This past weekend saw Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/9A cricketers taking on Summerwood Primary School’s u/10 side in two T20 matches.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ผ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต.
Union won the toss and chose to bat first.
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐จ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ก๐ก 20 ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ, ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ 83/5.
Summerwood also performed well in their batting, reaching the target with the loss of only 2 wickets. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป stood out with an impressive score of 35 runs, while ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ต contributed by taking a wicket.
๐ On Saturday, 2 March, they faced Summerwood once again in another T20 match.
The boys once again displayed their determination and faced the strong opposition with grit. Unfortunately, Union lost the toss and were asked to bat first.
๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ got the team off to a good start with a hard-fought 14 runs before being run out by a direct hit. The Union team struggled to build any significant partnerships and were eventually bowled out for 44 in the 17th over. Despite this, the Union bowlers put up a strong performance, taking 4 wickets and showing a fighting spirit.
Unfortunately, the total proved to be too small as Summerwood successfully chased it down. ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ and ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ต both made valuable contributions with two wickets each.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ.
