Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u11A and u13A boys played their final matches of the season against Woodridge College & Preparatory School this past weekend, 6 and 7 November. There was a hat-trick to celebrate, a T20 that ended with the scores level and, on Saturday, a three-wicket win for the u13As to round off the weekend.
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In the opening match, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐-๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ, finishing with 3 for 10 as Woodridge made 93 for 9 in their 20 overs. Luchumile Goliath and Andrew McEwan took a wicket each. Union kept the chase close, finishing on 82 for 8 to give Woodridge an 11-run win.
In the second match, Liam Raath led Unionโs bowling with 2 for 15, while Luchumile and Callan Strydom picked up a wicket apiece as Woodridge posted 142 for 6 in 35 overs. Union found partnerships hard to come by and were bowled out for 76 in 22 overs. Jac Jacobs top-scored with 15, Andrew added 13 and Lucko Pehlo finished unbeaten on 10. Woodridge won by 66 runs.
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Fridayโs T20 went the full 20 overs on both sides and ended in ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ. Grant Murrayโs unbeaten 52 and Matthew Boschโs 41 took Union to 114 for 4. Woodridge finished on 114 for 8 in reply, with Ben Wormald taking 2 for 14 and Leandro Norman and Grant claiming a wicket each.
On Saturday, Edwin Holmes made his mark with both bat and ball. He took ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ญ, with Ben and Sintayu Kaitro taking two wickets each as Woodridge finished on 131 for 9 in 40 overs. Edwin then hit ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ and Matthew added 36 as Union reached 132 for 7 in 21.5 overs to win by ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต.