Owais Shah and Dane Vilas struck fluent half centuries as Cape Cobras recovered from a wobbly start to score 137 for four in their Champions League Twenty20 match against Trinidad and Tobago.
Published: Oct 04, 2011, 05:23 PM (IST)
Edited: Oct 04, 2011, 05:23 PM (IST)
Earlier after winning the toss, Cape Cobras elected to bat first © AFP
Chennai: Oct 4, 2011
Owais Shah and Dane Vilas struck fluent half centuries as Cape Cobras recovered from a wobbly start to score 137 for four in their Champions League Twenty20 match against Trinidad and Tobago.
Shah (63 not out) and Vilas (54) were instrumental in Cape Cobras’ revival after they were down at 10 for two in the fourth over.
Needing a win to have any chance of making it to the semifinals, Cape Cobras were off to a disastrous start after electing to bat as their two openers were back to the pavillion without much contribution.
Trinidad and Tobago opened their bowling with leg-spinner Samuel Badree who cleanbowled Richard Levi for a duck in the second ball of the innings.
The other opener Herschelle Gibbs (2) hung around for a while but not could not keep his aggressive instinct in check for long and was out while going for a big shot. He mistimed his shot off a Ravi Rampaul delivery and holed out to mid-of fielder Darren Bravo.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Dane Vilas and Owais Shah then stuck deep for a long haul to repair the innings.
The duo took the Cape Cobras’ score to 97 for two by stitching 87 runs from 11.1 overs for the third wicket before Vilas was out in the 15th over.
Vilas fell to leg-spinner Sunil Narine as he went for a pull shot from a delivery that landed outside off only to edge it to cover fielder Daren Ganga. His 54 came from 44 balls and had seven fours in it.
Cape Cobras, however, could not capitalise on the good work as they could add just 35 runs from the last five overs.
JP Duminy was out cheaply for nine in the penultimate over, cleanbowled by Kevon Cooper.(PTI)
Brief Score: Cape Cobras 137 for 4 in 20 overs (Owais Shah 63*, Dane Vilas 54; Samuel Badree 1 for 19) vs Trinidad & Tobago
