That is how Bathurst cricketer Corey Mark described the moment he and his New South Wales Deaf and Hard of Hearing team-mates were crowned National Cricket Inclusion Championship victors.

Mark and his fellow Blues not only upset two-time defending champions South Australia in the Twenty20 format decider at Geelong, but crushed them to the tune of eight wickets.

On top of that Mark, who acted as wicket-keeper for NSW in his state debut, was presented with a trophy for most dismissals at the four-day tournament.

"To hold that big trophy, it was the best feeling, to do that in the first year that I made the New South Wales team," the 17-year-old said.

"After the first game I thought we might go okay, I thought 'We'll see what happens', but to beat South Australia - it was the best feeling ever."

Before that moment of triumph, there had been some nervous moments for Mark and his team-mates.

They suffered a four-wicket loss in the tournament opener against South Australia, Rugby Union Cricket Club talent Mark (17 runs) one of just two NSW players to reach double figures.

Poor air quality saw NSW's next two games against Victoria and Western Australia cancelled and declared draws, meaning the Blues needed to win their final pool match to ensure they remained in contention.

They not only did that - although three times players had to leave the field due to rain - but they went on to beat Victoria by 22 runs in the semi-final later that afternoon.

"All the boys were a bit worried, on Thursday we had to beat Queensland to make the semis," Mark said.

"We got 5-178 and we bowled all of Queensland out for 96, so we won by 82 runs.

"Before the semi against Victoria, they were warming up for about two hours. We though 'No, we'll just watch them', we thought it was funny."

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South Australia won its semi-final over Western Australia in a final-ball thriller and given they had dominated against NSW earlier in the week - dismissing them for 80 - were favourites to win the title.

But in the decider after NSW skipper Kurt Williams won the toss, he opted to bowl first. It was a tactic which paid off.

"All the boys were like, 'We'll bat first' but our captain said 'No, we'll bowl first' so we were a bit worried. But we thought we'd see how we'd go and they were all out for 54," Mark said.

"I took got two catches in that game and I got the Australian batsman [Justin Millard] out again, I caught him out for a duck."

Mark had caught Millard out in straight forward fashion in the first meeting between the sides, but his brilliant, diving one-handed take in the decider was something he enjoyed even more.

It was not the only highlight of Mark's time in the field either as Australian cricket star Nathan Lyon ran the water.

It took NSW one ball shy of 11 overs to chase down the required total.

"After the game when we were all the middle, they got champagne and boom, it was spraying everywhere," Mark said. "All the boys were like 'Who wants to come back next year?'. We all want to be, we will have the same side."