Big-hitting Queanbeyan star Jono Dean can strike fear into opposition teams but the Bluebags are banking on brother Blake to guide them to a Cricket ACT one-day title on Sunday.
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Queanbeyan skipper and all-rounder Blake Dean will lead his team into the grand final against Tuggeranong under lights at Manuka Oval.
It comes a month after he made his disappointing Big Bash debut for the Sydney Thunder and Jono's impressive performances in the same competition for the Adelaide Strikers.
But while Jono found his rhythm with some superb big hitting, Blake struggled in his debut and was dropped from the Thunder line-up.
''He was down on confidence a bit when he came back, but he's turned it around since then,'' Queanbeyan batsman Dean Solway said.
''He's got his love of the game back again. I think he's enjoying it again and had a good experience in Sydney.''
The teams will get a perfect chance to feel each other out on Saturday when Tuggeranong tries to avoid an outright defeat against Queanbeyan at Freebody Oval in the two-day competition.
Tuggeranong was rolled for just 94 last week, with Queanbeyan cruising to first-innings points.
The one-day grand final is the perfect stage for Blake to announce his return to form.
After winning four titles with Queanbeyan in 2011-12 - the two-day, one-day, SCG Cup and Twenty20 trophies - Blake quit Queanbeyan and joined Tuggeranong last season.
''We didn't win anything last year, it wasn't great,'' Solway said.
''But we've turned it around this year and we think we can do some damage in the one-day and two-day competitions this year.''
Tuggeranong lost the two-day grand final last season, but targeted the one-day title as its best chance to triumph this year.
Spinner Shane Devoy, who was 12th man for the Prime Minister's XI, will spearhead the attack and has taken 28 wickets this season.
''We knew the one-day comp would be our best opportunity to win a flag, so this is what we've been aiming for,'' Devoy said.
''We lacked the number of match-winners other sides had in the past couple of years. We'd hate to see Blake lift a trophy for Queanbeyan and not for us.
''There's no lack of motivation for Tuggeranong this weekend. Blake came over to Tuggeranong for an opportunity, he left a massive hole when he left.''
In other matches, defending two-day champions Wests-University of Canberra will try to chase down Weston Creek's massive 318, and Eastlake is 2-19 in pursuit of Ginninderra's 182.
CRICKET ACT
Two-day competition: Saturday - day two resumes: Weston Creek Molonglo 318 v Wests-UC 2-31 at Stirling; Ginninderra 182 v Eastlake 2-19 at Kippax 1; Tuggeranong 94 and 0-8 v Queanbeyan 167 at Freebody 1; ANU 7-270 (dec) v North Canberra Gungahlin at ANU North.
One-day grand final: Sunday - Tuggeranong v Queanbeyan at Manuka Oval, 2.30pm.
