What a great feeling to be Standard Bank Pro20 champions.

    If you had asked us before the season we would have gladly taken one trophy but to do the double is something really special.

    We have been trying to put a perfect game together all season but we could not quite pull it off.

    In the final we did all three disciplines just about perfectly so we ticked all the boxes and the match we played was probably just about the perfect Pro20 game.

    Even though we had posted such a big total we were not convinced the game was in the bag at the halfway stage.

What a relief to be into the Standard Bank Pro20 final. After winning the first match against the Cobras we wanted to keep the momentum going but halfway though our innings in Cape Town it looked as if we had lost our way.

    But the 50 partnership between Johan Botha and Craig Thyssen gave us something to bowl at and credit to my team for defending 121.

    The first six overs of the Cobras’ innings were crucial and we managed to take a few wickets to slow them down and then our spinners really put them under pressure.

What a quality game of cricket against the Cobras although winning by just three runs was not great for my nerves!

After we had batted I thought we had enough runs but we missed a few chances and made life difficult for ourselves but it worked out in the end so I am very happy.

I thought we may have let the game slip a bit when Justin Kemp and Robin Peterson were at the crease because you are always in trouble when Justin is batting.

He is probably one of the best hitters in world cricket and there is no doubt that Lyall Meyer getting him out was crucial.

It was a bit of a disappointing end to our round-robin campaign against the Titans on Sunday, but I think it was just one of those games where not much went right for us.

We would have liked to keep them down to about 160, but unfortunately they played very well on a great wicket.

As far as our chase was concerned, we just never got any momentum going. I don’t think the guys took it a bit easier because we were already through, because we always play to win every game.

I guess it was just one of those days.

I’m really happy with the win over the Cape Cobras and the most important thing for us is that different guys are making different contributions at different times.
If we look at the stats Rusty Theron and Colin Ingram have been quite consistent with the ball and bat throughout the season. But what we do so well is that when they don’t perform, there’s always someone else that steps in to help out.

What an innings from Colin Ingram to help us to three wins from three in this year’s Standard Bank Pro20.
    Colin is in the form of his life and the great thing is that he is not changing anything or getting ahead of himself. He starts every game afresh and is not thinking too far ahead.
    He won us the game against the Lions with his 82 although I thought our bowlers did well to restrict the Lions to 155.
    It was a score we would have taken before the start of play.

It is mission accomplished for us at the moment. At the start of the week we targeted two wins so to have pulled it off is more than nice.
    Beating the Eagles and then the Dolphins on Sunday has given us a perfect start to the Standard Bank Pro20.
    I though we were outstanding in the field against the Dolphins. Our fielding was great and I think it would almost be unfair to single out one bowler because they all did so well.
    Every time the Dolphins began building a partnership we managed to take a wicket to stop their momentum.

What a finish to our first Standard Bank Pro20 match of the season! Defending nine runs during the last over is never easy but credit must go to Rusty Theron.

    Rusty has been bowling superbly for the last two or three seasons and he has become the got-to guy in tight situations. He can bowl it in the block hole almost at will.

    But him doing so well is a good thing and a bad thing, for us that is, because it is only a matter of time before he achieves higher honours.

    We probably made life a bit more difficult for ourselves by not scoring as many runs as we could have.