Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโs U9A boys faced Woodridge Preparatory School &College over the weekend in their final two encounters of the season. They made light work of a short chase on Friday before putting together a big total of their own on Saturday, with different boys stepping up with bat and ball across the two games.
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ
Union bowled Woodridge out for 33 in 16 overs, with Aiden van der Walt taking 3 for 5, Aaron Koeberg 3 for 7 and Blake Bezuidenhout 1 for 9. John Kingwill saw the chase through with an unbeaten 19 off 22 balls, while Charles Kingwill chipped in with 10 not out off just seven. Union reached 36 for 1 in 5.2 overs to seal a ๐ต-๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป.
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ณ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ
Batting first this time, Union made 181 for 3 in their 30 overs. John followed up Fridayโs innings with ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น-๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ณ, Jordan Marais batted patiently for ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ and Aiden added a brisk 12 off nine balls. Then it was Ruben Besterโs turn. His ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐, backed up by Aaronโs 2 for 12 and Blakeโs 1 for 8, helped bowl Woodridge out for 47 in 11.5 overs. Union won by ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด.
