Pollard late charge helped Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) post a respectable total of 149 for seven against the hosts Deccan Chargers in the last group match at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here today. Put into bat T&T got off to a flying start with wicket keeper batsman Perkins hammering Deccan Chargers bowlers. Though, the T&T kept losing wickets at one end, Perkins shaped its innings before being out at 83 as fourth wicket. The right hander from Barbados celebrated his belated birthday six days later with a fine innings of 38 runs, that came in just 32 balls including four hits to the fence. Perkins got a life when he was dropped at deep midwicket by Venugopal Rao, who misjudged a high catch off Ojha He finally fell to his fellow West Indies
bowler Fidel Edwards who caught him plumb in front of the wickets. Pollard coming at seventh put up a late charge hitting 31 off just 14 balls with one four and four hits over boundary. Fidel Edwards spearheared the Deccan Chargers bowling attack taking three wickets for 32 runs, while Suman and Symonds took one apiece. Score Board Trinidad And Tobago Innings Simmons lbw b Edwards 7 Perkins lbw b Edwards 38 Bravo c and b Suman 14 D.Ganga run out (Symonds) 0 Ramdin run out (Suman) 11 Pollard b Edwards 31 S.Ganga not out 13 D.Mohammad not out 2 Extras (Lb8, W6, Nb4) 18 Total (20 overs 7 wickets) 149 Fall of Wickets: 1-19, 2-53, 3-53, 4-83, 5-92, 6-125, 7-135.

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