Weyers wows as Hans Moore wins big

Kearan Weyers was the central figure as Hoërskool 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’  involvement in the Central Region playoffs of the Switch Schools SA20 competition the previous weekend. It proved to be a fruitful journey as Weyers, almost single-handedly, dismantled the hosts with both bat and ball.

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.

Weyers enjoyed good support from Duan Maree (2/20), while only Lukas Kotze offered meaningful resistance for the hosts, compiling a patient 44 before becoming one of Maree’s victims.

The Potchefstroom Gimnasium innings lasted into the 36th over before they lost their last wicket on a modest 143.

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’ order, smashing 12 fours and six sixes in a thundering 95 from only 43 deliveries.

When the Player of the Match eventually fell, caught by Damian Kruger off the bowling of Hendré Cronjé (1/31), he had already decided the outcome of the match.

Jahndré Coetzee (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.

Summarised scorecard

Potchefstroom Gimnasium 143 (Lukas Kotze 44, Bernard Judels 20; Kearan Wyers 4/17, Duan Maree 2/20); Hans Moore 145/2 (Kearan Weyers 95; Jahndré Coetzee 1/26). Hans Moore won by eight wickets. 

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