Trinidad & Tobago once again sacrificed victory on the altar of defeat in another heart-breaking finish, after thoughtless bowling from Ravi Rampaul and questionable tactics from Daren Ganga condemned them to lose in a one-over eliminator following a tie against New South Wales of Australia in the Champions League Twenty20 on Wednesday.

Rampaul, strangely bowling around the wicket with questionable field placements from Ganga, coughed up 16 from the final over in regulation time, as the New South Wales ninth-wicket pair of Moises Henriques and Patrick Cummins levelled the scores, replying to T&T's 139 for six, in the Group-A match at the Chidambaram Stadium.

West Indies fast bowler Rampaul continued to get his line and length wrong, bowling around the wicket, and Ganga again employed similarly questionable field placements, choosing to soften the coverage on the leg-side boundaries, in the eliminator.

The Blues, batting first in the tiebreaker, made 18 without loss with Moises Henriques smashing Rampaul for four boundaries, including three on the leg-side, and a hard-run two to make him a shoo-in for the Man-of-the-Match award.

In reply, the Red Forde made a brave bid, but eventually fell short, as they managed only 16 off left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe, with West Indies opener Lendl Simmons bringing further agony to the Caribbean champions, already grieving from Monday's last-ball, one-wicket loss to the Mumbai Indians, when he was caught inside the long-off boundary trying to hit a six to win the match.

The defeat was the second straight for T&T, leaving them rock-bottom in the group, and elevating the Blues.