{"id":90041,"date":"2026-02-07T07:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90041"},"modified":"2026-02-07T07:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:01:45","slug":"paarl-gim-stages-successful-run-chase-against-hts-drostdy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90041","title":{"rendered":"Paarl Gim stages successful run chase against HTS Drostdy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-86365\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cricket-bat-helmet-gloves-091125-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/>HTS Drostdy<\/strong> hit the road to tackle <strong>Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong> in a 40-over contest on Friday afternoon. When the coin flip fell for them, the visitors went in to bat.\u00a0It was, however, a difficult start for the <strong>Worcester<\/strong> locals.<\/p>\n<p>When <strong>Ruan Nortj\u00e9<\/strong> arrived at the crease after the fall of the third wicket, they were wobbling on 11\/3. Nortj\u00e9 stayed calm and collected, weathered the storm, and stuck around for 78 balls, which brought him 48 runs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adriaan Krynauw,<\/strong> at seven, joined Nortj\u00e9 when Drotsdy had fallen to 52\/5. Together, they advanced the total by 52 runs for the sixth wicket, with Krynauw&#8217;s contribution being 33 runs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Gimmies<\/em><\/strong>&#8216; bowler<strong> De Waal Vivier<\/strong> had rhythm to his step and knocked over 4\/17 in six overs. <strong>Derrick Groenewald<\/strong> chipped in with 2\/36 from seven.<\/p>\n<p>The <em><strong>Donkies&#8217;<\/strong><\/em> batting effort lasted 39.4 overs and ended with the visitors being bowled out for 136 runs.<\/p>\n<p>That wasn&#8217;t a big total, but Paarl Gim had to endure a tricky run pursuit to claim a hard-fought three-wicket win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Franco Boonzaaier<\/strong> led the chase, thumping four fours in his 39 off 51 deliveries, while <strong>Christopher Hudson<\/strong>, at five, added a watchful but valuable 22 from 39.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karel Hugo<\/strong> was the primary reason for Gim&#8217;s tough run chase. In five overs, he captured 5\/34. <strong>DJ Luck<\/strong>, meanwhile, claimed 2\/28.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it took Paarl Gim 30 overs to reach 138\/7 and, with that, secure victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summarised Scorecard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HTS Drostdy 136\/10<\/strong> (Ruan Nortj\u00e9 44, Adriaan Krynauw 33, Extras 20; De Waal Vivier 4\/17, Derrick Groenewald 2\/36); <strong>Paarl Gimnasium 138\/7<\/strong> (Franco Boonzaaier 39, Extras 23, Christopher Hudson 22; Karel Hugo 5\/34, DJ Luck 2\/28). <strong>Paarl Gimnasium won by three wickets.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HTS Drostdy hit the road to tackle Paarl Gimnasium in a 40-over contest on Friday afternoon. When the coin flip fell for them, the visitors went in to bat.\u00a0It was, however, a difficult start for the Worcester locals. When Ruan Nortj\u00e9 arrived at the crease after the fall of the third wicket, they were wobbling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":86365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90041","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\/90041","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\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}