Tarneit Central has made it three Western Suburbs Churches Community Cricket Association T20 titles in a row.
After winning the titles the past two seasons when it was one division, Tarneit claimed the division 1 title on Tuesday night.
Facing Glen Orden Thunder, Tarneit was able to get the win with seven balls remaining.
Tarneit Central’s Amrit Bhangu said it was pretty special for the club.
“Three in a row,” he said. “It was a great match against the top team in the competition throughout the season.
“We were able to beat them in the finals. It was a great moment for the club.”
Bhangu said they have a good bunch of players that had played a lot of T20 cricket together now and it showed in the results.
He said the team had really gelled and the team connection was there.
The Thunder won the toss and decided to bat, making 8-150 from their 20 overs.
Talwinder Prince top scored with 36 at the top of the order.
Sukhdeep Mann was the pick of the bowlers for Tarneit, taking 3-30.
In Tarneit’s run chase, it was the Thunder on top with five overs to go.
“We needed 61 runs off the last five overs,” Bhangu said.
“Both batters at the crease were big hitters and we were hoping at least one would click and that should be enough.
“We still had batters in the shed.”
Tarneit hit 19 runs off the 16th over and with a couple of sixes in the 17th over it put it in control.
Tarneit hit the winning runs with seven balls remaining, finishing 4-152.
Amrit Nagra finished with 35 not out off 21 balls including four sixes, while Mandeep Singh finished 34 not out.
Prince finished with 3-11 off his 20 overs.
The title was Pawanjot Saini’s first as captain.
After playing in the past two, he got his opportunity to captain the side as the club aims to develop more leaders.
Elsewhere, Truganina Strikers claimed the division 2 title, beating Altona Sports second side.
The Indigos beat the Brimbank Strikers in the division 3 grand final and Manor Lakes second XI beat Yarraville Club in the division 4 grand final
League registrar Dean Bryden said from a league perspective it was a great season of T20 having expanded from one division to four divisions.
“We are expecting the competition to grow further next year from the range of div 1 to the division 4 sides that see a range of players such as Scott Edwards all the way down to seeing clubs such as Yarraville Club make the grand final having played 20 players under the age of 18 thought the season.”
