CLT20: Tridents register consolation win against Knights

Bangalore Registering their first points of the competition in the final league game Barbados Tridents managed an edgy sixwicket consolation win against NorthernKnights in a rainreduced Oppo Champions League Twenty20 here yesterdayChasing a DuckworthLewis revised target of 138 in a 19overaside Group B game The West Indian outfit got its target in 184 overs with James Franklin standing unbeaten on 33 The Tridents toporder showed little fight after a 31run opening start Dilshan Munaweera 20 Raymon Reifer 15 and Jason Holder 11 were back in the dug out till the eight overLeftarm orthodox Mitchell Santner 124 drew first blood after scalping Munaweera post his 14ball quickfire Indianborn legspinner Ish Sodhi 318 then swung into action and the New Zealander picked got Reifer and Holder in the space of three deliveries Franklin and Jonathan Carter 30 then tried to pick the pieces by doing the grinding bitCarter got a life in the 11th over after the lefthander was dropped at deep midwicket off the bowling of Scott Styris 016 and he followed it up with a four in the next over Sodhi struck again in the 16th over but this time it a fielding brilliance to bring to an end Carters 28ball knock a 56run fourth wicketpartnershipAn outfield relay catch was once again at show as Devcich caught Carters hit at midwicket and just as he was losing his balance off the ropes he threw it back effortlessly to Daryl Mitchell who completed the formality The catch though did not bog down the Tridents spirit as newman Elton Chigumbura 18 not out stuck it out with Franklin who hit the winning boundary to fetch their only four points in this edition Earlier put into bat Knights posted 135 for eight in 19 overs as Devcich topscored with 47 runsKnights lost a wicket early after Kane Williamson was scalped by Ravi Rampaul 334 for 1 but Devcich with a runaball knock and skipper Daniel Flynn 21 resurrected the innings only to lose the plot later The duo stitched a 60run secondwicket partnership to bring the innings back on track before Flynn was caught behind off Sri Lankan offspinner Munaweera 210Devcich hitting six fours then carried on with newman BradleyJohn Watling 29 until rain intervened in the 12th over The break did not proved good for the Kiwi champions who saw a run out after Devcich returned to the pavilion and Scott Styris 0 fell to Munaweeras spin in the same over But just when the momentum seemed to be shifting in Knights favour after a few lusty hits by Watling Daryl 9 lost his cool against Rampaul to be holed out at long on by FranklinRampaul struck again after picking up Watling as the wicketkeeperbatsman struck 3 fours and a six in his 19ball stay to give some respect to the Knights batting card Tim Southee 19 also came up with a little cameo in the end but Tridents skipper Rayad Emrit 226 got him back in the dug out in a good last over Mediumpacer Emrit also got Scott Kuggeleijn 4 on the final delivery of the innings to just give away 7 runs in the final overWith Kings XI Punjab and Hobart Hurricanes already booking a semifinal spot for themselves from this group this encounter was an inconsequential league match but the sides did provide the necessary entertainment In the upcoming semifinal action Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Hurricanes in the first semifinal on Thursdaywhile Kings XI will lock horns with Chennai Super Kings in the second lastfour encounter