 overs for 46 runs. He was the costly bowlers and Cape Cobras picked him very well. Bravo took a revenge and should be a happy man.
For Cape Cobras, Gibbs scored runs, for a change. His 42 came in 27 balls with 5 fours and a six. He hit 4 fours in single over from Bravo.
It was Duminy, who took charge of the innings and made a wonderful 61. He picked the spots very well and hit 3 huge sixes and also 4 fours.
Simmons was the most economical bowler picking 2 wickets in 3 overs giving away 17 runs.
Scoreboard:
Match # 21, Semi Final 2
Date: Thursday Oct 22, 2009
Teams: Trinad and Tobago v. Cape Cobras
Captains: A Puttick and D Ganga
Toss: Cape Cobras, decided to field
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Result: Trinad and Tobago won by 6 wickets with 4 balls remaining
Points: Trinad and Tobago qualify for Final
Man of the Match: DJ Bravo off Trinad and Tobago
Cape Cobras Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| A Puttick | b S Ganga | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| H Gibbs | b Pollard | 42 | 27 | 5 | 1 |
| H Davids | c & b Mohammed | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| J Duminy | not out | 61 | 40 | 4 | 3 |
| R Kleinveldt | c Pollard b Simmons | 21 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| J Ontong | c Stewart b Simmons | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| V Philander | not out | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 10) | 14 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 5 wkts in 20 overs | 175 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-30 (Puttick, 4.1 ov), 2-57 (Davids, 6.4 ov), 3-82 (Gibbs, 9.1 ov), 4-116 (Kleinveldt, 13.1 ov), 5-130 (Ontong, 15.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| S Ganga | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| R Rampaul | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| DJ Bravo | 3 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| D Mohammed | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| K Pollard | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| N Stewart | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| L Simmons | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
Trinad & Tobago Innings: (194 to win in 20 overs)
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| W Perkins | run out (Ontong/Kleinveldt) | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| A Barath | lbw b Duminy | 29 | 16 | 4 | 2 |
| L Simmons | c Kleinveldt b Ontong | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| D Ganga | not out | 44 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| DJ Bravo | not out | 58 | 34 | 4 | 3 |
| Extras | (w 6, nb 1) | 7 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 3 wkts in 19.2 overs | 178 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-53 (Perkins, 4.6 ov), 2-58 (Barath, 6.1 ov), 3-85 (Simmons, 10.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| C Langeveldt | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| M Zondeki | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| R Kleinveldt | 2.2 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| C Henderson | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| J Duminy | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| J Ontong | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| V Philander | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
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