Uplands make mark on national rankings

It has been an excellent term of cricket for Uplands College first XI. They played eight games of which they won six, drew one and lost one.

This secured them 11th place on the national rankings at the end of the season. This was a great achievement for the school, as seven out of the eight fixtures were played against schools from other provinces.

“This shows that the Lowveld and Mpumalanga have the talent and the depth to compete against the best from outside the province, when we channel our energies in the right direction and give our players the opportunity to play at the highest possible level,” said coach Mike Reed.

Uplands College previously featured in the top 10.

“We continuously and tirelessly work towards matching this and even bettering it each season. I have been very lucky this season to have a talented and committed group of players who have really gelled as a team,” said Reed.

“When I look back over the past eight weeks, I can honestly say that each member of our team has contributed to our success.” Our fielding was a big focus for us this term and the hard work paid off and played an integral part of our success, but we are not forgetting about our top-five batsmen averaging over 40 each and our bowlers regularly bowling sides out,” Reed concluded.

Their last seven results are as follows:

• Uplands vs Cornwall Hill (50 overs)

Uplands won by six wickets

• Uplands vs St George’s Harare

(50 overs)

Uplands won by 100 runs

• Uplands vs St David’s Inanda

(two-day)

Match drawn

• Uplands vs Dr Malan

(Finsbury 50 overs)

Uplands won by eight wickets

• Uplands vs Uitsig

(Finsbury 50 overs)

Uplands won by 154 runs

• Uplands vs Zwartkop

(Finsbury 50 overs)

Uplands won by 35 runs

• Uplands vs Midstream

(Finsbury 50 overs)

Uplands won by 112 runs.