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Desmond Haynes

BANGALORE, India (CMC): Coach of Barbados Tridents, Desmond Haynes, is bemoaning his side's string of narrow defeats in the main round of the Champions League T20 currently under way in India.

Tridents narrowly lost three matches, including a cliffhanger in the Super over against Cape Cobras after scores were tied.

However, the Caribbean champions ended the tournament on a high, defeating Northern Districts by six wickets to register their lone victory on Tuesday.

"If you look at the first two games that we played, I believed that we could have won them, but we didn't," said Haynes, a cricket legend who once opened the batting for the West Indies team dominated world cricket in the 1980s and early '90s.

"This game tonight, I believe that it was an icing on the cake, really. The guys were committed and really wanted to win. So we are happy having the opportunity to win a game in Champions league."

Haynes showered praises on Jonathan Carter, who scored his first century in T20 cricket and was the leading scorer in the main stage of the tournament.

Carter also scored a steady 30 to help Tridents chase down victory against Northern Districts at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

"We had one or two little problems in the camp in Barbados and Jonathan came here with determination. He wanted to do well," said Haynes.

Tridents earned the right to represent the region in the Champions League after beating Guyana Amazon Warriors to win the Caribbean T20 tournament earlier this year.