Actually, Central Districts opener Curtis Heaphy was much more controlled than that.
He stroked a maiden list A century to guide the Stags to a 108-run win against Otago in Dunedin yesterday.
The 21-year-old right-hander put on a display of controlled aggression and paced his innings wonderfully well.
He was awfully close to carrying his bat through the innings but sliced a catch to Luke Georgeson in the penultimate over, having posted 142 from 145 deliveries.
Other than his penchant for the reverse sweep and switch hitting, he played a tempered innings and emerged from his shell gradually rather than all at once.
He combined with fellow opener Brad Schmulian in a stand of 144.
From that bedrock the Stags pushed on to post 330 for seven.
That was too many for the Volts, who had some rotten luck when seamers Matt Bacon and Andrew Hazeldine were injured during the game and unable to complete their allotment of 10 overs.
Otago opener Thorn Parkes scored a classy 59 from 70 balls and combined in a promising 69-run partnership with Llew Johnson (27).
Dean Foxcroft (22) and Max Chu (34) got starts and Georgeson clouted 40.
But the home side was not able to mount a serious challenge and were bowled out for 222 for nine. Hazeldine was unable to bat.
It is Otago’s third consecutive defeat and leaves them in last place in the competition standings.
Their next assignment is against Wellington in Dunedin on Sunday.
Coach Ashley Noffke felt his side did well to rally after losing the services of two bowlers.
And a target of 331 on a small ground with a favourable batting surface should not have been out of reach.
"I think we did well to restrict them to 330 and I’m a little bit disappointed we didn’t give that a closer shake. That can happen in cricket, right?" he said.
"We’re going to have to delve into our bowling stocks but that is just part of the challenge in the competition.
"With [Jacob] Duffy away that is also going to put some pressure on."
Duffy is in India with the Black Caps, but usually spearheads the Volts attack.
There is some good news on the bowling front. Georgeson got through 10 overs in his first return to the bowling crease post-injury.
"He bowled more overs than we were planning, but when two bowlers go down you’ve got to do what it takes. And I thought [Jake] Gibson did a really good job with the ball as well, having to cover those really big overs during the back end of the innings."
The Stags took their time to build momentum.
Georgeson started well but Hazeldine provided more of a target for the opening pair of Heaphy and Schmulian.
Schmulian helped himself to an early six and after 10 overs the visitors had a nice platform at 46 for none.
The Volts were in need of a breakthrough but had to wait until the 28th over before Schmulian made a mistake and holed out down to long-on for 78 from 77 balls.
Jack Boyle replaced him at the crease and clubbed 53 from 42 to help move the visitors into a commanding position.
Heaphy brought up his maiden list A century when he clipped a delivery from Gibson into the leg side for a single.
It was a low key celebration. He still had work ahead.
Auckland recorded a comfortable seven-wicket win (DLS method) against Canterbury in Mount Maunganui.
The defending champions were bowled out for 109. Simon Keene grabbed a maiden five-wicket bag for the Aces and Sean Solia top-scored in the chase with 45.
Wellington held off Northern Districts at Seddon Park. Muhammad Abbas clobbered 79 to help the Firebirds reach 248.
Northern replied with 199. Peter Younghusband claimed his maiden list A five-wicket bag to help seal the 49-run win.
