T&T in Champions League finals
Published:Thursday | October 22, 2009 | 6:20 PM
Trinidad & Tobago will play New South Wales in tomorrow’s Champions League 20/20 final after beating the South African side Cape Cobras with four balls to spare at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in India.
Herschelle Gibbs made 42 from 27 balls before JP Duminy hit an unbeaten 61 as Cape Cobras made 175-5 from their 20 overs.
Lendl Simmonds was the most successful bowler for T&T with 2-17.
Needing 176 to win, T&T ended on 178-3 off 19.2 overs, thanks to an unbeaten stand of 93 between captain Daren Ganga 44 and West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo 58.
Also making useful contributions for T&T were Adrian Barath 29, William Perkins and Lendl Simmons 20 each.
The final will take place in Hyderabad.