JOSHUA DA SILVA ON BREAKOUT FINAL

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As the Trinidad and Tobago Legions have officially earned an automatic place into Saturday's Breakout League finals after finishing top of the standings...   T&T captain Joshua Da Silva is pleased with the outcome, while claiming that his side deserves it as a result of their good cricket throughout the tournament...

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00:00Trinidad and Tobago captain Joshua De Silva is a relieved man as the Legions are automatically

00:05into Saturday's final after topping the CWI breakout league group stage.

00:09TNT had to rely on the outcome of the final preliminary round game between the Leward

00:13Island's Thunder and the Winward Island's Infernos to know their fate.

00:17In the end, the Infernos won and finished on 28 points, three behind the Legions, while

00:22the Thunder took third spot with 20.

00:25It means TNT will await the winner of Friday's playoff between the Lewards and the Winwards.

00:29Last night we were playing a practice match and we were watching the game on the stream

00:34and we were nail biting.

00:36I was going to bat next and I think I sent somebody else to bat because I just wanted to see what

00:39was going to happen in that Winwards-Lewards game.

00:40But yeah, it was good.

00:42We played some really good cricket, played some not so good cricket, which is good.

00:45I think we haven't played our best cricket yet going into the finals, so really excited

00:50to go straight in and hopefully we get the results there.

00:52Regarding the tournament, TNT won four games and lost one, but the red, white and black

00:57earned some bonus points to take top spot in the end.

01:00According to the skipper, there have been many positives for TNT in the breakout league.

01:04Yeah, we've had a few players that stood out, we have Navin Bedesi who's been doing really

01:08well, bowling his leg spin and scoring a couple of runs.

01:11Christian Turton came in the last game and played a remarkable half-century.

01:15I think it's been a really collective effort, we've seen Django do it a couple of times.

01:18It's not one person all the time, which is good.

01:20So I don't think it's all just one person or two people.

01:24I think the whole team, even the coaching staff has been trying and helping as much as they

01:27can off the field to help us do the things on the field.

01:30One person who De Silva says cannot be forgotten is Pacer Johan Lehn.

01:34Lehn picked up eight wickets from the five games during the preliminary stage.

01:38Yeah, for sure.

01:39We know the quality that he brings.

01:41He's been exceptional with the new ball, he's been swinging it, he's been getting early

01:44wickets and then he's been coming back in the back end and doing the job, which is really

01:48good what we need.

01:49The experience that he brings playing CPL and just knowing what to do when the situation

01:53comes is really good and yeah, he's been a quality player for us.

01:56The games have not seen a full house at Teruba, including the ones involving

02:00the TNT Legions.

02:01As such, De Silva has a message for the people of Trinidad and Tobago.

02:05Yeah, I hope the whole of Trinidad can come out.

02:07I would love to see a Pac Brian Lara.

02:09Last time against Trinidad and CPL I got a pretty good crowd, well, playing for St.

02:13Kitts that is, but still nonetheless, now playing for Trinidad, I hope they can come out and

02:16support us.

02:17We've made it straight to the final.

02:18So, I know Trinidad love to win and we love to win as well, so their support is really

02:23going to be appreciated.

02:24TNT's group stage loss came against the Leeward Islands Thunder.

02:28Time will tell if the two meet again on Saturday evening.

02:31We know it now.

02:32Any tips export?

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