Queanbeyan needed two super overs on a heart-stopping finals day at Phillip Oval on Sunday, but the Bluebags held their nerve to claim the T20 decider and bank their first piece of top-grade silverware in five years.
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Veteran Mark Higgs and star all rounder Tyler van Luin managed 14 off their super over before the latter took the ball and restricted defending champion Western District to just five runs off their six balls.
It closed out a dramatic day of cricket as the NSW club reclaimed the T20 crown it last won in 2016.
"Tyler [Van Luin] is one of our go to bowlers and he bowled really well tonight actually in the first 20 overs, so we thought that was the way to go," Queanbeyan skipper Mark Solway said.
"I suppose if it goes the other way, you sort of think great game but no good, but when you win like that, it is really exciting."
Wests comfortably accounted for Ginninderra in their semi-final thanks largely to a contribution of 68 from Blake Dean, but Queanbeyan had no such luxury against Weston Creek-Molonglo.
The two sides were tied after 20 overs apiece, and then Queanbeyan star Dean Solway was run out on the final ball of their super over looking for the winning run, after Weston Creek had scored eight runs.
Queanbeyan was deemed the winner based on higher ladder position. Both clubs had racked up five wins in the regular season, but the Bluebags boasted a 0.04 run better net run rate.
They then posted 168 against Wests in the final, with Jordan Hedington blasting four sixes in his 47-run contribution off 28 balls.
A topsy-turvy run chase followed and Nic Broes was the star, leveling the scores off the final ball as he finished on 58 not out.
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"Westies had heaps of firepower but we had a pretty minimalistic gameplan, try and get to a decent total and hope the pressure was there on the night," Higgs said.
"It's just one of those things. We had them under pressure, they came back, we came back, they came back, and all of a sudden it's a super over again."
The win marked the club's fourth T20 first-grade crown and its 30th title overall at that level, to go with 15 two-day triumphs and 11 one-day premierships. It was also Solway's first as captain.
"[The title] means heaps really, we have had a pretty young side for the past few years being on the fringe, making finals and making a couple of grand finals - we have been saying for a few years now [that we are due]," Solway said.
"To be honest it is a bit of a blur for me at the moment, but I definitely know at the time you don't really think about it too much [the second super over].
"You are in the zone, especially being captain, you are looking at fields and that sort of thing, you are not really in the moment [of the scenario] too much, other than the adrenaline is pumping through you."