{"id":83751,"date":"2025-09-25T18:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=83751"},"modified":"2025-09-25T18:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:05:10","slug":"gimmies-claim-north-west-schools-sa20-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=83751","title":{"rendered":"Gimmies claim North West Schools SA20 title"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_83753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83753\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83753\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Gimmies-Schools-SA20-champions-400x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"264\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO: Potchefstroom Gimnasium on Facebook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The winning runs might have come off the bat of\u00a0<strong>Henr\u00e9 Cronje<\/strong>, yet it was the bowling effort, in which he too played a crucial part, that led to <strong>Potchefstroom Gimnasium<\/strong> being crowned the new champions of the <strong>North West Schools SA20<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Read and relive all the <strong>North West Schools SA20<\/strong> action right here on <strong>SuperSport Schools<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/supersportschools\"><strong>(www.supersportschools.com)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The <em>Gimmies<\/em> comfortably disposed of <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Rustenburg<\/strong> by eight wickets in the final at home on the Gimmie Oval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The comprehensive victory, with the <em>Rusties<\/em> dismissed for a meagre 84 runs, saw\u00a0the bowling hero from the previous match, <strong>Damian Kruger<\/strong>, working his magic with the ball again. Kruger claimed another four wickets, this time conceding only 15 runs in his allotted four overs, to take his tally to eight wickets across both matches on the day, having conceded a combined total of just 39 runs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Cronj\u00e9 (3\/20) contributed smartly with three wickets, whilst <strong>Bennet Keet<\/strong> (2\/9), another standout from the clash with the <em>Volkies, <\/em>again got in on the act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The <em>Rusties&#8217;<\/em> opening batsman <strong>Thian Labuschagne<\/strong> was the only player to make any noteworthy contribution. With the ball (1\/24), he was also the sole wicket-taker, dismissing the in-form <strong>Christivan Coetzer<\/strong> with the first delivery he faced. <strong>Labuschagne<\/strong> scored 45 runs, more than half his side&#8217;s final total.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">It was the collapse of eight wickets for a mere 33 runs that ended Rustenberg&#8217;s title defence. <strong>Cronj\u00e9<\/strong> then continued his memorable outing, top-scoring with an unbeaten 37 runs, supported by <strong>Ulrich Botha<\/strong> (25*) and <strong>Lukas Kotze<\/strong> (23), to secure <em>Gimmies&#8217;<\/em> first piece of cricketing silverware for the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summarised scorecard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Rustenburg 84\u00a0<\/strong>(Thian Labuschagne 45; Damian Kruger 4\/15, Henr\u00e9 Cronje 3\/20, Bennet Keet 2\/9);\u00a0<strong>Potchefstroom Gimnasium 87\/2\u00a0<\/strong>(Henr\u00e9 Cronje 37*, Ulrich Botha 25*, Lukas Kotze 23; Thian Labuschagne 1\/24).\u00a0<strong>Potchefstroom Gimnasium won by eight wickets.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winning runs might have come off the bat of\u00a0Henr\u00e9 Cronje, yet it was the bowling effort, in which he too played a crucial part, that led to Potchefstroom Gimnasium being crowned the new champions of the North West Schools SA20. 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