{"id":88920,"date":"2026-01-22T07:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=88920"},"modified":"2026-01-22T07:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:10:30","slug":"weyers-wows-as-hans-moore-wins-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=88920","title":{"rendered":"Weyers wows as Hans Moore wins big"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"154\" data-end=\"313\"><strong data-start=\"154\" data-end=\"171\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-30003\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cricket-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Cricket Ball on Bat\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cricket-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cricket.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Kearan Weyers<\/strong> was the central figure as <strong data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"222\">Ho\u00ebrskool Hans Moore<\/strong> recorded a comprehensive victory in their 2026 <strong>Finsbury League<\/strong> season opener on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"673\">The <strong><em data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"328\">Moories<\/em><\/strong> travelled to Potchefstroom to face <strong data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"391\">Potchefstroom Gimnasium<\/strong> in a B Section fixture that had been postponed due to the <em data-start=\"450\" data-end=\"460\"><strong>Gimmies<\/strong>\u2019<\/em>\u00a0 involvement in the Central Region playoffs of the <strong>Switch Schools SA20<\/strong> competition the previous weekend. It proved to be a fruitful journey as Weyers, almost single-handedly, dismantled the hosts with both bat and ball.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"1200\">With his left-arm off-spin, he ripped through the Gimnasium batting line-up, removing four batsmen while conceding only 17 runs in a superb 8.3-over spell, which cost a miserly two runs per over.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"1200\">Weyers enjoyed good support from <strong data-start=\"944\" data-end=\"958\">Duan Maree<\/strong> (2\/20), while only <strong data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1006\">Lukas Kotze<\/strong> offered meaningful resistance for the hosts, compiling a patient 44 before becoming one of Maree&#8217;s victims.<\/p>\n<p>The Potchefstroom Gimnasium innings lasted into the 36th over before they lost their last wicket on a modest 143.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1202\" data-end=\"1642\">The visitors, in reply, required just 15.1 overs to charge past that total, once again inspired by Weyers. Buoyed by his heroics with the ball, he unleashed a devastating assault at the top of the Moories&#8217; order, smashing 12 fours and six sixes in a thundering 95 from only 43 deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>When the Player of the Match eventually fell, caught by <strong data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1550\">Damian Kruger<\/strong> off the bowling of <strong data-start=\"1570\" data-end=\"1587\">Hendr\u00e9 Cronj\u00e9<\/strong> (1\/31), he had already decided the outcome of the match.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"1644\" data-end=\"1663\">Jahndr\u00e9 Coetzee<\/strong> (1\/26) was the most economical bowler for the hosts, but that lone wicket proved to be little more than a consolation, with Weyers having already inflicted irreparable damage to seal an emphatic victory for the away team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summarised scorecard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Potchefstroom Gimnasium 143\u00a0<\/strong>(Lukas Kotze 44, Bernard Judels 20; Kearan Wyers 4\/17, Duan Maree 2\/20); <strong>Hans Moore 145\/2\u00a0<\/strong>(Kearan Weyers 95; Jahndr\u00e9 Coetzee 1\/26).\u00a0<strong>Hans Moore won by eight wickets.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kearan Weyers was the central figure as Ho\u00ebrskool Hans Moore recorded a comprehensive victory in their 2026 Finsbury League season opener on Wednesday. The Moories travelled to Potchefstroom to face Potchefstroom Gimnasium in a B Section fixture that had been postponed due to the Gimmies\u2019\u00a0 involvement in the Central Region playoffs of the Switch Schools [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":30003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}