Trinidad&Tobago End Dream Run of Cape Cobras
Trinidad & Tobago qualified for the final of the first Champions League T20 by defeating tournament underdog the Cape Cobras in a convincing way. Now they will face NSW Blues in the final today. This way T&T has kept their dominating form in the Champions League alive. They have not lost any match till now. In the semifinal, the Cape Cobras after winning the toss selected to bat first. They batted well. For the first time their opener Herchelle Gibbs showed a good knock by smashing 42 runs in 27 balls. He smashed four boundaries in a single over of Bravo. After that Dumminy who has been in great form thorought the tournament took the charge. Dumminy made a beautiful 61 out of 40 balls which included a spectacular Six in the leg. The Cobras set a good target of 176 for T & T.
The openers gave a flying start to T&T. However, The Cape Cobras dropped some vital catches. T&T lost three wickets for 85 runs. But then came the Captain Darren Ganga who was joined by Dwayne Bravo. They produced a match winning partnership taking T&T to the final. Bravo scored an attacking 58 in just 34 deliveries and Ganga made 44 in 31 deliveries. The bowling of the Cobras was never up to the strong batting of T&T. Trinidad will face the NSW Blues in the final whom they have already beaten in the Super8.
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