What a privilege it was for the Union Schoolsโ cricket boys to share an unforgettable afternoon with a legend of the sport, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป!
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต.
The afternoon began with an air of excitement as the boys eagerly awaited their special guest. Gary Kirsten, known for his remarkable international career as a player and later as a successful coach, arrived with a warm smile that instantly put all the boys at ease.
The younger boys, particularly the u/7s, were a delightful highlight of the session. Their hilariously innocent questions brought laughter and joy to the room. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐บ’๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต.
As the afternoon progressed, the tone shifted slightly as the senior players took their turn. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐, ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.
Each question was met with generous insights from Gary, who shared personal anecdotes and valuable advice accrued through years of experience on the world stage.
Throughout the session, Gary’s passion for cricket was evident. It was inspiring to witness how he effortlessly connected with the boys, fostering an environment where learning and laughter thrived. ๐๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ: ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ.
