Union High Schoolโs 1st XI opened their season against Victoria Park High School with a convincing T20 victory on Friday.
Union posted 157 runs before a disciplined bowling performance secured a 78-run win.
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น-๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐, scoring 45 runs and taking three wickets for just three runs.
The match also marked a special milestone for Yaaseen as he reached 150 wickets for Unionโs 1st XI – ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ.
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฌ-๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐.
After Victoria Park were bowled out for 170, Union fought hard in reply but finished just six runs short. ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ with a well-played 72, while Salmaan Steel took a superb catch in only his second 1st XI appearance.
Although ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, the weekend offered plenty of positives, along with valuable lessons about protecting wickets, building partnerships and making the most of key moments.
Ahead of the first match of the season against Victoria Park, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ was proudly presented with his white cap as a member of Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs 1st XI cricket team.
A special moment for Salmaan, marking the start of an exciting new chapter in his cricket journey.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ
