As we do every year, we've sat down and put together our team of the tournament for the Royal Hotel Cup, which was the 30^th year of the Royal Hotel Cup - formerly known as the Bonnor Cup - and the eighth year of the Twenty20 format.

BOIDC or representative form hasn't been considered when selecting this side, but it has been put together as if it would be playing a game, with balance throughout to reflect that.

Was first picked in this side, and anyone putting together a Western T20 side on the basis everyone was available would likely pick him first too.

Delaney whacked 228 at an average of 57 through the Royal Hotel Cup, and was the batter who did the most damage across the tournament.

His top score of 111, from 61 deliveries, was the most brutal knock of the tournament this year and he's one of the best players to watch from across the competition, switching from brutally clubbing boundaries to crisp cover drives from ball-to-ball to finish with his strike rate of 164.

He was also a potent weapons for CYMS with the leather in hand, taking six wickets at an impressive economy rate of just 5.6, bowling through the middle overs.

Delaney's been pulled apart from his regular partner Sammy Dwyer in the side to pair up with Royal Hotel Cup veteran and journeyman Mick Curtale.

The left-hander wasn't as destructive this year with the willow as he has been in recent years, but still finished the year with 150 runs at better than 50, and a strike rate of 135.

He formed a formidable pairing with Lachie Coyte, and will have the chance to do the same in this side too with the young keeper-bat at number three, but Curtale also provides an option with the ball - but as to if he'd get any overs in this side would remain to be seen.

Was the second-best batter in the tournament from a runs perspective, hitting 205 across his five innings for Orange City in the competition.

He hit two 50s, two 30s and went at a strike rate of 131 while doing so, straddling the need to turn over the strike with the ability to send the bad balls to the rope, which is exactly what you want from a number three.

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He won't take the gloves in this side, mind you, which isn't a knock on the youngster considering who he's behind.

The Saints all-rounder was never missing out on this side, being sixth on the run-scorers tally at the end of the season after whacking 170 runs at 34.

While he had two more matches than most to rack up the tally, he still hit a 56 and a 55, with the former coming in Saints' incredible upset win in the semi-final over CYMS.

His work with the ball in the middle over with St Pat's was crucial, going at 6.6 runs an over and picking up four wickets to prove a handy spin option for skipper Matt Corben to turn to when needed.

If this side had been picked before finals started, it's not a sure thing Corben would have been in it. The Cavaliers' captain had been in blistering form in the BOIDC competition but had been stuck down the order behind some of Cavs' other hitters in the Royal Hotel Cup.

However, if there'd been any doubt, his unbeaten 45 in the final put paid to the concept of not picking him.

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He's one of the smartest batters in the competition, and rotates the strike so brilliantly. He's certainly no power hitter, but in a side with the other names it has in it he doesn't need to be. He's the anchor.

He's also the wicketkeeper in the side, with his glovework in the final over of the decider proof as to why he should be behind the stumps, with four stumping across his six games, and as winning captain gets first nod as skipper of the side.

Sheehan's mammoth knock of 102 accounted for the bulk of his 143 runs for the tournament, but he's leapfrogged a key batter on some very crucial metrics based on batting in the number six spot.

What put him above a very unlucky Zach Bayliss was his strike rate - at 153 his strike rate was far higher than the Central's batter's 93, and with an average of 47 compared to 36 Sheehan had the edge at the number six slot, meaning the Lightning bat just sneaks in.

Sam Dywer? At number seven?

If you're confused by seeing the CYMS opener so far down the order, we understand, and if you're confused as to why the batter with the ninth-most runs for the year has leapt over Blake Aubin and Bayliss and are crying about Orange bias, I refer you to Sheehan - as we said, this is a side picked for the balance of it actually getting on the park.

There was only one batter who scored at a quicker rate across the tournament - Orange City's Brad Johnson.

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The difference is Johnson's strike rate of 189 came from 13 runs off six deliveries, whereas Dwyer had 129 at a whopping 179.

He smacked it around at a rate no-one bar Delaney got near to across the tournament, and is absolutely the guy you send in to bat with four overs left.

Horton's seven wickets for the tournament came from just three games, coming at an average of 9.43 and a strike rate of 10.

The Bulls leading wicket-taker was also economical, going at just 5.5 runs per over for the 12 overs he bowled across 2019-20, and included a blistering 4-23 against Lithgow in the side's final game.

Also hit a very respectable 107 runs with a top score of 49, batting at number four for the Bulls.

He'll have to settle for number eight in this side, but in the unlikely event of a collapse Horton will provide someone who can make some runs, with two scores in the 40s across the tournament.

Do we need to write words about Mitch Black?

He took seven more wickets than the next best in the competition, had the lowest economy rate in the competition of anyone who bowled more than three overs (Black bowled 18.3) and was quite simply the best bowler in the Royal Hotel Cup.

He had an average of 5.5, what more is there to say?

He was given the Carl Sharpe medal as the tournament's best player and while he didn't see it coming, the rest of us did. Scratch what we said about Delaney, perhaps Black's the first picked.

The evergreen Centrals skipper finished second on the wickets tally despite just the four games, finishing with eight.

Kennewell bowled 15 overs across the tournament, going at just 6.5 runs an over at an average of 12, and provides a wealth of experience over the two other pace bowlers in the side. Whether or not that's a good thing remains to be seen.

Anyone who can win player of the tournament in a losing side should have a red-hot shot at being in this side, and the left-armed pace bowler has well and truly earned his spot based on his performance in big games more than anything.

Six of Taylor's seven wickets came in the finals, absolutely strangling CYMS in the semi-final with 2-12 from four and then nabbing 4-19 to give his side every chance with the bat.

Absurdly economical, but also handed the number 11 spot on the team sheet, mainly to give him more time to badger photographers to take photos with him and his mates.