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Shaun Udal's side were on top when a trio of misses in the field late in Trinidad's chase of 118 at Coolidge relinquished momentum.

It meant that although the English domestic 20-over kings managed to raise the required run rate to nine an over in the second half of the innings, the Caribbean team cruised home in the final over with five wickets intact.

Darren Bravo (27 not out) finished things with a straight six off Tyron Henderson as Trinidad won with four balls to spare.

Once again it was an inability to cling onto chances under the low floodlights - a feature of the tournament - that cost Middlesex the US$280,000 winners' cheque.

"When it came to it on the big occasion, we just weren't quite up for it," Udal said. "We didn't bring our A game to the party, which I was confident about us doing.

"For some reason we were slow out of the blocks with the bat, had a dodgy spell and if it wasn't for Neil Dexter (39) at the end, we would have been lucky to get 100.

"When you are defending such a small total you are always up against it, but Denesh Ramdin (41) played an outstanding innings and Trinidad deserved to win."