Sealed with a six.
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Player of the final Daniel Arms cleared the boundary at No.1 Sportsground on Sunday afternoon to bring up the winning runs and hand the Magpies their maiden T20 Summer Bash crown.
The left-handed opening batsman capped off an unbeaten 63 over the mid-wicket fence towards the Charlestown faithful in the grandstand, marking the end of a dominant finals day for the Magpies.
In the Newcastle district decider the Magpies chased down the 9-104 by two-time champions the Pumas (Hamilton-Wickham) inside 10 overs and with seven wickets in hand.
This followed a three-wicket win against the Rosellas (Wests) that same morning in the first semi, which featured 65 not out to Arms.
“It’s spectacular,” Magpies captain Jed Dickson said.
“Especially to watch Dan. A long-time Charlestown boy going out there and absolutely dominating. That was one of the best innings I’ve seen.
“We didn’t just win today, we dominated the two games which is big for us. We spoke at the start about making a lot of semi-finals and it’s not enough to just keep doing that.
“So to have someone like Dan stand up really meant a lot.”
Charlestown made last year’s T20 semi-finals but were beaten by eventual winners University and this result turned the tables on the 2015-16 decider won by Hamwicks.
The Magpies, who last claimed the Tom Locker Cup one-day title in 2009-2010 and two-day premiership in 2005-2006, are sitting third on the overall first grade standings.
“This will be a good little confidence boost for us,” Dickson said.
“There’s a lot of youth in our side and there’s a lot of Charlestown boys in there which makes it special.”
Arms faced a combined 81 balls across his two innings, only 30 in the final, striking nine fours and nine sixes.
He had back-to-back 49-run partnerships with Luke Hitchcock (20) and Matt Bench (17) in the decider.
Magpies all-rounder Sashreeka Pussegolla took five wickets across the two outings. The off-spinner finished with figures of 2-17 and 3-23 from a combined eight overs. He dismissed both Rhys Hanlon (20) and Pumas captain Matt Webber (28) in the top two showdown.
The Pumas qualified for their fourth straight T20 final by staving off the Whips (Belmont) by four runs in Sunday’s second semi with Mark Dries making 50 of 5-125.
