Inaugural Dolphins Premier League outdoes expectations
The tournament was unique in that all the teams had a mix of contracted Dolphins, professional Coastal and Inland players, academy, club and school cricketers from all over the KZN province.
THE exciting Dolphins Premier League (DPL), presented by Aucor, culminated with the Hollywoodbets eThekwini Hurricanes claiming a 25 runs win over the AFFA Holdings Tugela Sharks in the final at Kingsmead Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Eight teams started the round robin phase and going into the final round of fixtures all of the teams had a mathematical chance of making it to the semi-finals. The final Saturday of matches was rained out so the table topping Tugela Sharks took on the Solid Pak PMB Spurs in the one semi-final, and the Hurricanes took on the Aucor Durban Chiefs in the other semi-final.
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CEO of KwaZulu-Natal Cricket Heinrich Strydom believes that the first edition of the competition exceeded his expectations.
“It was a great competition with some nail-biting games and impressive individual performances,” Strydom mentioned. “The potential of this KZN cricket pipeline is mind blowing and with the support of these incredible sponsors the future looks very promising. The team owners were incredible with their passion and commitment and Aucor was immense as a tournament naming rights sponsor.”
The tournament was unique in that all the teams had a mix of contracted Dolphins, professional Coastal and Inland players, academy, club and school cricketers from all over the KZN province reaching as far as Newcastle and Empangeni, giving the cricketers the perfect platform to showcase their talents
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