Magical Pollard Innings Helps T&T Down Australian Team

Hyderabad: They came as the underdogs but have packed off the more fancied teams already. Friday night was their biggest day in the Champions League T20 Championship as Trinidad & Tobago scored an astonishing four-wicket victory on the back of a blistering knock by Kieron Pollard. The youngster smashed an unbeaten 54 off 18 balls as the West Indians snatched an unlikely win.His unbeaten was studded with five fours and an equal number of huge sixes. T&T smashed at 171 for six in 18.3 overs.
The West Indian side ran into early trouble losing their top three batsmen with just 30 on the board. Skipper Daren Ganga and Darren Bravo kept the fight on but soon lost their way and at 91 for five it looked as if the Blues would romp to another handsome win.

Denesh Ramdin struck some hefty blows to keep the chase on before he was run out. But the night belonged to Pollard who produced some blistering fireworks to light up the gloom.


Earlier Philip Hughes and David Warner warmed up the cockles of the sparse crowd with some blistering stroke play to help Blues to 170 for fouls On Diwali's eve the Australians produced some crackling fireworks to run ragged the West Indian attack. This promoted skipper Gang: to turn to his brother Sherwin Ganga and the off-spinner didn't disappoint. He kept the runs in check. But the Bltles were not going to be tied down for long. Running like a pair of hounded hares, the southpaws stole runs with ease and hit the occasional boundary to keep the score moving at a more than healthy run rate. At the end of the 11th over, the Blues were 77.