Tea Tree Gully wins third straight One Day Cup with victory over Kensington at Adelaide Oval

SELF-belief, a balanced squad and an ability to stand up under pressure are the key factors behind Tea Tree Gully’s historic limited overs success.

ENORMOUS  self-belief, a balanced squad and an ability to stand up under pressure are three key factors behind Tea Tree Gully Cricket Club’s historic limited overs success, captain Matthew Weaver says.

The Gullies became the first club in competition ­history to achieve three consecutive One-Day Cup wins when they defeated Kensington by 83 runs at Adelaide Oval yesterday.

It came after they scored 229 batting first and rolled the Browns for 146 inside 41 overs.

Tim Davey, who compiled 57 off 73 balls, took home the Rob Zadow Medal for player of the match.

Amazingly, Tea Tree Gully has lost just once in the competition since February 2011.

Weaver says winning three finals in a row is somewhat hard to believe.

But he also says the squad has backed its ability to win from any situation.

“We’ve got a lot of quality players in our side but I think we play as a group ­better than anyone,” Weaver says.

“If someone misses out, someone takes up the slack and we don’t rely on one person in particular.

“We said it’d be nice to go back-to-back but now we’ve done three.”

Weaver says he and his teammates entered the final with confidence despite Kensington fielding a star-studded side that included Redbacks star Michael Klinger.

Redbacks batsman Travis Head (62 off 76 balls) and Nick Winter (3/33 from 7.5 overs) were among other Gully players to stand tall.

The Gullies can continue their hot streak in limited overs cricket when they gun for three straight Twenty20 final wins against Northern Districts at Bulkana Oval on March 2.