13th Mica Cricket Festival

From 3-5 January our 1st XI participated in the 13th Annual Mica UHS Cricket Festival.

In spite of it being so early in the year, the teams played with great enthusiasm and in great spirit, which made for a very enjoyable week of cricket.

We started the week with a declaration match against Daniel Pienaar who won the toss and elected to bat. UHS started off with some wonderful disciplined bowling and never allowed the opposition to score freely. A magnificent individual performance with the ball from Brett Amsterdam helped restrict and bowl Daniel Pienaar out for 187. Bowling figures: Brett Amsterdam 6 for 32, Luke McNaughton 2 for 27, Caerwyn Spence 2 for 53.

UHS went in to bat and through an outstanding mature innings by Jaden Brotherton, who held the innings together allowing his team mates to bat around him, we managed to pass the target with 8 wickets down. Union won the match by 2 wickets.  Batting performance: Jaden Brotherton 113 n.o., Kyle-Luke Du Preez 20, Luke Mc Naughton 19.

In an exciting declaration match against Daniel Pienaar, Union achieved a first innings win by passing the set target of 198 in the final over. Congratulations to Jaden Brotherton who made 114 not out and Brett Amsterdam who took 6 wickets!

On Friday a 50over match was played against Queen’s College and on the back of a fine batting performance UHS won the toss and elected to bat first. Unfortunately, we were unable to carry on where we left off and struggled against good accurate bowling and were bowled out for 91.  Batting performance: Luke McNaughton 20, Zusakhe Ngwane 18.  Queen’s were able to reach their target with 3 wickets down.  Union lost the match by 7 wickets.  Bowling figures: Luke Mc Naughton 1 for 20, Brett Amsterdam 1 for 18.

On the Saturday we played a T20 match against Despatch. UHS won the toss and elected to bowl. We started off with a bang taking a wicket with the first ball through a magnificent diving catch which set the tone for a wonderful bowling and fielding performance and restricted Despatch to 115. Bowling figures: Luke McNaughton 2 for 10, James Pienaar 2  for 15, Caerwyn Spence 2 for 20.

Union came in to bat and managed to keep a good steady run rate in pursuit of their target, including a wonderful 50-run partnership between Brett Amsterdam and Bowen Langmead. Unfortunately, we were unable to take advantage of this good start and ended up short of our target. UHS lost the match by 9 runs.  Batting performances: Brett Amsterdam 34, Bowen Langmead 32.

U/12 Karoo Cricket

We wish to congratulate the following Union boys on their selection to the Karoo U/12 cricket team.  They will be taking part in the U/12  Rural Cricket Festival in Cradock from 30 November – 2 December 2018.

Camran Swartz
Jayden Swart
Peter Michaels
Yaseen Kazi
Shaakir Kazi
Tokozani Mpanza
Apiwe Maxhegwana
Daniel Marais

 

Junior Cricket vs Westering

This weekend our u13 cricket boys played their last two matches of the season against Westering Primary from Port Elizabeth.

Friday (T20)

After winning the toss we selected to bat first against a strong bowling attack. Our batsmen did well under pressure, but struggled to get runs on the board ending our innings on 63/7. Unfortunately our bowlers could not restrict Westering and they chased down out score with 8 wickets in hand.

Saturday (50 overs)

On Saturday we were asked to bowl first and even though this was one of our best bowling and fielding displays all year, Westering managed to score 327 in their 50 overs. Our batsmen did their best in unfavourable conditions, but could only reach 67 all out, losing with 260 runs.

Jnr Cricket vs Gill Primary

On Tuesday our u13 cricket team played a T20 match against Gill Primary in Somerset East. We were asked to bowl first and struggled to hit our target, allowing Gill to reach 129 runs in 20 overs. Our batsmen replied with a disciplined run chase constantly rotating the strike and putting away the bad deliveries, helping us to reach our target with 4 overs to spare.
Union won by 7 wickets.

U/13A Cricket vs Summerwood

U13A Cricket vs Summerwood

This weekend our u13 cricket team played two matches against Summerwood from Port Elizabeth. On both occations our boys played well, but struggled to show disspline when bowling and fielding. This allowed our opponents to score freely and ultimately kept us out of the game. A total of 97 extras were bowled and 7 catches dropped in two days.

Friday: Union lost by 44 runs.
Saturday: Union lost by 71 runs.


Congratulations to Brent Hesselink for scoring 51 in this matches against Summerwood today.

Junior Cricket vs LVS

On Wednesday our U/13 boys played an intense cricket match against Laer Volkskool. In blistering heat the Union boys were sent in to bowl and through some laziness in the field allowed Volkskool to reach 129 after 20 overs. The Union team regathered after the break and hit back by putting Volkskool’s bowlers under pressure. Union managed to score freely and reached their target in the 16th over. Winning by 6 wickets.

EP U/17 Inland Cricket

We congratulate the following Union cricketers for being selected for the Eastern Province U/17 Inland Team, who will be attending the National Week Tournament in Kimberley from 10 to 14 December.

Jayden Brotherton, Luke McNaughton, Bowen Langmead (Captain), Kyle-Luke du Preez, Brett Amsterdam, Lihle Mxhunyelwa and Trevor Moos

U/13A vs Lorraine

Over the weekend our u13 Cricket team competed against Lorraine in two matches over the Friday and Saturday. Both games where played in Great Spirit and our boys gained a lot of experience playing against strong opposition.

Friday T20

Union 63/9 after 20 overs – Lorraine won by 8 wickets

Saturday Limited overs

Union 99/10 after 29 overs – Lorraine won by 8 wickets

U/13A vs LVS

On Wednesday our u13A cricket team played a 20 over match against Volkskool. We were asked to bat and took full advantage, scoring freely around the field, our batsmen constantly took on the fielders and we managed to reach 133/9 after 20 overs. With our tails in the air our bowlers bowled with confidence and we bowled them out for 56 runs, winning by 77 runs.
AJ Victor 6/11 in 4 overs.

Junior Cricket

On Friday and Saturday our u13A Cricket boys competed against the two top cricketing schools in Port Elizabeth. This was a great learning experience for our players, who unfortunately were out of their depth against strong opposition.

Friday 12 October
Our boys played their first ever match under lights in very cold condition on Friday evening. They struggled to get off the mark and only managed to score 67/7 in their 20 overs. Sunridge Primary made easy work of the case and surpassed our total in the 12 over. Union u13A lost by 7 wickets.

Saturday 13 October
On Saturday our boys travelled to Grey Junior where they let themselves down with a poor display of fielding and bowling conceding 68 runs in extras. We struggled to put our opponents under any real pressure and allowed Grey to score freely in their 45 overs. Union lost by 296 runs.