Aclt20 day-5 results 1.SOMERSET VS TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 2.ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE VS OTAGO

Trinidad & Tobago (Ramdin 39, Willoughby 3-35) beat Somerset 106 (de Bruyn 43*, Dwayne Bravo 4-23) by 44 runs
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	Man of the Match Sherwin Ganga and Dwayne Bravo played crucial roles in getting Trinidad & Tobago's campaign off to a flying start

A charged-up Trinidad & Tobago opened their campaign in style, demolishing Somerset, and the county side's net-run rate, with a big win at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. The vaunted Somerset top order collapsed for the second match in a row, and there were no lower-order heroics to rescue them in the chase this time.

The difference between the two sides was highlighted by their batting approach in the Powerplays: T&T blasted eight fours and two sixes to sprint to 59 for 3, while Somerset hit only three boundaries to limp to 28 for 3. T&T's quick bowlers kept the batsmen in check by not allowing them any drivable deliveries, and their disciplined trio of spinners choked Somerset with their subtle variations. Dwayne Bravo showed what the West Indies team was missing due to the contracts crisis, nipping out two early wickets, and two more at the death to finish off the match.

Marcus Trescothick was the first to go, nicking Bravo to the keeper in the second over. Craig Kieswetter pottered around for eight balls, making four, before charging out and trying to flatbat a short ball, only to lob it to Darren Bravo. Justin Langer was the next frustrated batsman dismissed; after getting only two in five balls in Sherwin Ganga's sixth over, he pulled a legstump ball to William Perkins at square leg. Zander de Bruyn was the only one to pass 20, remaining unbeaten on 43 after coming in at No. 4.

The tight bowling meant Somerset were only allowed to pick off the singles as though in the reviled middle overs of a one-dayer, and not a frenetic Twenty20 where the asking-rate was spiralling into double digits. The first over in which they took more than eight runs was the 14th. Even that over ended with a Somerset wicket, and a trademark over-the-top Dave Mohammed celebration: a forward flip followed by a yoga exercise-like touching of the feet and the knees as he sat on the ground.

The T&T's openers, after Daren Ganga chose to bat, went over the top, raising 43 breathless runs by the fifth over, with a mix of class, crass and cheek. Their approach was typified by the third over from Somerset's hero in the previous match, Alfonso Thomas. Lendl Simmons got the front leg out of the way and clubbed the first ball over covers for four, attempted an agricultural slog off the fourth, deftly steered a wide full toss past the fifth past short third man for four, before rounding off the over with a neatly timed flick past midwicket for another boundary.

His opening partner William Perkins missed several scoops past the keeper, and was beaten when he tried some booming drives as well, but that didn't stop him from trying to clobber most deliveries. When he connected, the ball went a long way; the highlight was when he sashayed down the track and powered Ben Phillips over long-off for six.

With the runs flowing, Somerset's bowlers, as in the upset-win against Deccan Chargers, launched a fightback. They plucked four wickets in ten balls to bring the game back on an even keel. Simmons slashed the penultimate delivery of the fifth over to third man, two balls later Perkins missed a straight one from Willoughby. Darren Bravo, who had showed his confidence levels by swinging his first ball over long-on, was next to go, to a reflex caught-and-bowled from Willoughby. His brother Dwayne went for a golden-duck slapping a wide ball from legspinner Max Waller, his second delivery in two matches, to backward point.

The spin pair of Waller and Arul Suppiah then ensured a less frenzied passage of play, keeping the batsmen mostly to singles and twos. Waller was getting plenty of turn, and his googly was proving hard to read, while Suppiah fired it in flatter.

After the top-order collapse, T&T looked to the big-hitting Kieron Pollard for providing the impetus. However, he miscued a high full toss in the 16th over, leaving Denesh Ramdin the task of steering the team past 150. Ramdin's was a measured knock compared to his team-mates, hitting only two boundaries in a run-a-ball 39. It was Sherwin Ganga though, who gave the late push that T&T needed, smashing two leg stump full tosses for four in the 19th over and launching the first ball of the final over past long-on.

The team from the Caribbean ended on a 150, certainly a competitive score but one which Somerset should have got closer to. By being shot out for their second-lowest Twenty20 score, Langer's side are now left nervously watching the Deccan-T&T game on Wedenesday to know whether they progress.

Bangalore 188 for 2 (Kallis 73*) beat Otago 108 (Kallis 3-18) by 80 runs
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	Jacques Kallis' 59-ball 73 comprised four boundaries and two sixes

The stakes were high, the task unambiguous: the winner would progress to the second round of the Champions League, the loser would to go home. And Jacques Kallis chose this stage to deliver a tremendous performance, one that ensured Bangalore's qualification, and Otago's elimination, from the tournament: his unbeaten half-century was the bedrock of a destructive batting exhibition, and his three-wicket opening spell knocked the stuffing out of the opposition's chase.

Bangalore's batsmen were barely troubled as they motored towards a formidable score. Their total of 188 was methodically constructed: the openers Robin Uthappa and Kallis denied their opponents the early breakthrough and built a launch pad, which Virat Kohli and Ross Taylor used to accelerate from during the final overs. Bangalore's innings was shaped by two half-century stands, 75 between Uthappa and Kallis, and 59 between Kallis and Kohli, and they left much of their ammunition - Rahul Dravid, Mark Boucher and Roelof van der Merwe - unused. Uthappa and Kohli were the aggressors during those partnerships but Kallis provided propulsion during the final overs and finished unbeaten on 73. Taylor made a late entrance and stole the limelight by clobbering 32 off 11 balls, ransacking 25 runs off the final over from Otago helpless bowlers.

It wasn't crash, bang and wallop from the word go though. Uthappa and Kallis took their time settling in on a pitch that was on the slower side, playing watchfully, choosing orthodoxy over adventure during the initial overs. And when the boundaries began to flow, they were results of proper batsmanship. Uthappa cover drove Neil Wagner on the up for his first boundary before targeting the wide long-on region for a four and a six off Dimitri Mascarenhas and Ian Butler. He then went straight, hitting with power twice over the bowlers' heads for fours. Bangalore scored 46 off the Powerplay, and more importantly had lost no wickets. Kallis had remained quiet during this phase but brought up the 50 partnership with a cut off Butler to the backward-point boundary.

Craig Cumming brought on his only specialist slow bowler - Nathan McCullum - in the ninth over and watched Uthappa dispatch the offspinner over midwicket for six, and reverse-sweep him for four. Relief for Otago, although fleeting, came from Aaron Redmond's legbreaks, when Uthappa got a leading edge and was caught by a diving Cumming at cover. Uthappa's departure brought in Kohli, whose 32 off 19 balls included scorching drives through cover and straight down the ground. He began the acceleration, but holed out to long-off, after which Kallis broke free from his anchor's role by lofting Butler and Wagner over the long-off boundary.

With Kallis taking charge it seemed as though Taylor, who received an unprecedented and massive cheer from the Bangalore crowd, would not get the opportunity to showcase his skills but that changed after he took strike for the last five balls of the innings. He pulled the first from Butler to the midwicket boundary, and deposited the second into the crowd behind long-off. The suffering was too much for Butler, who had been struggling with a knee problem, and he went off the ground, leaving Warren McSkimming the responsibility of bowling the last three balls. Taylor carted the first and last of those over the square-leg boundary, providing the innings a rocket-fuelled finish. Otago suffered because of the sameness of their bowlers - primarily medium-pace without quality spinners - but Bangalore had no such problems.

Although Kallis had made an invaluable contribution with the bat, he was overshadowed during the initial partnerships and at the end by Taylor's blitz. However, he came to the fore once again during his opening spell - four overs on the trot - which accounted for Otago's top three batsmen and effectively ended the contest. With clever and frequent changes of pace, Kallis struck a body blow in his second over when he foxed Brendon McCullum to hole out to mid-on. A ball later Kallis sent down a quick bouncer that had Redmond succumbing to cover.

Hamish Rutherford briefly lifted Otago's gloom by hitting Vinay Kumar for three fours in an over but Kallis returned to snuff out his innings with a slower ball and completed a maiden over as well. His outstanding figures of 3-1-6-3 were spoilt just a little by two boundaries in his final over but, by the time Kallis was finished with bat and ball, there was no way back for Otago. They crumbled thereafter, collapsing for 108, against a team that was determined not to become the first casualty of the Champions League Twenty20. Fittingly it was Kallis who performed the final act, catching Neil Wagner on the long-on boundary to spark off celebrations.

It's a hard road ahead for Bangalore, though, for their loss to the Cape Cobras means they won't be carrying forward any points to the next stage.