{"id":90921,"date":"2026-02-22T07:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90921"},"modified":"2026-02-22T07:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:39:43","slug":"welkom-gims-erasmus-bags-six-for-in-win-over-fichardtpark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90921","title":{"rendered":"Welkom Gim&#8217;s Erasmus bags six-for in win over Fichardtpark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-90377\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cricket-white-ball-120226-400x318.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"318\" \/>Batting first at home, in a limited-overs clash, the <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Fichardtpark<\/strong> top-order provided consistent efforts against the visiting <strong>Welkom Gimnasium<\/strong> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Damian Mulder<\/strong> top-scored with a patient 36 runs off 70 deliveries, while his opening partner, <strong>Jaden Geldenhuys<\/strong>, also showed restraint in his 35 off 60.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diederik de Vos<\/strong>, batting at three, was a little more aggressive, weighing in with 31 off 48.<\/p>\n<p>After the dismissal of the top three, though, Gim&#8217;s <strong>Dian Erasmus<\/strong> turned venomous, knocking over 6\/36 across 9.3 overs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bryan Haywood<\/strong> lent good support, bagging 3\/30 in 10 overs, which led to the home side being bowled out for 167 after 46.3 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Welkom Gimnasium responded with 168\/7 in 37.1 overs to claim a three-wicket win. <strong>Luhan Botha<\/strong> hammered two fours and a six in his 30 off 40 balls, while <strong>Aiden Hewitt<\/strong> contributed 27 from 47.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dylan Gerener<\/strong> starred with the ball, picking up a miserly 2\/19 in 10 overs, while <strong>Damian Mulder<\/strong> recorded figures of 2\/20 in a three-over spell.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Fichies<\/strong><\/em>, though, were the architects of their own defeat, conceding a huge 49 extras, which included 42 wides. With better bowling discipline, they could have claimed victory. Instead, Welkom Gimnasium returned home as winners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summarised Scorecard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Fichardtpark 167\/10<\/strong> (Damian Mulder 36, Jaden Geldenhuys 35, Diederik de Vos 31, Daniel Badenhorst 23*; Dian Erasmus 6\/36; Bryan Haywood 3\/30); <strong>Welkom Gimnasium 168\/7<\/strong> (Extras 49, Aiden Hewitt 30, Luhan Botha 27; Dylan Gerener 2\/19, Damian Mulder 2\/20). <strong>Welkom Gimnasium won by three wickets.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batting first at home, in a limited-overs clash, the Ho\u00ebrskool Fichardtpark top-order provided consistent efforts against the visiting Welkom Gimnasium on Saturday. Damian Mulder top-scored with a patient 36 runs off 70 deliveries, while his opening partner, Jaden Geldenhuys, also showed restraint in his 35 off 60. Diederik de Vos, batting at three, was a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":90377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90921","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\/90921","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=90921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}