Lucas Dasent didn't expect to lift a national trophy, but when he did, he could only do it with nine fingers.

The 15-year-old from Cornwall Cricket Club was one of the only central Auckland-based players to play for the region's under 17 side which took out the nationals in Christchurch last month.

They won five of six games - beating teams from Canterbury, Central, Otago and Northern - with Dasent playing a crucial role.

And he did it all with a broken finger.

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