Union High Schoolโs u/14 cricket side recently enjoyed a fantastic tour to the ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐บ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น held over the holidays.
The young team played five matches, winning three and losing two – ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
The boys embraced every challenge with enthusiasm, representing Union with pride and spirit both on and off the field.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฌ-๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ, setting the tone for the festival with disciplined bowling and sharp fielding. Though they fell short against a strong Parel Vallei side, the team bounced back superbly to secure an emphatic 89-run win over Boland Landbou, thanks in large part to a mature and composed 65 not out from ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ-๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต – a confident chase against host school Worcester Gymnasium, where they overhauled 114 runs in just 17.3 overs.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บโ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ. Once again, Collett led the charge with another outstanding 65, an extraordinary effort for a 13-year-old playing well above his age group.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ/14๐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด – ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.