North Tamworth will go into tonight's one-day final against Old Boys at No 1 Oval "confident" of keeping their unbeaten run this season intact and win their first trophy in five seasons.
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Norths No 3 Brendan Rixon said a positive vibe was rippling throughout the side and the whole club this season.
"It's been good to be a part of," he said. "And the whole club is really getting on and really getting behind each other and enjoying each others' company off the field, which translates to the success on the field at the moment."
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Rixon - the leading run scorer this season with 250 runs at an average of 83.33 - expects to see "pretty explosive" batting in the final, singling out Norths' Michael Rixon and Old Boys' Simon Norvill as batsmen to watch out for.
He said: "I think it will be a good game of cricket, for anyone who wants to come down. It starts at 5.30pm. We had a pretty close game against those guys [Old Boys] two weeks ago.
"They've got some strike power with their batting, they've got a pretty consistent bowling lineup.
"So, we'll have to perform to be successful tonight. But I'm confident we can do that. We've done it so far this season, so there's no reason why we can't."
In a one-dayer at Riverside 2 on October 27, Norths beat Old Boys by 62 runs.
The last time North Tamworth won a trophy was when they beat old Boys in the 2014-15 one-day final.
