Saturday, 22 February, saw Union High School’s junior cricketers face their St Andrew’s Preparatory School counterparts at home.
After winning the toss and opting to bat first, Union posted a total of 116 all out, with Josh Kingwill top-scoring with 36 and Nathaneal Phillips contributing 21.
In response, St Andrew’s were bowled out for 79, with Union’s bowlers dominating. Edwin Holmes and Nathaneal Phillips starred with the ball, each claiming 4 wickets.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ-๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ.
The ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ team’s encounter saw St Andrew’s winning the toss and choosing to bat, posting a competitive total of 180 runs after a solid middle-order performance, despite early pressure from Union’s bowlers.
In response, Union started well, reaching lunch without losing a wicket. However, after the break, St Andrew’s disciplined bowling restricted Union, who batted out their full 30 overs but fell short, ending 101 runs behind, giving St Andrew’s a comfortable victory.
Union’s ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ team won the toss and chose to bat first but struggled throughout, falling to pressure and being bowled out for just 32 runs.
St Andrew’s chased down the total in 8.2 overs, losing only 2 wickets.
Callan Strydom was the standout performer for Union, taking 2 wickets for just 5 runs in 3 overs.
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด, ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต-๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต.