For all the raps Cavaliers' batting line-up has been given in both the Bathurst Orange Inter District Cricket competition and the Royal Hotel Cup, the maroon's bowling stocks hasn't been as recognised.
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After three early wickets to player-of-the-match Mitch Taylor, Matt Corben and Kaleb Cook rebuilt the innings, with Charlie Greer joining his captain when Cook was dismissed.
The trio helped push Cavaliers to 7-124 from the maroons' allotment of overs - certainly below par for Wade Park this season - and it would take a herculean effort from Corben's bowlers to defend.
They delivered in spades, leaving St Pat's with 11 to get from the final over, which Mitch Black bowled to finish with figures of 2-4 from those six deliveries and 3-22 for the match.
The match-winner with ball in hand said his side backed themselves in to defend it, and set the plan to just bowl as tight and well as possible and force the Saints to try and hit through the field.
"We thought early it was a bit tough but once we got runs on the board we knew our bowlers could bowl good lines and set good fields," Black said.
"We knew it would come down to them trying to hit good balls to the boundary which didn't work for them."
Black wasn't brought into the attack until the 16th over, with his first over going for five, second for 13 - but including the crucial wicket of Ben Parsons, caught on the fence by Ben Mitchell, but said he "wasn't feeling too bad" being thrown the ball ahead of the final over, and once he had Ben Cant stumped first ball he knew the momentum was with Cavs.
"I knew it I only went for one a ball it wasn't too bad so had to get the first couple out of the way and felt comfortable after that," he said.
"It was good to see, don't know he was thinking coming down swinging, stopping and then trying to get back.
"It feels really good, we got the job done, we've worked all season for this so it's good. It came down to the wire but we got it."
Black was given the Carl Sharpe medal as player of the tournament, which he said was "a bit of a shock" considering he thought he just turned up and did his part each week.
"I didn't even think I'd be in the running ... obviously the umpires have seen something I didn't but it's a bit of fun, a bit of silverware," he said.
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