Cricket

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s little u/9A cricketers recently traveled to Makhanda to face off against their Kingswood Junior counterparts.

  • In the MT20 match, Union elected to bowl, delivering an excellent performance to restrict their opponents to 66-9 in 20 overs. ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ ๐™‰๐™–๐™ช๐™™๐™š ๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ 3 ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™™๐™ค๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™™๐™ž๐™™๐™ž ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ 2 ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™.
    Despite losing 5 wickets, Union chased down the target, with Naude scoring 24, Liam Raath 16 and Sididi 9. Union won by 5 wickets.
  • In the 30-over match the following day, Union posted 194-6 in 30 overs, with Liam Raath leading the charge with an unbeaten 92. He was supported by Iminathi Sididi, Trenn Naude and Callan Strydom.
    ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ 86-5, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ 2 ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. ๐˜๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ 4 ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด.
    ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜, ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€!