The VPL T10 League enters into its fourth day on Monday. (File Photo/AbuDhabiT10)
Vincy Premier T10 League 2020 Live Score, Salt Pond Breakers vs Botanic Garden Rangers (SPB vs BGR) Live Score Updates: The T10 carnival in the eastern Caribbean islands of the St Vincent and Grenadines rolls into its fourth day on Monday, with the points table beginning to take shape.
Table-toppers Salt Pond Breakers, led by Sunil Ambris, are undefeated in the league so far and they take on the Kesrick Williams-led Botanic Garden Rangers for the first match. Following this highly-billed clash of the league’s two biggest stars – Ambris and Williams are the two most prominent international cricketers from this island – La Soufriere Hikers vs Fort Charlotte Strikers will take place at 8 pm IST and Grenadines Divers vs Dark View Explorers will take place at 10 pm IST.
Nedd gives charge to the spinner to start off the fifth over. Goes to the leg side this time and fails to connect as he has been doing with his cuts. Gets Ambris on strike with the ball landing in no man's land. Kevin Abaraham, the bowler, does well to bowl a wide outside off stump line. And he gets a reward. Finally the breakthrough for the Rangers. Nedd is dismissed in an attempt to go aerial on the leg side again. He goes for 24. Abraham's over has pulled it back for the Rangers a bit.
Nedd, who was overshadowed by Ambris, in yesterday's 132-run total for the Breakers, is dominating today's partnership. He moves into his 20s with a cut for four again. Ambris still on 12. Once again, the Breakers opening pair has managed to keep their wickets through the Powerplay overs.
A fine punch through the infield on the off side by Nedd, the left hander. Kimali Williams beats him for pace to follow that up. Kimali has been one of the best pacers in this league so far and he continues in the same vein today. The fourth ball is won by Nedd again. Gets a four with a slap square of third man. A high-risk high-reward over, this one. Those two shots from Nedd has thrown Kimali off his line a little. Follows up with two wides on the leg side.
Dembar, with his exuberant action, comes on to bowl the 2nd over. He keeps it tight with his spin bowling, with the ball rearing up on the batsmen. Ambris and Nedd run through for a few singles. Keeping the strike rotating with the boundary not coming. Only three runs come in the over. Kimali Williams to bowl the 3rd over.
Kesrick Williams takes the ball for the first over. Sunil Ambris takes strike for the Breakers. And he starts off with a push down to fine leg for four. First ball four! And there's a big let-off for Ambris in the second ball as a regulation catch is dropped in the infield. He makes it count with a four past mid on. Ambris wins the contest against Kesrick in the first over. He gets to 11. 12/0 after 1 over
As we near live action, Hyron Shallow, one of the Rangers openers, speaks about the change in approach towards batting we have been seeing over the first three days. In the beginning, batsmen were trying to go hard at every ball, and as a result we had some underwhelming totals on the first day. Slowly as the tournament has progressed, teams have fine-tuned their approach a bit, with the big names - Gidron Pope, Sunil Ambris, Asif Hooper, all geting 50+ scores.
Salt Pond Breakers: Sunil Ambris, Delorn Johnson, Rickford Walker, Donwell Hector, Jeremy Layne, Javid Harry, Benniton Stapleton, Kadir Nedd, Seon Sween, Wesrick Strough, Urnel Thomas
Botanic Garden Rangers: Kesrick Williams, Hyron Shallow, Romel Currency, Kenneth Dember, Romario Bibby, Atticus Browne, Oziko Williams, Kimali Williams, Kevin Abraham, Casnel Morris, Joey Welcome
Botanic Gardens Rangers: Kesrick Williams, Hyron Shallow, Romel Currency, Kenneth Dember, Romario Bibby, Atticus Browne, Oziko Williams, Kimali Williams, Kevin Abraham, Nigel Small, Casnel Morris, Joey Welcome, Ray Charles.
Salt Pond Breakers: Sunil Ambris, Delorn Johnson, Rickford Walker, Donwell Hector, Jeremy Layne, Javid Harry, Benniton Stapleton, Kadir Nedd, Seon Sween, Wesrick Strough, Kevin Peters, Christroy John, Urnel Thomas.
One more interesting match-up to note from the first match. Ambris, the skipper of the rampaging Salt Pond side, is not only up against Kesrick Williams, he will also face his own brother in the opposition team, Romel Currency. Currency, one of the most accomplished batsmen from the Botanic Garden side, was looking in fine touch yesterday but fell in his 30s. Some big match-ups to look forward to.
Welcome to our coverage of the VPL, the answer to prayers from cricket fans around the world starved of live action because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round (of a total of 10) of matches on Monday, the points table have begun to take shape. Sunil Ambris's Salt Pond Breakers have been the most consistent team so far, having won all their three matches. They scored the highest team total in yesterday's match - 132/0 - as Ambris scored a blistering 75*. They might have a job on their hands when they face Kesrick Williams's Botanic Garden Rangers in another hour.