The Union High School, Graaff-Reinet ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง team enjoyed a great start to their season on Friday, 1 September, by securing a convincing T20 victory against Sonop Laerskool.
Losing the toss, Union was put in to bat and managed to score 130 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ 67 ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ๐จ ๐ค๐๐ 60 ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐จ. Paxton’s outstanding partnership with Joubert Vorster, which contributed 86 runs for the 5th wicket, was a key factor in Union’s success.
In the bowling department, Union displayed exceptional skills and managed to bowl out Sonop for just 69 runs, securing a 61-run victory. ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ต๐ฎ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ค๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต.
On Saturday, 2 September, Union faced Sonop once again in a 40-over match. Sonop stepped in to bat first, with Union’s bowlers restricting them to a mere 103 runs all out, thanks to a stellar bowling performance led by Owen Paxton with 4 wickets and the contribution of 2 wickets by Aidan Ferreira.
๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ in the 24th over, with Brett Kenmuir scoring 20 runs, Owen Paxton 21 runs, and Joubert Vorster, 25 runs.
