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. 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙣 𝙉𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 3 𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨, 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙞 𝙎𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙞 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 2 𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝.
    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.
    𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 86-5, 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘺 2 𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪 𝘚𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘪 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 4 𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴.
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