esp8266 udp problem

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So im sending the data,

int _pwmLVal[] = {10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10};

void sendCommand(IPAddress to, char * data, char delimiter[], char delimiter2[]  ) {
  //Serial.println(sizeof(data));
  Serial.println(data);
  Udp.beginPacket(to, clientPort);
  Udp.write(delimiter);
  Udp.write(data, 4);
  Udp.write(delimiter2);
  Udp.endPacket();
}

void loop(){
sendCommand(Client1, (char *)&_pwmLVal[0], "NODEC1", "C1NODE");
}

and here i receive the data,

  int packetSize = Udp.parsePacket();
  if (packetSize) {
    char verifyStart[6];
    char verifyEnd[6];
    char _data[10];
    Serial.printf("Received %d bytes from %s, port %d\n", packetSize, Udp.remoteIP().toString().c_str(), Udp.remotePort());
    int len = Udp.read(incomingPacket, 800);
    strncpy (verifyStart, (char*)incomingPacket, 6);
    strncpy (verifyEnd, (char *)incomingPacket + len - 6 , 7 );
    strncpy (_data, (char*)incomingPacket + 6, len - 12);
    verifyStart[6] = 0;
    verifyEnd[6] = 0;
    Serial.println(_data);
    Serial.println(verifyEnd);

    _data[len - 12] = 0;
    unsigned long value = atol(_data);
    if (strcmp(verifyStart, "NODEC1") == 0) {
      if (strcmp(verifyEnd, "C1NODE") == 0) {
        Serial.println("command_1");
        _EEPROM.array[0] = value;
        Serial.println( _EEPROM.array[0]);
      }
    }

when i receive the data the value shows as 0, where am i going wrong? verifyStart/end are correct but the data is not? please someone help me

Am i not suppose to be using a char pointer here on the receive side?
strncpy (_data, (char*)incomingPacket + 6, len - 12);