Hyderabad: Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the Champions League Twenty20 by inflicting a crushing 51-run defeat on Leicestershire Foxes in the third qualifying match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Lendl Simmons (67) and Adrian Barath (62) shared a Trinidad & Tobago T20 record stand of 139 for the first wicket in their side's 168-2 and Ravi Rampaul took four wickets from his four overs conceding 14 runs as Leicestershire slumped to a 51-run defeat.
Chasing 169 to win, Leicestershire batsmen never looked settled against the T&T spinners as they collapsed to five for 20. James Taylor and Abdul Razzaq shared a partnership of 47 runs for the sixth wicket to stabilized the Leicestershire innings.
Just when the English team clawed their way into the match, Kevon Copper struck to dismiss Razzaq to have Leicestershire reeling at six for 67. Taylor, who reached his 50 off 44 balls, top scored for Leicestershire with a 56-run knock that came off 47 balls.
Earlier, openers Adrian Barath and Lendl Simmons smashed fluent half-centuries as Trinidad and Tobago produced a solid batting display to post a competitive 168 for two against Leicestershire Foxes.
While Barath scored a strokeful 47-ball 62 with the help of six fours and two sixes, Simmons played 58 balls for his well-crafted 67 during which he hit seven fours.
Duo shared 139-run stand before both were dismissed by Harry Gurney off successive deliveries. The left-arm pacer first dismissed Barath caught at deep mid-wicket by Jacques du Toit and then in the next ball accounted for Simmons.
Darren Bravo (18 not out ) and Denesh Ramdin (7 not out) then provided the late sparks to take Trinidad past the 150-run mark.
For Leicestershire, Harry Gurney was the most successful bowler with figures two for 33.
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