NIC Broes claimed wickets, his economy rate was good, he took a catch, his strike rate was over 100 and he scored more runs than any other player in Sunday's Plan B Regional Bash final at the SCG.
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But in the end Broes' impressive individual performance was not enough for the ACT Aces as the Lake Mac Attack won the Twenty20 clash by six runs.
Having formed part of the Central West Wranglers outfit which reached the semi-final stage of last year's Regional Bash, this summer Broes is playing his club cricket in the ACT.
It meant the Bathurst talent got the nod from the Aces selectors.
He rewarded their faith with an unbeaten 57 in the pool games which helped the Aces advance to the semi-finals.
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On the hallowed turf of the SCG against the Wranglers in that semi-final, Broes was not required with the bat.
He and his fellow Aces won the match by nine wickets, completing their 104-run chase in just 10.2 overs.
With the ball Broes took 1-21 off three overs, his victim being Wranglers' top scorer Henry Shoemark (26 off 21).
That performance saw Aces advance to the final later in the evening against Attack.
Sent into the field first, the Aces held Attack to 8-127 off its 20 overs.
Broes captured 2-14 off his four economical overs - one of which was a caught and bowled effort.
The Aces needed to score at 6.4 an over for the win, but it was something they could not manage.
Broes watched on as the Aces slumped to 4-17, meaning the number six bat had plenty of work to do when arrived at the crease.
In the 58 minutes he spent in the middle the Bathurst talent did all he could to resurrect the Aces' chase, hitting 45 off 44 deliveries.
It was the best batting performance of the final from both combatants, but it was not enough.
When Broes fell it was 7-112, the Aces only adding nine more to that tally before their overs ran out. It left then seven short of victory.
