Trinidad & Tobago earned their place in the final of the WICB President's Cup after scraping home in a closely fought game against Barbados. Dwayne Bravo took six wickets and captain Daren Ganga's made an important 79* to guide Trinidad and Tobago to a two-wicket victory in Providence.
Playing in a day-night fixture, Barbados after winning the toss and choosing to bat 1st, made a good start with openers Martin Nurse and Kirk Edwards putting on 85 before the 1st wicket fell. Nurse made 46, while Edwards made 41. Ryan Hinds made 44 and they were other contributions from Holder, Carter and Carlo Morris, who managed to get in the 20's. Dwayne Bravo and Ravi Rampaul made kept the Bajans in check by chipping through the top order after such a good start. Rampaul took 3 wickets for 50, however Dwayne Bravo was the star bowler, picking up a career-best 6 for 46. They reduced Barbados from 184 for 4 to 229 all out.
In Trinidad & Tobago's innings, openers Adrian Barath and Lendl Simmons added 42, before stuttering at 43 for 2. They steadily lost wickets at regular intervals, but Daren Ganga played a patient captains' innings to keep his team on track.
Ganga made 79, Simmons 44, Dwayne Bravo chipped in with 32 to go with his 6 wicket haul and Ramdin made 20. The game was always in the balance, where runs needed from balls were always close. When Sherwin Ganga was dismissed by Springer, T&T needed 28 from 36 balls. It then came down to 9 from 12 but Dave Mohammed ensured victory by hitting a six off Sulieman Benn off the last ball of the 49th over. Darren Ganga's undefeated knock earner him the Man of the Match.
Having advance to the Final, T&T will now play the winner of Tuesday's second semi-final between Guyana and Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) in the final on November 5.
SOURCE: Windies Online
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