the upper cut leads to his downfall! Short and wide outside off and Munaweera can't resist the upper cut, it's miles up in the air and Perkins runs forward from third man and takes the catch
Trinidad & T vs Uva Next, Qualifying Pool 2 at Johannesburg, Oct 11 2012 - Match Result
de Zoysa has broken the record for most dismissals by a wicketkeeper (6) in T20s for UVNXT, going past Upul Tharanga's 5
Denesh Ramdin and Darren Bravo's 95-run partnership is T&T's highest for the 4th wicket in T20s, breaking the record of 93 between Daren Ganga and Dwayne Bravo
4.10pm: It's official, the match has been called off. The skies are clearing so as of now, things look good for the second game.
T&T's efforts go to waste. Bravo and Ramdin the positives of this truncated game. Hampshire v Sialkot Stallions coming up. Whether we get a full game or not remains to be seen. That is scheduled to start at 5.30pm. Thanks for your company here. Join us soon. Cheers!
4pm: The rain's stopping. Dan writes: "The Wanderers drains crazily fast, so the second game is not in doubt yet."
The Super Sopper is out. We will let you know once there's an inspection.
3.45: Still pouring. Only the square is covered, not the whole ground like in Sri Lanka. Nothing official yet. Whatever it is, it puts the second game in serious doubt.
3.30: Just heard that the rain's coming down hard at Jo'burg! Puddles over the covers. Bad scenes.
3.10 And the players are going off because the rain has picked up! Munaweera must be kicking himself. What was the need for that shot? The covers are on. Not sure if it's really pelting down because I didn't see the groundstaff scampering about with the sheets.
Ross: "Nature itself taking action against pointless T20s?"
Reuel: "T&T were runners up in the first edition of the champions league, they also did well in their other appearance, but yet again they have been forced to play in a qualifier. This tournament is a joke."
Welcome back. I just heard that the clouds have enveloped the Wanderers! "Serious thunder" says Simon Doull on commentary, just as the openers walk out. Shannon Gabriel to start off
Bravo and Ramdin spent some good time in the middle to notch up fifties and take T&T to 181, a good score on a grassy pitch. Perkins started it all with some carefree hitting and Simmons played a cameo himself, though not the most attractive. Challenge for Uva here. Let's see how they come along. Join us shortly.
Ramdin ends the innings with a single to bring up his fifty, makes room and drills it down to long-on
good yorker, Bravo makes room and quietly digs it out to the off side
gets to his fifty! Audacious shot, makes room to a short delivery and swings and gets a top edge that clears the keeper
drills a low full toss back to the bowler
lovely shot, went back at the crease and lofted it high over cover and one of the cheerleaders there hurt himself while trying to catch it
the over gets more expensive! Full and wide outside off and he slashes over backward point
goes for another swing and he gets an inside edge that sneaks past the leg stump and the keeper
Bravo makes room and swings and there was a sound, the keeper appealed but the umpire wasn't interested
tries the lap shot again but straight to short fine leg
misfielded but the fielder gets a bad bounce! Slapped to extra cover and Kandamby failed to get behind it, the ball bounces high over his head and races away
slower delivery and he makes room and cuts it to short third man
makes room to a full toss and thrashes it past the bowler, reflexes were't sharp enough to stop that, mid-off couldn't stop it
Ramdin walks across his stumps and plays a lap shot that's well wide of short fine leg, audacious but effective
good yorker, Bravo squirts it out to cover
slower ball but down the leg side
lovely improvisation! Yorker outside off, makes room, uses the pace of the ball, opens the face of the bat and runs it to third man
on the blockhole and he makes room and drills it to long-on
makes room and he slashes a length delivery down to square third man
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | |
Toss | Uva Next, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2012/13 |
Hours of play (local time) | 13.30 start, First Session 13.30-14.50, Interval 14.50-15.10, Second Session 15.10-16.30 |
Match days | 11 October 2012 - day (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Trinidad & Tobago 2, Uva Next 2 |