That’s why he shapes as a key man for the Bathurst under 21s when they chase grand final glory tomorrow.

Bathurst will head to Orange to contest the Mitchell Cricket Council under 21s decider against a team they haven’t even seen this season, let alone played.

Glasson is one of his side’s best performing players on form in the competition to date, and despite a tough start to his 2014-15 summer he has prospered since the 21s campaign got underway in late November.

Having battled for runs in his capacity as skipper of the St Stanislaus’ College first XI in the ISA competition, he found some touch with 34 in the opening Mitchell game against the Blue Mountains.

That was followed by 61 against Lithgow, while he’s since hit a 58 and 27 for Stannies, and most recently managed 31 in Bathurst’s semi-final win over Mudgee back in the Mitchell competition.

His aggressive approach often catches opponents unawares given his small stature, but Orange would be making a mistake to underestimate him.

“I feel like I’ve been hitting them pretty well lately, so I’m going into the game fairly confident,” Glasson said.

“It’s a final so, of course, we want to win, but it is just another game of cricket. We haven’t seen Orange yet this season because of the washout in our round match, but we know a lot of their players.

“Curtis Free is a very nippy bowler and a danger man from our point of view. They also have a player from Stannies in Josh Coyte who is very handy.

“It is hard to sort of gauge how well we’ve been going because the Blue Mountains, Lithgow and Mudgee are a bit weaker than Orange. No matter who Orange pick, they’ve always got a strong, competitive side, so it should be a close game.”

The right-hander says a different approach to his batting has taken a while to bear fruit, but he has started to see the results in the past month or two.

“I’ve made a conscious effort to try and bat a bit more aggressively this season,” he said.

“I’ve changed up a few things, tried to use my feet a bit more and put some more pressure on the bowlers.

“The first half of my season was pretty disappointing, but I got a couple of scores for the 21s, I hit 50 against All Saints’ a few weeks back in ISA cricket and 30-odd against St Pat’s, so the form is on the way up and hopefully that continues into Sunday.

“We think we’ve got the best side in the competition and that we should win if we play our best, but we won’t look at it like a failure or something if we don’t.

“It would be disappointing to lose, obviously, but the team is a nice bunch of guys and we’ve had a lot of fun so far, and I think the majority of us will be around next season, so we’ll get the chance to keep playing together.”

Bathurst will be without the services of Tom Galvin and Daniel Donato for the match, as both are set to line up for the ISA side at the NSW Schoolboys titles.

Callum Hotham is also in some doubt as he is currently in Queensland and may not be able to travel due to the ongoing cyclone crisis.

BATHURST: (from) Wayne Sellers (c), Brad Glasson, Mark Day, Derryn Clayton, Connor Hotham, Callum Hotham, Jim Tristram, Scott Wilds, Angus Daymond, Alex Mitton, Bailey Webber, Tyler Horton, Jeremy Judge