Middlesex paid heavily for squandered chances as Trinidad & Tobago were crowned Champions Cup winners at the Stanford Super Series.

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 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 catches under the low floodlights - a feature of the tournament - which cost Middlesex the US dollars 280,000 winners' cheque and left captain Udal to rue their under-par display.

"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 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 played an outstanding innings and Trinidad deserved to win."

The turning point in the contest came in the 14th over, early in Ramdin's stand of 67 with Bravo, the teenage brother of West Indies star Dwayne, who lofted to long-on.

Although Ed Joyce steadied himself, he floored a comfortable chance and, having been given that life on six, Bravo enjoyed another reprieve on 17 when a slice to backward point off spinner Murali Kartik was inexplicably spilled by Neil Carter.

Two balls later, at the start of the 17th over, the third drop in quick succession brought the loudest cheers of all from the home crowd as Ramdin's towering blow off left-armer Carter was palmed for six by Eoin Morgan at long-off.

Trinidad's gamble on playing 19-year-old Bravo ahead of Justin Guillen, holding him back for a late assault, paid dividends.

"Our planning has been spot on," enthused captain Daren Ganga. "I would say immaculate. People might have questioned the changes we made but it has all come to fruition.

"It is a young team and we had everything to play for coming into this game. We relished the opportunity to compete against teams outside the region.

"We knew how huge it would be to defeat teams like Middlesex and even England. We came switched on and we were able to pull through this victory."

Middlesex had been given a perfect start attempting to defend such a paltry score when their opening bowlers Tim Murtagh and Neil Carter both struck inside seven deliveries.

Murtagh clung onto a fierce return chance offered by William Perkins and left-armer Carter followed up with one which shaped back in to secure a straightforward leg before against Lendl Simmons.

That double blow dictated a rebuilding job by the Ganga brothers, whose tip-and-run tactics took their side to 46 for two at the halfway stage.

It was at that point, however, Middlesex captain Udal produced a masterstroke, throwing the ball to leg-spinner Dawid Malan.

The youngster responded with the dismissal of both: Sherwin Ganga holing out to deep midwicket off his very first ball and captain Daren Ganga the victim of a classical leg-spinner's dismissal - lured forward by a perfectly-pitched delivery and brilliantly stumped by Ben Scott.

By the time Scott enacted his second such dismissal in the penultimate over to dismiss Ramdin for a match-high 41, only two were required.

Middlesex were suffocated by spin as they posted only 117 for eight.

Trinidad's trio of spinners capped the scoring from the start as domestic cricket's 20-over champions struggled to find answers to the slow stuff on a sluggish pitch.

It took a mix of brains and brawn from Dexter, a recent signing from Kent, to address a pitiful position of 56 for five in the 14th over.

Dexter managed to contribute more than half of Middlesex's boundary count with three sixes followed by two well-placed fours towards the death in a fine 39.

Of the top order, only Morgan, an England performance squad player, adapted to the conditions, striking 30 from 31 balls.

Former West Indies paceman Ravi Rampaul was named man of the match for claiming two early wickets and doubling his tally with the final over of the innings.

But it was Trinidad's spinners Samuel Badree, Sherwin Ganga and Amit Jaggernauth who were decisive, conceding only 62 runs between them in a dozen overs.