The pair, who spent their formative years in Bathurst as members of  the Rugby Union Cricket Club, played crucial roles in helping Weston Creek Molonglo to the Douglas Cup.

Blake took 10 wickets in a man of the match performance, while Jono hit his third century of the season.

“We play for these moments,” Jono tweeted after the grand final win. “We did it as a team as all great teams do.”

Blake helped put his side on top from the outset of the three-day grand final against Western District as he claimed 7-84 with his leg spinners.

Then, after his rivals had been dismissed for 175 in the space of 58 overs, Blake strode out to the crease to open the batting for Creek.

In the 50 minutes that followed he blasted 81 runs off 42 deliveries in a brilliantly aggressive display which included 13 boundaries and a pair of sixes.

It was then Jono’s turn to shine. He reached 68 before stumps on day one to see Creek leading by 102 runs.

On Saturday he went on with the job as he reached 125 off 163 deliveries – the innings highlighted by six sixes – before falling. At that stage Creek were in the box seat at 6-385.

The Dean brothers watched as their team-mates went on to reach 475, but as Western Districts rallied to reach 4-221 at stumps in their second innings, it was not yet victory complete.

Thrown the ball on Sunday, Blake again troubled his rivals, this time claiming 3-90 off 19.4 overs to help his side to victory. Western were all out for 295.

Not surprisingly, Blake was named man of the match after finishing the decider with figures of 10-174.

“I’ve been playing grade cricket for 20 years and I’ve never seen anything like that,” team-mate Cade Brown said of Blake’s effort. 

“I’ve played with some great cricketers like David Jeffrey, Nathan Lyon, Mark Higgs, Rodney Tucker; Blake Dean is the best all-round player I’ve played with. 

“Nobody can do what he does, with bat and ball, that I’ve ever played with before.

“This guy is something special, I’m really rapt to be able to play with him.

“I’ve got no doubt Blake could play the next level, it’s just up to him and whether he wants to.” 

Blake’s bowling performance, which helped Creek to their seventh Douglas Cup and saw them become just the third team since season 1989-90 to win from fourth place, was his best since joining the Cricket ACT competition.

His previous best was 6-69 against ANU during a semi-final last season.

After leaving Bathurst, Blake tried his hand in the Sydney Grade competition before joining older brother Jono at Queanbeyan in 2010.

He won a Douglas Cup with the Blue Bags in season 2011-12. It came at the expense of Western and the Bathurst product was crucial in that win as well, hitting 130 coming in at number seven

Blake spent a season with Tuggeranong before returning to Queanbeyan last season to play alongside Jono once more. This season they wanted a new challenge so decided to make the switch to Creek.

It is a move that paid off. The brothers’ grand final performance continued their run of good performances against Western Districts this season.

In round three the brothers put on a 148-run stand while in round 12 they again batted in partnership, this time plundering 149 runs.

Jono scored 741 runs for the season at an average of 67.36, having missed a number of matches due to his Big Bash League duties with Adelaide, while Blake hit 984 and took 31 wickets.