It has been an enjoyable 50-over campaign for D’Oliveira to date, who has scored two centuries in the competition, with a game changing 138 against Derbyshire earlier in the group stage preceding his fluent 107 against the Foxes on Sunday.
Forming an exciting partnership with left-handed 19-year-old Dan Lategan across the last two matches, the club captain is averaging 51.14 in List A cricket this season, with no intentions of changing any good habits now that the campaign is reaching the business end of proceedings.
“I don’t like to look into things too much, at the moment I am enjoying just playing what is in front of me and trying to set the lads up with a bit of platform from the top.
“It is a really enjoyable format to play in and so far, minus that slip-up at home to Gloucestershire, we have found a really nice rhythm and things feel settled and balanced throughout the side.
“That is one of the key parts when you are playing as often as every couple of days, as we found out in the Blast earlier in the season, that if you don’t quite get off to that fast start, momentum is really hard to come by. This year we have found that however and are in a good position heading into tomorrow.
“There is a lot of work still to do and nobody is for one minute presuming it is job done by any stretch. We have the upmost respect for Surrey and what they bring, but it is down to us to make sure we do our thing and make Blue for Bakes an even more memorable day.”