Caribbean champions Trinidad and Tobago made a dream start to the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday when they used a clinical all-round performance to crush Somerset by 44 runs.Electing to bat first, T&T gathered a sturdy 150 for nine off their 20 overs and then bowled out the English county for 106 in the Group A fixture at Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The result vaulted T&T to the top of the group on net run-rate over Somerset, who had upset Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Deccan Chargers on Saturday.
Set 151 to win, Somerset were under pressure throughout after dipping to 28 for three after six overs.
The effervescent international all-rounder Dwayne Bravo claimed back-to-back wickets, dislodging Marcus Trescothick (3) and Craig Kieswetter (4) and spinner Sherwin Ganga sent back captain Justin Langer (15).
South African Zander de Bruyn stroked an unbeaten 43 but he and Langer were the only batsmen avoiding the ignominy of single digit scores against a rampant T&T bowling attack.
Bravo led the way with four for 23 off four overs in a clinical T&T bowling performance.
Man of the match Sherwin Ganga picked up two for 16 off three overs with his off spin and left-arm spinner Dave Mohammed bagged two for 18 off four overs.
Earlier, T&T got a rousing start from their free-scoring opening batsman Lendl Simmons and William Perkins.
The cricket's Champions league - CLT20 2009 has kicked off with a boom. Some smashing cricket has been observed throughout the series. With T20 matches in action, sixes, fours and wickets are so common which make every moment of the game exciting. If you missed some matches, you can watch free video highlights online.
Watch Champions League T20 Highlights video:
On www.live-criket.blogspot.com: The official website broadcasts the free video highlights of each and every match. You can watch the highlights video
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