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.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗻, 𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵.
Union won the toss and chose to bat first.
𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 20 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 83/5.
Summerwood also performed well in their batting, reaching the target with the loss of only 2 wickets. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻 stood out with an impressive score of 35 runs, while 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗮𝗮𝘁𝗵 contributed by taking a wicket.
🏏 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.
𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘁 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. 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘁 and 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗮𝗮𝘁𝗵 both made valuable contributions with two wickets each.
𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥.
