Jack Cale will line up for CYMS against St Pat's in Royal Hotel Cup clash

The Sydney cricket coach will line up for a CYMS side that has won both of its Royal Hotel Cup games so far this season and are eager to make it three on the trot.

"Last year I went in like I've got nothing to lose and I actually went pretty well," he said on making his first grade debut.

"So there might be a bit more pressure on me this year because of that, but I don't know much about the people I'm playing against, so I'm not going to feel too much pressure. For me, I'll just go out and play my natural game which is taking them on."

CYMS sit top of their group after three rounds, with St Pat's having yet to take the field after seeing their first two games washed out.

Cale - a cousin of fellow CYMS players Harry and Tom West - makes the venture up to Orange in December each year to help on his family's cherry orchard.

He sees playing a few games of cricket while here as a good stress reliever as his cricket coaching on Saturdays in Sydney prevents him from putting on the whites for the rest of the season.

"I'm in their cherry shed pretty much every day, so Saturdays they said I could have a day off every now and then and play cricket," Cale added.

"That seemed like a pretty good plan to me."

When Cale made his Bathurst and Orange Inter District Cricket debut last season, he lit up the scorecard. He posted scores of 61, 51 and 69, but only managed the single run in his two T20 games. He will be hoping to better that record on Friday.

"The T20 isn't really any different for me, it's just more about where the fields are," Cale said.

"I got a chance in the powerplay last year, but getting into the back end of an innings, I haven't really experienced that yet. It will be a good challenge.

"I played a lot through school and took the motto with my batting that I'm here for a good time, not a long time. Most of the time I try and go out there and take the game on, put the pressure on the bowlers because that's how I play my best cricket. It worked for me last year, so I'll keep going with it and see how it goes."

Friday's game takes place at Wade Park and will begin at 6.30pm.

Should CYMS win, they stand a great chance of finishing top two in the group which would assure them of a semi-final place.

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