Royal Hotel Cup: Sellers top scores in City Colts' Royal Hotel Cup consolation final win over Centennials Bulls

After missing out on a top two spot in the group stage, Colts qualified for the consolation series and they won the semi-final against Molong by 92 runs on Sunday morning, before defeating Bathurst rivals Centennials Bulls in the final by 15 runs that night.

Colts opener Dave Sellers played a major part in the two wins in the Twenty20 matches for his side, high-scoring against Molong with a knock of 49, while he top-scored again in the final against Centennials with 32.

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"The match against Molong was pretty easy, to be honest. I don't think they had their full-strength team," Sellers admitted.

"It was very hot, extremely hot, but we had the early game, which wasn't too bad and then the last game was in the night, so it wasn't too bad.

"We batted in the final first and we got about three and a half overs, smoking them on 45 runs, then the lightning came, so we had to come off."

Sellers opened the batting alongside Josh Toole against Molong, with the duo scoring over half the team's runs (Toole hit 34), on the way to a total of 9-170 off twenty overs.

Molong struggled to get going, with Ben Brown (10) and Tim Milne (23) the only Molong bats to hit double-digit figures in the 92-run defeat.

Centennials and Lithgow Lightning played in the other semi-final, with the Bathurst team winning by 21 runs, as inform batsman and stand-in skipper Kurt Toole topped scored with 40.

The final, which didn't get underway until 6pm, was limited to just 17 overs each because of rain and lightning, with Colts winning the toss and electing to bat first.

Sellers opened alongside Pat Hill, who got the second-best score in the finals for Colts with 24, with the team finishing their innings at 7-117.

Centennials' chase was troubled by two run-outs and inconsistent scores, with the Bulls eventually running 15 short runs of catching their Bathurst rivals.

Sellers said he's hoping Colts can improve their Twenty20 game in the next few years.

"Playing in that comp shows us we're a bit behind in the Twenty20 so it was good to get a couple games and a bit more experience," he said.