The west Indians Complete Group Engagements In Style

Hyderabad: With their place in the last Four of the Champions League Twenty20
secure, Trinidad and Tobago threw caution to the winds and the sparse crowd at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium got their money's worth of power hitting while the West Indian outfit cruised to an imposing 213 or four and laid low the Eagles' challenge my 24 runs. In a calculated assault that res breathtaking as it was brutal - at least one shot gnarl screamed past umpire Amish ships s head-T&T posted by far the best total of the tournament, eclipsing Cape Cobras’ 193 for four against Otago Volts at the same venue and restricted the Eagles to 189 for five.
Dillon du Preez would want to forget his last over and the 19th of the innings in a hurry with which the Trinidadians Carted him for 27 runs as Navin Stewart (33 no, 11b, 3x4, 3x6) continued the trend set by the top order.
William Perkins and Adrian Barath were like a house on tare and even when the former fell for 35 (25b, 3x4, 3x6) the latter realized 76 runs for the second wicket with Lendl Simmons in just 29 deliveries. Playing his first match of the tournament, Barath raced along to 63 (41b, 4x4, 4x6) and with Simmons (40, 25b, 6x4, 1x6) playing an equally deft hand, the stage was set for Kieron Pollard to rub it in. He cracked 23 (13b, 1x4, 2x6) and even though he succumbed in the 18th over, his team did not waste the frenetic start - they were 147 for two in 15 overs-and added 66 more runs in the last five overs.

Having started the match with a run- rate of 1.107, the Eagles needed a Vega big win if they were to pip New South Wales to the other semifinal spot from this league, which in the event was not to be.

The Eagles, though, were not the ones to go down without a fight. Riley Roussouw rocketed to 44 (19b, 5x4, 3x6) skipper Boeta Dippenaar (33, 19b, 4x4, 1x6) realized 58 for the fourth wicket along with Dillon du Preez but the task was imposing as it was impossible on the day Eagles needed 73 runs from the last five overs but with Pollard striking, crucial blows rto snuff out the Eagles. Having toppers League A, Trinidad & Tobago play the second-placed team in League B air either Cobras or Bushrangers in the second semifinal on October 22.