T&T finish off the Foxes to qualify

Trinidad & Tobago won their match against the Leceistershire Foxes by 51 runs to qualify comfortably into the group stages. For the Foxes, it will be a hill to climb. At the start, Lendl Simmons (67) and Adrian Barath (62) created a massive opening stand of 139 to strangle any threat from the Foxes very open bowling attack. 2 wickets further on the innings from Harry Gurney restricted a total of 168. This score was very challenging considering the tricky slow pitch both teams had to contend with, especially for the batting side.

Leceistershire were optimistic of having the best start but the exact opposite happened when the top order collapsed to a point where the scores were 20-5. T&T with their leg spinner Samuel Badree didn't spin the ball at all and as a result, bowled straight using the slow pace of the wicket to pick up figures from the 4 overs of 2-7. Ravi Rampaul and Sunil Narine provided supporting attack picking up the wickets of Josh Cobb, Wayne White and Paul Nixon. James Taylor (57) got his fifty from 47 balls as a result of careful hitting, patience and knowing how the pitch was. His hits of 4 4s and 2 6s were clean but it was just too little too late as Ravi Rampaul was having his hat-trick ball after getting out Claude Henderson and Matthew Hoggard by bowling straight and clean bowling them. Ravi Rampaul didn't get the hat-trick he anticipated but had figures of 4-14 as the Foxes innings came to an end with the score of 117-9.