The Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet u9A cricket team enjoyed a fantastic two-day fixture against Woodridge Preparatory School &College on Friday, 31 October, and Saturday, 1 November.
In Fridayโs T20 encounter, Woodridge won the toss and elected to bat, setting a challenging total of 107/8. Unionโs bowlers showed great effort and persistence, with ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ and ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ each claiming two wickets. Despite a few early setbacks in their chase, ๐๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ anchored the innings with calm composure, while Wormald provided steady support. ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ 17.5 ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
Saturdayโs 25-over match saw Union win the toss and bat first. After a tricky start, ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ produced a magnificent innings, remaining unbeaten on 78 not out off 70 balls. With valuable partnerships from ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ and ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ, Union posted a formidable 156/6. Woodridge began their reply strongly, but some disciplined bowling from ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐๐๐ธ๐ต๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ต๐น๐ผ turned the game around. ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ.
It was a weekend that highlighted team spirit and developing skill, with every player contributing to a memorable series of matches.
๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐
A huge well done to u9A cricketer, ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ, who not only reached his first 50 runs but went on to play an unbeaten innings of 78 not out off 70 balls in Saturdayโs 25-over match against Woodridge College & Preparatory School
