That was the initial response Ed Morrish had when he found out he'd received the 2019-20 ODCA Player of the Year award, the Orange City all-rounder beating out Cavaliers' Matt Corben by just 37 points in the overall tally to claim the accolade for the first time in his career.

1240 was the overall tally from big Ed as the points-scoring system accounts for an array of unique performance and selection-based factors throughout the BOIDC and representative fixtures.

Following Morrish (1240) and Corben (1203) was Cavaliers' duo Hugh Middleton (1151) and Mitchell Black (1099).

Morrish didn't rag on himself too much but didn't rate the 2019-20 season as his best one.

"I don't feel like I played my best season," Morrish said.

"It was very unexpected for me. I feel like I played far better cricket last year than I did this year."

While they're often rivals during the BOIDC competition, Morrish hopes the best players from the Orange-based sides can come together for the next representative season and flip the script on what's been a disappointing last few campaigns in the Western Zone Premier League.

"There's plenty of great cricketers at Orange but I'd like to see the form transfer to our rep side," he said.

"We've always got a red hot team but we never get the result's we're after.

Morrish touted this summer gone as somewhat of a coming out party for Orange cricket and says it's good to see the town build up the reputation it's worked for.

"To me it's good to see Orange cricket is finally getting recognised," he said.

When you win a season award by a narrow margin, it's only natural to look back at some of the difference-making performances throughout the season and while Morrish is proud of his 109 not out in round three against Rugby Union, his fonder memory is taking five wickets in the major semi final against Cavaliers that wound up deciding the premiership winner too.

"I've never scored 100 before but I'd still take the wickets over the runs because that's something my teammates are a part of," he said.

"I don't get a lot of those wickets without them and that's the reason I play the sport... to share success with my teammates."