On Saturday, 24 February, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet‘s u/9A cricketers traveled to Komani to face their Laerskool Hangklip Primary counterparts in a 30-over match.
The day started well for Union as their captain, Trenn Naudรฉ, won the toss and elected to bat.
The hosts quickly gained the upper hand, however, with a strong bowling attack, putting pressure on the Union boys. As a result, wickets fell at regular intervals, and the team struggled to form substantial partnerships.
In the end, Union could only manage a total of 75 runs, being bowled out in just 13.5 overs.
๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ป ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฑรฉ, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐.
Defending such a small total was always going to be a challenge, especially with the strong wind that picked up after the innings change.
The Union bowlers found it difficult to adapt to the conditions, resulting in a high number of extras conceded, which made the run chase easier for Hangklip. Hangklip reached the target of 76 runs in the 17th over with only 4 wickets down. Trenn Naudรฉ took 2 wickets, while Richter de Wet and Mark Copeman also made valuable contributions with the ball.
๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข 6-๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ.
