What a special Saturday it was as Union High School’s senior cricketers played their final match of the season against a visiting Graeme College.
Unionโs 1st XI won the toss and elected to bat first, but found themselves under early pressure, losing wickets and battling to build momentum. ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ 94 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด.
Taking to the field, Unionโs bowlers showed admirable discipline and fight. ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ led the attack superbly, claiming 3 wickets in his 10 overs for just 37 runs, while the team worked hard to keep the pressure on and took five wickets in total.
Two dropped catches proved costly, however, allowing Graeme to steady their chase and ultimately reach the target, securing victory by five wickets. ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ผ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป.
In the U15 fixture, Graeme College won the toss and posted a strong total of 210 runs. ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ stood out with the ball for Union, taking an impressive 3 wickets in 7 overs. In reply, Union’s U15s struggled to build partnerships and were bowled out for 95, with Graeme claiming a 115-run victory.
Well done to all our cricketers for their dedication, teamwork and sportsmanship throughout the season. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ – ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ข ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ