Hyderabad, Oct. 23: It was a blockbuster on Friday night at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium as the near capacity crowd witnessed numerous twists and turns akin to any new movie in the grand finale of the Champions League Twenty20, that ultimately saw New South Wales score a 41-run win over Trinidad & Tobago.

Needing 160 for a win, T&T got off to one of their worst starts in the tournament, losing William Perkins for a duck, cleaned up by Brett Lee. Lee was spitting fire from his end, looking literally unplayable on this wicket and by the third over of their innings, T&T were 21/3.

Doug Bollinger then got the prize wicket of Dwayne Bravo for 17. Just when skipper Daren Ganga was looking to make amends, NSW dismissed him caught by David Warner off Steven Smith for 19. T&T looked in trouble at 68/5 at the half-way mark.

Danger-man Kieron Pollard walked in with 92 still needed of the last 60. He did his level best to delay the inevitable, scoring a brisk 26 off 15. His dismissal literally shut the doors for the Caribbean boys as T&T were bowled out for 118 in 15.5 overs.

Man of the match and man Brett Lee later said, "Shukriya to the Indian crowd. They have been behind us right throughout and we always knew we could beat anyone in this tournament. We held our nerves and won the match."

Earlier, T&T did not hesitate to put their opposition in after winning the toss and Ganga’s decision proved spot on as none of the NSW batsmen were allowed to settle. The procession began when Phillip Hughes was dismissed by Dwayne Bravo for 19 in the fourth over of the innings.

The others too did not stay long and by the halfway mark, NSW had seen David Warner (19), skipper Simon Katich (16) and Moises Henriques (4) back in the dug-out with just 75 on the board. The T&T bowlers gave nothing away, varying their pace beautifully to extract purchase from this wicket.

If not for Lee’s pyrotechnics with the bat, the NSW total would have definitely lacked respectability. Lee (48 off 31) first added 49 for the seventh wicket with Steven Smith (33) and then 27 with Nathan Hauritz (10) to help his side score 160 off their 20, which in the end decided the fate of the match.

Scores: New South Wales Blues 159/9 in 20 overs (Brett Lee 48, Steven Smith 33; Rampaul 3/20, Dwayne Bravo 2/27) bt Trinidad & Tobago 118 in 15.5 overs (Pollard 26, Ganga 19; Clark 3/21, Lee 2/10)