This past Saturday, 3 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/15 and 1st XI cricket teams faced off against their counterparts from Cradock High School at home.
In the u/15 match, Union’s bowlers performed exceptionally well, bowling Cradock out for just 47 runs. The u/15 team quickly chased down the target, winning the match by 5 wickets. Leander Kraai was the standout player for Union, taking 5 wickets for just 20 runs in 6.2 overs. ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ช/15 ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ!
In the 1st XI match, Union won the toss and elected to field first.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง 186 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ 50 ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ.
An opening partnership of 100 runs between Yaseen Kazi and MS de Beer set a solid foundation for the team. Yaseen played an outstanding innings, scoring 60 runs off 95 balls. Tristan Hulleman was Union’s best bowler in the match, taking 3 wickets for just 4 runs in 2.5 overs. Yaseen Kazi was named the Player of the Match for his all-round performance, scoring 60 runs and taking 2 wickets in 10 overs for 30 runs. ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐!
Overall, it was a successful day for the Union cricket teams, with both the u/15 and 1st XI securing victories. Well done to all the players!