As the sun sets on the regional era, it finally rises for the team that simply couldn't win

NICK FRIEND AT GRACE ROAD: Sunrisers were perfect winners of the last Heyhoe Flint Trophy, the team that could only lose signing off as the team that learnt how to win; they have the silverware to prove it

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