Of the belief it’s good for cricket both in and around the Orange District Cricket Association to have teams like Blayney, Molong, Cowra and Lithgow participate in this summer’s Twenty20 premiership, there’s plenty of upsides to the introduction of new teams and players to Wade Park.

But, enough is enough.

And with Cowra favourites to claim this year’s title and City on a mission tonight against the unbeaten Lithgow Lightning, Findlay has floated the ambition of the six ODCA sides in this year’s 10-team competition dominating the finals to keep the Royal Hotel Cup, formerly the Bonnor Cup, in Orange.

“I think we’ve all been pretty nice in letting Blayney and Molong make the semis the last couple of years,” he laughed.

“As good as it is to have them in the competition, I think there’s always a bit of extra motivation to beat the foreigners.”

Looking to take its own record to two from two tonight, Orange City will be donning an all-sorts type strip at Wade Park.

It’s the club’s third year wearing heritage shirts, and this summer the club is paying homage to all three clubs - Booms, Waratahs and City - that helped form the Warriors.

Orange City defeated CYMS by two wickets in the first game of the season, chasing the green and golds’ 8-143 to complete a more comfortable victory than the two-wicket margin suggests.

The Warriors were 4-137 needing just another seven runs to win before a late collapse sent a little scare through the City chase.

Obviously, Findlay said partnerships with the bat was key but fielding was also an issue for the Warriors, one the skipper was confident of fixing against the Lightning.

“We probably didn’t field as well as we should have. I thought we bowled really well, but 145 or whatever CYMS got is probably generous considering the way we bowled. We just leaked too many runs,” he added.

“You can never field well enough.”

He said Lithgow would be tough to beat after claiming this year’s Rod Hartas Cup then knocking off Blayney by eight wickets in game one.

“Blayney have been semi-finalists the last two years, so they’re no mugs,” Findlay said of Lithgow.

“We can’t take them lightly, they won the Hartas Cup, so that makes us a little more wary of them. You’ve got to assume they’re a good side.”

Tonight’s game begins at 6.30pm at Wade Park.