Cricket
- Girls
The Uplands College Girls’
1st Cricket XI has played
a number of matches during
the 2008 season and is
still undefeated. Their
first match was against
Lydenburg. Lydenburg batted
first and scored 97 for
7 wickets after their
allotted 25 overs. Janaed
Brodell was the best bowler
with 2/13 in her 4 overs.
Uplands went into bat
and scored 98 with only
two wickets down. Grace
Howland top scored with
36 runs and Janaed Brodell
stood firm to the end
and scored a quick 30
runs not out. Uplands
won by 8 wickets.
In
their next match, the
Girls’ XI played
Hoërskool Bergvlam
on Wednesday afternoon.
Bergvlam batted first
and scored 102 runs. Gretchen
Dietz bowled beautifully
and took 4 wickets for
16 runs. Heather McGinn
took 2 wickets. Uplands
went into bat and scored
103 for 3. Meegan Lindsay
became the first Uplands
girl to score 50 runs
in an innings. The ever
reliable Grace Howland
scored 20 runs. It was
an overall good performance
by the girls and they
won by 7 wickets with
no nails broken, no mascara
smutches…
The
Girls’ best performance
was against Lowveld High
at the College. Uplands
won the toss and chose
to bowl first. They had
the ascendancy right from
the beginning and wickets
tumbled with regular interval.
Lowveld were bowled out
for 56 runs in the 19th
over. The main wicket
taker was Heather McGinn
who took three wickets.
She was ably supported
by Grace Howland, Gretchen
Dietz and Jenaed Brodell
who took two each. Jenaed
contributed more by taking
two stunning catches,
one a la Jonty Rhodes
style.
Uplands went into bat
and scored 57 runs with
only 1 wicket down thus
winning the match by 9
wickets. The top scorer
was Grace Howland with
25 runs not out and Meegan
Lindsay scored 18 not
out. It was a spirited
performance by the Uplands
girls. The bowling was
tight and the fielding
was crisp. Grace Howland
was named Player of the
Match with a good all-round
performance.
Their
next game was against
Penryn College. Penryn
batted first and was bowled
out for 37 runs. Danielle
Balcou, Claudia Howe and
Grace Howland all took
two wickets. Meegan Lindsay
and Grace Howland scored
the winning runs and Uplands
finished on 38/3 after
10 overs. Uplands won
by 7 wickets.
This
past Monday, Uplands played
a return match against
Bergvlam. It was by far
their toughest opposition.
Uplands batted first this
time and managed to score
a credible 104 runs in
their 20 overs with Meegan
Lindsay and Janaed Brodell
both scoring 27 runs.
Bergvlam went into bat
and scored 91/7 in their
20 overs. Gretchen Dietz
was the pick of the bowlers
and took three wickets.
Uplands won by 13 runs.
The
Uplands Girls’ secured
a spot in the Mpumalanga
semi-finals on Wednesday,
10 September at the College.
Their opponents were from
the Highveld: Greendale
Hi9gh School from Witbank.
Greendale batted first
and their 1st wicket partnership
set the tone to boast
a competitive score. They
made 101/3 after their
25 overs. Uplands was
scuttled out for 34 runs
with Meegan Lindsay scoring
17. Uplands was outclassed
by a well-organised outfit,
but can reflect back on
a very successful season.
