This past Saturday, Union High School’s senior cricketers made the trip to Cradock for a set of matches against Cradock High School.
In the ๐ฎ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ โs match, Union won the toss and opted to bat first. The team delivered a solid all-round performance, setting a total of 103 runs before being all out. In the second innings, their bowling was sharp, and the fielding was impressive.
๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 8 ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ 2 ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ 12 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 3 ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 1.50. This strong performance helped secure a victory for Union’s 2nd team by 29 runs.
In the ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ โs match, Union faced a challenging game against their Cradock counterparts. Captain Yaaseen Kazi won the toss and chose to bat first in overcast conditions. After a solid start, the openers lost an early wicket, but the team pressed on to set a competitive total. Yaaseen Kazi contributed significantly with 47 runs off 38 balls, while Xavier Barlow was the top scorer, accumulating 69 runs through determined batting. ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง 276 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ 50 ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
Cradock approached their innings positively, with one of their batsmen scoring an impressive 127 runs. However, Union’s bowling department remained disciplined and focused on their game plan. Yaaseen Kazi stood out again, bowling 10 overs, conceding 49 runs and taking 5 wickets.
๐๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ, ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐บ 38 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด.