The EP Rural U17 cricket team delivered an outstanding performance at this yearโs ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ, with the spotlight shining especially bright on our Union boys.
Hosted in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, from 5 to 8 December, the tournament brought together the countryโs top young talent – and EP Rural rose to the occasion.
A massive congratulations to Union’s ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ, who was named Man of the Match in their last match of the tournament against North West after an outstanding bowling performance of ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
His spell helped Eastern Province secure their biggest win of the tournament, dismissing North West for 121 and winning by a huge 157 runs!
๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ (๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด/๐ต) ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต, with the team once again showing their strength with both bat and ball.
The EP Rural side ended the week with a strong record – 5 matches played, 4 wins and only 1 loss.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ 100 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด.
Union High Schoolย is incredibly proud of Yaaseen Kazi, Yonela Wana, coach Edorique Gouws and assistant coach Jason Vers for flying the Union flag high on the national stage
