Cricket: U/13 vs Muir

On Saturday, 24 September, Union High Schoolโ€™s ๐—จ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ hosted Muir College for a 40-over encounter.

Union lost the toss and was sent to bowl first. Muirโ€™s batsmen got off to a very decent start, managing a run-rate of about 10 an over for the better part of their innings. Union’s bowlers, however, managed to bring that down by taking wickets at regular intervals, resulting in Muir making a total of 155.

Unionโ€™s best bowlers were ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† (2 wickets), ๐—ข๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป (2 wickets) and ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป-๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (3 wickets).

The Union side then went in to bat, but got off to a bad start, losing their top order with only 24 runs on the board.

๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† managed to build a few partnerships, but the Union side eventually fell short by 43 runs with ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† being the best batsman, scoring 50 not out.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ-๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ