Match Report: Salt Pond Breakers vs Dark View Explorers – 7th Match VPL 6.0
Explorers won the toss and chose to field.
Breakers batsmen were struggling to get the ball away and was kept under tight control by the Explorers bowlers. Breakers picked up some pace during the 4th, 5th and 6th over, in which they squeezed 41 runs in total, compared to the previous three overs were they only scored 19 runs. Romano Pierre was dismissed, bowled by Kesrick Williams for 21, during the 7th over, in which Haston Jackson retired out on 34 from 27 deliveries, as he was having difficulty getting the ball to the boundary.
Darron Nedd, who replaced Jackson, did some damage in the last over as he hit three consecutive sixes to take 21 runs from the final over. Breakers finished on 97/3. Kesrick Williams was the pick of the bowlers for Explorers, taking 2/5 from his two overs.
While Breakers struggled with their batting, Explorers found it easy going and scored quite easily, as they surged to 46/1 in 3 overs, despite losing Carter for duck in the first over. Pienaar and Gibson were timing the ball beautifully, hitting their shots in the gaps and picking off the boundaries.
Pienaar led Explorers safely home, with a well compiled 48 not out from 23 deliveries, which contained 4 fours and 3 sixes. Ethan Gibson chipped in with 27 from 12 deliveries, hitting 3 fours and 2 sixes.
Breakers 97/3 (10 overs)
Explorers 98/2 (7.4 overs)