BANGALORE, India, CMC –Skipper Rayad Emrit has conceded that poor fielding severely affected the Barbados Tridents campaign in the Champions League T20 tournament currently underway in India.
Emrit made his disclosure after Tridents recorded their lone victory, an inconsequential six wicket win over Northern Districts in the final Group B match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium yesterday.
James Franklin was undefeated on 33 and Jonathan Carter scored 30 as the Caribbean T20 champions chased down the 135 run target set by Northern Districts.
“Overwhelmed to win a game finally, we came close to winning a game several times. Today was a totally different team from our previous matches,” said Emrit.
“We had a chat before the match today. We knew if Franklin and Elton stayed till the end we would chase it. Out fielding let us down in every single game”
Tridents lost all of their other matches by close margins including a defeat in the Super over against Cape Cobras after scores were tied.
Carter who scored a century was the leading run-getter of the main round of the tournament.
“We are elated, we stuck as a group. We are one big family so we’ll celebrate tonight,” said Carter.
“I wanted to finish the game and I should have carried on. I spoke to Mr Haynes (Desmond Haynes) a lot, and worked on my game and grabbed the opportunity with both hands here”.
