This past Saturday, 1 February, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/9A cricketers hosted Laerskool Hangklip Primary in an exciting match at home.
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ธ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐, managing to score 122 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in their allotted 30 overs. Union’s Juan de Klerk was the standout performer with the ball, claiming an impressive 5 wickets for just 11 runs in 4 overs. ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต.
In response, Union faced some early challenges but demonstrated resilience throughout their innings. They finished their 30 overs with a total of 99 runs for 9 wickets. Ultimately, Union fell short, losing the match by 23 runs. ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ’๐ด ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ.
