On Friday, 1 March, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/13A team faced off against Summerwood Primary School at the Botanics Sports Grounds.
๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ.
With a collective effort from Union’s batters, they were able to accumulate a respectable total of 80 runs. The bowlers from Union displayed their brilliance, with Ryonn Naudรฉ taking 2 crucial wickets.
๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ช๐ญ-๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ, ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ 2 ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด.
The following day, on Saturday, 2 March, Union once again found themselves batting first after losing the toss.
๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐, ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ง๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ, ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ 53.
Union managed to post a total of 112 runs. In yet another nail-biting finish, Summerwood emerged victorious once again, this time with 6 wickets and 7 balls remaining. Murray Hope stood out as the top performer among Union’s bowlers, taking 2 important wickets.
Over the weekend, Union’s u/11A cricketers wrapped up their season with matches against a visiting Summerwood Primary School.
In the Pro20 match on Friday, Summerwood won the toss and chose to bat first. Union’s bowling performance was exceptional, displaying discipline and making it challenging for the opposing batsmen to score runs. They bowled Summerwood out for a total of 79 runs. ๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ผ and ๐จ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ each took two wickets. ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐, despite not taking any wickets, proved to be the most economical bowler, conceding only 5 runs in his 4 overs.
๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ก๐, ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ๐. Although they lost wickets early on, ๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ and ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ผ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ steadied the ship with a partnership of 35 runs. Edwin Holmes then formed another crucial partnership with ๐จ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ (scoring 25 runs off 20 balls), which ultimately shifted the game in Union’s favor. Edwin Holmes emerged as the top scorer, contributing 36 runs off 28 balls and was awarded the Man of the Match. Union secured victory with 5 wickets in hand.
In the 30-over match on Saturday, Union won the toss and elected to bat first. While all the batsmen showed promise, a lack of concentration led to their downfall, resulting in the loss of wickets. Edwin Holmes made a valiant effort but struggled as wickets fell around him. Union was bowled out for a total of 49 runs. Despite the low target, Union’s bowlers gave their best to defend it. Edwin Holmes, Uthmaan Steele and Sintayu Kaitro each took two wickets. However, Summerwood managed to secure a victory by 4 wickets.
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ/11๐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ!