In an exciting weekend of cricket, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet‘s u/9A cricketers faced off against their counterparts from Queen’s College Boys’ Primary School.
On Friday, the teams battled it out in a thrilling 𝗧𝟮𝟬 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥. Queen’s won the toss and elected to bat, putting up a competitive score of 87 runs for 7 wickets in their allotted 20 overs.
In response, Union fought valiantly but, unfortunately, were bowled out for 51 runs in just 16.1 overs. 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝟯𝟲 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀.
The action continued on Saturday with a 30-over match. Union won the toss and decided to bat first, managing to reach a total of 87 runs before losing all their wickets in 21.3 overs.
Queen’s, in their chase, showed great resilience and determination, reaching the target of 87 runs with the loss of 6 wickets in 21.1 overs. 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝟰 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀.
Congratulations to Queen’s College Boys Primary School for their back-to-back wins!
𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴’ 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴. 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥!