Cricket purists can breathe a sigh of relief. Twenty20s are done with for another year.
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Few things polarise fans like the shortest format but, despite opinion, it's hard to argue that the game demands the best from its players.
The Horsham Cricket Association's standalone Twenty20 competition had plenty of standout performers, but as always, some were a cut above.
Get in the mood for this weekend's grand final, by revisiting the feats of the association's finest.
Here is our star-studded, unofficial, team of the Twenty20 season.
Adam Atwood
Homers
72 runs | Ave: 24 | 3 wickets
Homers' leader didn't rack up as many big scores as he would have demanded of himself, but 72 runs in cricket's most unpredictable format is no small feat. The classy opening bat shouldered the anchor role to perfection, rotating the strike with ease while his bigger-hitting teammates teed off. Atwood takes the gloves in this team, but with three wickets to his name, you wouldn't blame him for trying to palm the job off.
Jake Leith
Rup-Minyip
100 runs | Ave: 33.3
Leith's impressive form in his debut season carried over into the Twenty20 competition. The Blue Panthers opener is one of just five to have hit at least 100 runs in the Twenty20 block and only required three innings to do so. Leith twice came within four runs of a half-century and offers plenty in the field.
Brad Alexander
West Wimmera
144 runs | Ave: 72 | 1 x 50
Having smoked a competition-high 144 runs, at an eye-watering 72, only an all-time snub would have seen Alexander miss selection. The Warriors' middle-over gun has stood up when it matters, posting an unbeaten half-century to push his side from 2-35 to 138 in just 10 overs against the Saints.
Dan Schaper
Rup-Minyip
112 runs | Ave: 56 | 1 x 50
Rup-Minyip's skipper needed just three innings to exceed 100 runs, and did it all while striking at 120. Schaper's unbeaten 78 is likely to be the season's highest Twenty20 score, bar something incredible in the grand final. Schaper's tactical nous and field placements consistently put the Blue Panthers in dominating positions.
Matt Combe
Noradjuha-Toolondo
128 runs | Ave: 42.6 | 1 x 50 | 3 wickets | RPO: 6.3
The Bullants skipper didn't quite have the impact with the ball as he would have liked, but certainly made up for it with bat in hand. Combe's 128 runs saw him finish second on the Twenty20 run-scoring ranks. Combe was one of five players to score a half-century and twice made it into the mid-30s - which all country cricketers know is close enough to 50.
Angus Adams
Jung Tigers
121 runs | Ave: 40:3 | 1 x 50 | 5 wickets | RPO: 4.81
Adams took a young Jung Tigers side flirting with a finals place on a three-match unbeaten run after Christmas, toppling some of the HCA's best in the process. Adams led from the front, scoring the third-most runs in the competition and conceding just under five runs an over.
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Chaminda Gamage
Homers
52 runs | Ave: 17.3 | 6 wickets | RPO: 3.67
Someone didn't tell Homers' Sri Lankan superstar that Twenty20 wasn't meant to be a spinners game. Gamage sits second on the wicket-taking charts and could move first with a good showing in the grand final. The offie has claimed six scalps while conceding a near-unbelievable 3.67 runs an over. Statistics don't do Gamage's ability in the field justice, either.
Tony Caccaviello
Noradjuha-Toolondo
96 runs | Ave: 24 | 1 x 50 | 2 wickets | RPO: 3.8
The Vic Country representative was at his brutal best with bat in hand. Floating around the top-order, Caccaviello bagged a half-century and struck at 141.2. Wickets didn't quite come for the Bullants all-rounder, but an average economy rate of 3.8 speaks to Caccaviello's ability to stamp out an opponent's innings.
Tyler Puls
Jung Tigers
6 wickets | Ave: 9.17 | RPO: 6.25 | 41 runs | Ave: 17.6
Being dubbed a bowler is a bit harsh on the Jung Tigers' young gun, but Puls has hit new heights with the ball in hand. The left-armer has taken a wicket in every Twenty20 game and is third on the charts with six in total. Puls is no slouch with the willow, either, steering his side to a crucial win against West Wimmera in the final over.
Mohan Bandara
Homers
5 wickets | Ave: 12.5 | RPO: 2.87
Homers' Sri Lankan speedster could have had many more wickets to his name, had batsmen been able actually to see the ball. Yet, Bandara snared five wickets, dominating with the new ball and tightening the screws at the death. Bandara boasts the phenomenal economy rate of 2.87 and looms as a key player in the grand final.
Joel Pymer
Jung Tigers
8 wickets | Ave: 7.38 | RPO: 3.69
Jung Tigers' quick is arguably the biggest benefactor of the Twenty20 competition. Pymer had just four wickets to his name before the Christmas break, but enters the grand final as the shortest format's deadliest bowler. Pymer has sent eight batsman packing, while going at a measly 3.69 runs an over.
12th man - Paddy Mills
Homers
77 runs | Ave: N/A
Homers' young gun single-handedly batted his side to victory in the two chances he got at the crease. Mills collected scores of 37 and 40, striding out when Homers were on the ropes. No-one managed to dismiss the classy right-hander, leaving Mills without an average heading into the grand final.
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