This past Saturday, 24 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior cricketers travelled to Komani to compete against Laerskool Hangklip Primary.
In the ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ’๐ match, Union won the toss and decided to bat first.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ’๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 144.
Hangklip, despite losing an early wicket, managed to build a strong partnership that kept them in the game. Union’s bowlers, however, showcased patience and discipline, ultimately restricting Hangklip to 132 runs in their allotted 35 overs.
๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ 12 ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ๐จ.
In the ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ’๐ match, Union won the toss and opted to bat first.
Initially, Union seemed to be in a strong position at 109-4. However, a sudden collapse saw them lose 6 wickets for just 8 runs, resulting in a total score of 117 before being bowled out.
Hangklip’s batting innings began with a fantastic start, reaching 45 runs without any loss. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ’๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
Union continued to chip away at Hangklip’s wickets at regular intervals, leading to a nail-biting finish. ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ค ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐๐ฃ, ๐จ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ง๐ 3 ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ๐จ.
Joubert Vorster showcased his exceptional form by claiming 4 wickets for 16 runs, while Aidan Ferreira contributed significantly with 5 wickets for 29 runs.