Now the regular second grade starter gets his chance for revenge this Sunday at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

The Bathurst product and the red hot university squad take on Penrith in the Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup Thunder Conference final in the hopes of turning around the eight wicket demolition job inflicted on them last month.

University will be confident of making that happen after ending Campbelltown-Camden’s four-game T20 win streak in a 16 run conference semi-final success last weekend.

Hope, who is currently on a seven game unbeaten run in second grade, is confident his side has the all-round capability to bring down any opponent in the short form series.

“We bat quite heavy at the top with a couple of really strong, powerful hitters of the ball like Hayden Kerr and Liam Robertson. Nicky Craze has developed his game over the past two years to become a more dynamic, 360-degree player,” he said.

“When we bowl we’re good at execution. That’s something that’s separated us from the rest, with the exception of our game against Penrith when we got thumped.

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“We defended 130 against Campbelltown on the weekend, which was awesome, and we’ve been fortunate enough that this crop of players has been successful for a few years now. There’s a real winning mentality in the team.

“Penrith could be without Josh Lalor, but we aren’t too sure.

“They also could have Jordan Silk in the team, who has come up from Tassie for the Big Bash with the Sixers.”

Hope said the Twenty20 competition is a small but fun component of the Sydney calendar each season.

“They way they’ve introduced the national Twenty20 competition gives you an extra incentive … but it’s definitely a format everyone enjoys, as it’s a change up from two and one-day cricket,” he said.

“You’re adapting new skills in the game and that gives you something to look forward to. It’s high energy, exactly how it appears to be at the professional level.”

Hope picked up a crucial unbeaten 10 runs towards the end of uni’s innings against Campbelltown-Camden and went on to claim 1-14 with the ball.

He picked up the wicket of Jake Cormack which helped pile the pressure on the Campbelltown middle order.

Should uni overcome Penrith in Sunday’s match at 2.30pm they will face the winner of the St George vs Sutherland Sixers Conference decider later at 6.30pm.