Union High School’s U/13A cricketers enjoyed an unforgettable tour to Knysna this past weekend – ๐ข ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต.
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
In a ๐น๐ผ๐-๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ, Union suffered a narrow ๐ฎ-๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ to Kenridge. The Cape side posted 69/8 in their 30 overs, with ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ผ (๐ฎ/๐ญ๐ฐ) and ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ (๐ฎ/๐ญ๐ฐ) keeping things tight. In reply, ๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ top-scored with 24, but Union were bowled out for 67 – ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ.
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
Union bounced back brilliantly to claim a ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฒ-๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป over Welgemoed. ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ (๐ฒ๐ญ) and ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ (๐ฏ๐ฑ)* powered Union to 189 before the bowlers took charge. ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ (๐ฐ/๐ญ๐ฑ) and ๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ (๐ฐ/๐ญ๐ด) tore through the opposition to bowl them out for 93 – ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
Union continued their fine form with a ๐ต๐ต-๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ over Elkanah House. A ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ from ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น (๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐) set up the total of 189. In reply, Elkanah were dismissed for 90, with ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ (๐ฏ/๐ญ๐ฏ) and ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ผ (๐ฎ/๐ญ๐ณ) leading the bowling attack. 
๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ:
The final game against De Hoop went right down to the wire. Union posted 101, with ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ anchoring the innings on ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐๐. Despite great effort from ๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ (๐ฎ/๐ฎ๐ฌ), De Hoop reached the target off the second last ball, clinching a tense ๐ฎ-๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด!