Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s junior cricketers took the field today against their Laer Volkskool counterparts.
The ๐/๐ญ๐ญ๐ Volkskool side, having won the toss, chose to bat first but struggled against Union’s bowling attack.
Union’s captain, Edwin Holmes, led from the front with an exceptional performance, taking 5 wickets for a mere 3 runs in his 4 overs. His efforts were complemented by Kevin de Klerk, who secured 2 wickets for 6 runs.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐บ, ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐บ๐ถ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ, ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ข๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ 39 ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ 15.3 ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
When it was Union’s turn to bat, their openers made quick work of the target. Michael Maritz, scoring an aggressive 28 off 20 balls, and Matthew Bosch, with a steady 7 off 17 balls, ensured a swift victory. ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ 10 ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ.
In the match between the two ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ sides, Union won the toss and elected to bat first, posting a solid total of 171-5 in their 20 overs.
Josh Kingwill led the charge with a well-played 44, while Nathaneal Phillips provided strong support with a quickfire 33 off 22 balls.
In reply, Unionโs bowling attack was relentless, dismissing Volkskool for just 27. Ryonn Naude was the standout bowler, taking 4 wickets, while Aidan Ferreira contributed with 3 wickets. ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น-๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐.