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.

    But we knew that if we could keep the Lions’ scoring to a reasonable rate during the first six overs then our spinners would win us the game which is exactly what happened.

    Johan Botha was as good as he usually is while Nicky Boje was just brilliant.

    Winning the Pro20 is the end of a journey that began two years ago.

    That was when we sat down at the Warriors and identified areas that we needed to work on and what brand of cricket we wanted to play.

    We are probably going to have to have a rethink though because we are probably regarded as the team to beat now whereas before we were the underdogs.

    It is a lot easier being the underdog but now we have a big target on our backs.

    The Pro20 may be over for us but the value of the competition has been shown by Rusty Theron being offered a contract with the Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
 
   After the season he has had for us I am sure Rusty will impress a few people over in India