Another Australian team was crowned champions tonight!!!
New South Wales beat Trinidad and Tobago by 41 runs in Hyderabad to lift the inaugral Champions league20-20 trophy. The night belonged to Bret Lee who performed both with the bat and ball. NSW were struggling at 83/6 in the 12th over when Lee came at the crease. His smashing 48 runs in 31 balls along with Steven Smith who scored 33 ensured that NSW reached 159/9.
After performing with the bat he was back in action with the ball claiming 2/10 and reducing the oppositon to 21/3. Trinidad and Tobago never looked like they would achieve the target and it seemed that their fairytale journey had reached its end.
The tournamet failed to generate the intrest that IPL had generated mainly because all the IPL teams failed to reach the semi finals. It can be seen that all the teams which had a bonding reached the semi finals which was missing from the IPL teams as they had less time to bond and prepare themselves. But in the end the better team won so congratulation to NSW for winning this championship.
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