Match Report: Salt Pond Breakers vs La Soufiere Hikers – 4th Match VPL 6.0
Hikers won the toss and chose to field.
A little blessing of showers came after the first over, which didn’t cause any significant delay in play. On the resumption, Rasheed Fredericks got the wicket of Marlon Welcome and Romano Pierre. Breakers were hitting boundaries but soaking up a lot of dot balls in between. Hikers bowling was tidy for most part, but allowing a few bad deliveries which were being dismissed by the Breakers batsmen.
At the half way stage of the innings, Breakers were 40/2, a nice recovery between Jackson and Nedd, who had a partnership of 32 from 3.2 overs. The partnership was broken during the 6th over and Breakers couldn’t find any momentum to accelerate to the end. They finished on 87/7 after their 10 overs. Haston Jackson top scored with 24 from 12 deliveries. Rayan Williams was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/17 from his 2 overs.
In the chase, Bobb removed Walters in the first over and Welcome-Goodman was very tidy in the second, only conceding 3 runs. Hikers cashed in on the next two overs, taking 15 and 13 respectively, with Dillon Douglas being the chief destroyer, hitting 3 fours and 2 sixes. Welcome-Goodman removed the dangerous Douglas but that didn’t stop the Hikers momentum as they continued to play their shots.
St Paul and Dejourn Charles was being savaged on anything short of a length, hitting some big sixes over the leg side. They raced to the target with 2 full overs to spare. Javel St Paul was not out on 29 from 15 deliveries, hitting 4 fours and 1 six while Dejourn Charles knock of 20 not out came from 10 deliveries and had 1 four and 2 sixes.
Breakers 87/7 (10 overs)
Hikers 90/3 (8 overs)