Hawke's Bay Indoor Cricket Club have won the NZ Big Little Tourney - not bad for a side that has nowhere in its home region to play the "inside" form of the game.
It was third time lucky for the high performing side which lost in the decider of a Wellington tournament in June and dropped the Central Indoor Cricket Superleague final at the start of September.
But the 12 players coached by Mike Pawson and managed by Paul McCarthy put all that behind them with Sunday's 110-77 win over Hamilton in the last of 10 games played over three days.
Hawke's Bay Cricket Association CEO Craig Findlay said everyone was stoked they got over the hurdle, particularly after two losses to open the weekend.
"We managed to get through to the final and beat Hamilton, who are a very good club who have won national titles before," he said.