This past weekend saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior cricket teams face their Marlow Agricultural High School counterparts.
๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ช๐ญ-๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐น๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ.
๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ :
The weekend kicked off with the 1st team’s T20 match on Friday evening, October 18, which was unfortunately disrupted by a power outage.
The team, however, had the opportunity to face Marlow again on Saturday morning on Union’s Murray Field in a 50-over match.
๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐, ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
The highlight of the innings was a stellar performance by captain Shaakir Kazi, who scored a brilliant 81 runs. In response, Marlow struggled against a disciplined bowling attack and was bowled out for just 91 runs.
Yaaseen Kazi and Trystan Hulleman were the stars of the bowling department, each claiming 4 wickets for 30 and 16 runs, respectively.
๐ฎ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ :
In a spirited display, Union’s 2nd team took on Marlow in a 40-over match in Cradock on Saturday.
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต, ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 120 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 31๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ.
Muhammad Ahmed was the standout performer with the ball, taking 4 wickets for just 21 runs in 8 overs. Sibabalwe Mbutye also made a significant contribution, top-scoring with 39 runs.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐.
๐จ๐ญ๐ฑ:
Union’s u/15 team opened the weekend’s fixtures on Friday with a T20 clash at Botanics.
Union batted first after winning the toss but could only muster 90 runs in their allotted 20 overs. Marlow pursued the target with determination, successfully chasing down the score and winning the match by 3 wickets.
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด, ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด.
The excitement continued on Saturday morning with a 40-over match on Union’s Puttick Field.
Marlow won the toss and chose to bat, putting up an impressive total of 260 runs. In reply, Unionโs batting lineup faltered, collapsing for just 59 runs, resulting in a heavy defeat by 201 runs. ๐๐น๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.