The Bunnies, 9-230, ran down the Bulls' score of 228 with three balls remaining at Western Oval on Saturday.

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Archer, who brought up his 50 moments before victory, finished unbeaten to steer his side to a one-wicket triumph. He was backed up by Mayank Sharma who scored 30 off 19.

"The way Archer batted was outstanding, he played a really sensible innings and he was really well supported by the lower order who did their job," Buninyong captain Liam Brady said after the match.

"He hit over the top when he had to and got the singles when he needed to."

Brown Hill looked firmly in the drivers after submitting a competitive first innings score. Ryan Knowles was superb in his first game back, scoring 93 off 100 balls. He was backed up by Jason Knowles' knock of 51.

Buninyong's Tyler Dittloff was effective with the ball, finishing with figures of 3-40 in his first game for the club.

Heading into the second innings, Brady said his side was confident.

"We just wanted to be really positive and bat with intent," Brady said.

"We did that, our openers did a good job and got us off to a good start."

Prabath Priyankara led the attack for Brown Hill, finishing with figures of 3-48.

Meanwhile Darley import Danza Hyatt led the defending premier to a 48-run victory over last season's runner up Golden Point.

The Pointies, 9-169, were unable to account for Darley's 208. Hyatt's opening effort of 72 laid the backbone to victory for the club, which hasn't lost a match in over 12 months.

It also brought a smile to the face of the import, who has been unable to get home to his family in Jamaica due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"It's been an extremely tough year," he said.

"The wait has been crazy, I'm stuck here, but it was nice be out doing what I love again."

Madushanka Ekanayaka scored 42.