Category: Cricket

Congratulations to Union cricketers, 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝘂𝗸𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗿, 𝗬𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗮 and 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝘇𝗶 on being selected for the 2024 EP Rural Inlands u/17 Team.

We wish them the best of luck when they compete in the SA National u17 Rural Week (5 to 10 December 2024) at the Drostdy Technical High School in Worcester.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘔𝘳 𝘌𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘶𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮.

Union High School’s 𝗨𝟭𝟯𝗔 cricketers enjoyed their last fixture of the year this past weekend, taking on a visiting Woodridge College & Preparatory School

On Friday evening, after winning the toss, Union batted first in a T20 encounter at the Botanics Sports Grounds, scoring 119 runs with Joubert Vorster leading the way with 53 runs off 36 balls.

In response, Woodridge was bowled out for just 30 runs, with Khwezi Molonga taking 4 wickets – including a hat-trick – and Ryonn Naude adding 3 wickets.

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝟴𝟵 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀, 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵.

In a 40-over encounter the following day, Union set a total of 109 runs, led by Jordan Maritz with 33 runs.

In a dominant bowling display, Union bowled out Woodridge for just 42 runs. Joubert Vorster and Ryonn Naude both took 3 wickets, while Aiden Ferreira contributed with 2 wickets.

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝟲𝟳 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀.

In an exciting T20 match this past Friday afternoon, Union High School’s 𝗨𝟭𝟭𝗔 cricket team faced a Woodridge College & Preparatory School side, with Union’s captain winning the toss and choosing to bowl.

This strategy paid off as they restricted Woodridge to just 89 runs, with Grant Murray taking key wickets.

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆, 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝟲 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀.

The following day, the team took the field for a 35-over match. Woodridge batted first, setting a target of 147 runs.

𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘴 (51) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 (27) 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 62 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 18 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥.

Union High School is proud to announce that talented cricketer 𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝘇𝗶 has been selected to represent the Eastern Province (EP) u/16 cricket team.

Yaseen will be competing in the u/16 National Boys’ Cricket Week scheduled to take place in Tshwane from 10 to 14 December, 2024. This national event will serve as a platform for young athletes to showcase their talents and compete against some of the best u/16 players from across the country.

𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭!

Friday morning’s assembly at Union High School saw two of our junior cricketers being 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 during their recent encounters on the cricket field.

𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 took 5 wickets for 26 runs in 9 overs against Kingswood Junior School.

𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗺𝗲𝘀 took 5 wickets for a mere 4 runs in 4 overs against Laer Volkskool.

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to these young Unionites on their exceptional performances on the cricket field. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵.

This past weekend saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior cricket teams face their Marlow Agricultural High School counterparts.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘭-𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦.

𝟭𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠:

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.

𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘀𝘀, 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟯𝟰 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝟵 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀.

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.

𝟮𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠:

In a spirited display, Union’s 2nd team took on Marlow in a 40-over match in Cradock on Saturday.

𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 120 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 31𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.

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.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝟴 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀.

𝗨𝟭𝟱:

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.

𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴, 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴.

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, Union’s batting lineup faltered, collapsing for just 59 runs, resulting in a heavy defeat by 201 runs. 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

U/11A
T20 vs Kingswood

Union won the toss and elected to bat first. Matthew Bosch(24)and Grant Murray(21) tried their best to put up a decent total for Union but unfortunately lost their wickets. With Union ending up on 80. Kingswood won the match by 9 wickets.

35 over vs Kingswood
Kingswood won the toss and elected to bowl first. Union batted extremely well with Grant Murray just missing out on his maiden 50 ending on 49 of 48 balls. He was well supported by Uthmaan Steele(30 of 28). Union put on a target of 204 for Kingswood to chase. Union’s bowlers were disciplined from the beginning till the end winning the match by 66 runs.

U/13A
Union U/13A vs Kingswood Pro20
Kingswood won the toss and batted first, setting a target of 136 for 6. Union’s bowlers fought back well after a quick start from Kingswood.

In the chase, Josh Kingwill led with a match-winning 53, supported by Joubert Vorster’s 15 and Murray Hope’s 14. Union reached the target with 9 balls to spare, winning by 6 wickets.

Union U/13A vs Kingswood (40 Over Fixture)
Union won the toss and posted 153, with Jordan Maritz scoring 59 and Dante Mills adding 29. Despite losing momentum, Union’s bowlers restricted Kingswood to 131 all out, securing a 22-run victory. Murray Hope getting 4 wickets and was ably assisted by Josh Kingwill with 3 wickets. A solid all-round performance!

Union winning both the pro20 and 40 over matches.