Union High School’s ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ cricketers enjoyed their last fixture of the year this past weekend, taking on a visiting Woodridge College & Preparatory School
On Friday evening, after winning the toss, Union batted first in a T20 encounter at the Botanics Sports Grounds, scoring 119 runs with Joubert Vorster leading the way with 53 runs off 36 balls.
In response, Woodridge was bowled out for just 30 runs, with Khwezi Molonga taking 4 wickets – including a hat-trick – and Ryonn Naude adding 3 wickets.
๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ด๐ต ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐, ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต.
In a 40-over encounter the following day, Union set a total of 109 runs, led by Jordan Maritz with 33 runs.
In a dominant bowling display, Union bowled out Woodridge for just 42 runs. Joubert Vorster and Ryonn Naude both took 3 wickets, while Aiden Ferreira contributed with 2 wickets.
๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐.
In an exciting T20 match this past Friday afternoon, Union High School’s ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ cricket team faced a Woodridge College & Preparatory School side, with Union’s captain winning the toss and choosing to bowl.
This strategy paid off as they restricted Woodridge to just 89 runs, with Grant Murray taking key wickets.
๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐, ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐.
The following day, the team took the field for a 35-over match. Woodridge batted first, setting a target of 147 runs.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐๐ฅ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด (51) ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ (27) ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง 62 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐บ 18 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ’๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ.