There's certainly whispers flying around about that and what that could mean for a competition in which, prior to the season, virtually all and sundry assumed a Bathurst-based outfit would dominate.

Regardless, that discussion brings the thought of grand finals back to the front of mind and with that it naturally spurs memories of incredible, individual performances too, and there's been no shortage of those.

Of course the beginning of 2020 has brought with it the start of a new sporting decade, you might have read about that a number of times already as I've furiously produced end-of-decade columns to try and convince people I do actually work over this quiet period.

In the last 10 summers' Orange District Cricket Association grand finals, stretching back to the 2009-10 season, a handful of stars cemented their status as big-game players and a couple did it more than once.

But which of those inspirational, premiership-inspiring performances rates the highest?

In the lead-up to the BOIDC's return on January 11 I've dug into the memory bank, I played in a few of those grand finals, and checked the records to find the six best decider efforts in recent memory, certainly of the MyCricket era.

Naturally it's not just about scorecards, anyone can have a quick glance and highlight a ton or a five-wicket haul and rate them the best, but we know numbers don't always tell the whole story.

With a minor premiership in tow and a star-studded side Cavaliers were gunning for a ninth consecutive premiership and the general consensus was Centrals would need to produce something special to topple the all-conquering maroons.

Particularly considering they'd limped into the finals and were then skittled for 150 after winning the toss and batting first at Country Club Oval, which left most to declare the game over.

Then Dan Sandford imposed himself.

In typically-metronomic fashion Sandford dismantled that star-studded Cavaliers line up, taking the wickets of Richie Venner, Chris Martin, Brad Wright, James Ryan and Ant Spruce amid a game-changing five-wicket haul.

He finished with 5-31 and his effort from end sparked Cavaliers' collapse as they were dismissed for just 129. Centrals did follow suit and get rolled for 74 immediately afterward.

Cavaliers needed 96 from eight overs to force a stunning outright result, but weren't able to get there, with Mark Wiegold taking a stellar 6-24 as the maroons tried to slog their way to victory.

Undeniably though, it was Sandford's first-innings bagful that changed the course of the game, it rates No.1 in this list purely because of its magnitude in inspiring the end of a Cavaliers dynasty most thought would continue for many years to come.

Incredibly, he also took 6-53 from 20 overs in the next summer's grand final, once again helping to thwart Cavaliers on the ODCA's biggest stage.

WHAT WAS SAID: "[Centrals] were far too good with the ball. They got on a bit of a roll and Dan (Sandford) ... just put them in the right areas," Cavaliers skipper Richie Venner.

Beatty played a supporting role to Brad Johnson, who took a five-wicket haul, with the ball as Orange City bowled Cavaliers out for 138 on a tricky deck, the rain leading in left plenty of moisture in it and delayed the start of play on day one.

Orange City skipper Craig Rogan and nightwatchman Brett Causer survived one over before stumps but the deck proved tough to negotiate on day two as well, as maroons quick Josh Doherty found his rhythm they both fell without scoring and the Warriors quickly slumped to 4-24.

Beatty was joined by Shaun Grenfell at that point who offered some resistance as they added 40 for the fifth wicket but the latter was dismissed with the score at 64 and the momentum still very much with Cavaliers.

But Beatty, all but farming the strike despite being partnered by established bat Shaun Churchill, nicked, nudged and occasionally slogged for the next two hours to lead the Warriors to their first title since 2012-13.

He finished unbeaten on 80 and made almost 60 per cent of Orange City's runs to finish the season - and he only played half of it - with 485 runs at 161.66.

He won player-of-the-final, and promptly cleaned up Orange City's end-of-season awards too.

WHAT WAS SAID: "I wasn't expecting [player-of-the-final] at all. I was so lucky to fall into such a good club and I'm glad I could help the boys to a premiership win," Taylor Beatty.

It wouldn't be any sort of ODCA best-of list without Venner, would it?

This grand final was actually full of strong individual performances, CYMS' Al Dhatt took a stunning 6-46 from 23 overs, Chris Martin snared 5-14 for Cavaliers as well and Trent Colley produced a pretty crucial 66 for the maroons.

But Venner's all-round showing trumped them all and although he downplayed his influence afterward, it sparked the maroons' eighth consecutive premiership and ninth from the previous 10 summers.

Venner, Cavaliers' skipper of course, joined Colley at the crease at 1-51 and the two combined beautifully as they had done so many times in the past.

Although Venner wasn't pleased he didn't convert his start, being caught and bowled by Dhatt, his 59 had done enough to help Cavaliers to a more-than-competitive 222.

CYMS made a reasonable start too, although Jacob Sands fell early they worked their way to 1-58 in reply, but then Venner came on to bowl.

Removing Ben Radnedge, Ian Clatworthy, Dave Neil, Hamish Finlayson and Nick Wright, the wily Cavaliers captain took five of CYMS' next six wickets amid a monumental collapse, finishing with 5-13 from his 12 overs.

Martin came back to clean up the tail as CYMS lost their last nine wickets for just 34 runs.

WHAT WAS SAID: "[Liam Gough] probably started everything for us. They basically didn't score a run off him so when I was bowling at the other end, I got the wickets," Richie Venner.

Of course Le Lievre's in this list, he scored tons in back-to-back grand final wins for goodness sake, he was never missing out.

Which was one better though?

There's an argument both of those efforts could be here but for me his 119 in CYMS' first title win was a better knock, far better in fact when you consider the circumstances.

Any ton, particularly in a grand final, is incredible so don't get me wrong his second effort - an even 100 - in 2015-16 was also superb, by no means am I trying to downplay that one.

But in 2014-15 his side was gunning for their self-proclaimed 'triple crown' in the 70^th anniversary season and were also looking for their first top-flight title win in more than 30 years and just their sixth overall.

Not to mention the fact they'd blown it in a couple of recent grand finals prior and they'd rolled Cavaliers for just 130 - Curtis Free took 5-43 - but were somewhat reeling at 2-8 in reply when Le Lievre arrived at the Wade Park crease.

Talk about pressure, which intensified after it took him nearly 30 minutes to get off the mark.

But Le Lievre rose to the occasion, together with Dave Neil (36) and Al Dhatt (10 not out) he was one of just three CYMS bats who passed double figures in the chase, which was on shaky ground for some time.

Eventually Le Lievre guided his side home with two wickets to spare and then passed his ton as he batted Cavaliers out of the contest, with Dhatt guiding him past triple figures.

WHAT WAS SAID: "I think [Dhatt] was more excited than me out there in the middle. It was lovely to be able to share that with him," Hugh Le Lievre.

A lot of people might disagree but now-Orange City skipper Ed Morrish has always had plenty of ability with the bat, more than most, he just never had any kind of temperament that would allow him to score runs, let alone big runs.

He developed that in 2018-19 and scored quite heavily but, as he strode to the Wade Park crease with his side sitting precariously at 4-106 in reply to Cavaliers' 206, there was still doubt surrounding his ability under pressure.

Granted there wasn't mountains of pressure at that point, but there was enough to feel the pinch.

Bear in mind he'd decided to bat himself at six against the advice of plenty though and then consider the four wickets that fell at the other end for just 43 runs, when Jackson Coote joined Morrish at the crease Orange City looked dead in the water at 8-152.

There was a sense of inevitability about the clash at that point and even Morrish admitted he felt it out in the middle, but he and Coote noodled the score to 160, 170, 180 and then 191 when disaster looked to have struck.

Morrish ran past a big-turner from Cavaliers leg-spinner Ryan Kurtz but, crucially, Matt Corben fumbled the difficult stumping chance.

It was the only flaw in Morrish's unbeaten, match-winning knock of 58 and gave him his chance to seal victory for his Warriors, with Coote finishing unbeaten on 15.

Morrish also snared 3-50 from 25 overs, 11 of which were maidens, on the opening day of the grand final, with Coote also playing a huge role with the ball by taking 4-45.

WHAT WAS SAID: "I definitely didn't think it was our day though, even then, not until we'd knocked off those last runs. I just knew I had to knuckle down and make sure I was the one that got us home," Ed Morrish.

You're not reading that wrong, now-Cavaliers skipper Matt Corben has made this list with an innings of 42, but it was probably the most important not-converted start the wicketkeeper-bat's produced in his career.

It's easily arguable this dig could rate higher too considering the circumstances and with the resulting player-of-the-final medal in mind, there's little doubt how crucial it really was.

Corben's side, the minor premiers, were sent in on a reasonably juicy Wade Park deck by yours truly, coincidentally, I was Orange City captain at the time.

It initially looked a masterstroke too after Jackson Coote, who had a claim to that MVP prize with 4-31 from 17 overs, decimated the maroons' top-order and left them reeling at 5-15.

Naturally confidence was high in the Orange City camp at that point but after coming to the crease with his back firmly against the wall Corben dug in and ground out an innings-salvaging 42.

It was far from perfect and hardly a dig you'd call fluent but it helped lift Cavaliers to 141, which was still reasonably meagre but from where they had been, it may as well have been 400.

Corben produced the most stunning of run outs early in our chase too, one which sparked an unbelievable collapse as just two of us passed double figures in a paltry response of 75.

WHAT WAS SAID: "Matty thoroughly deserved that player of the final award, his innings changed that game and left us frustrated, that probably showed on day two," Orange City skipper Matt Findlay.