The reality of notching a maiden century in senior cricket has not quite sunk in for Luke Horan.

Facing the new ball at the top of the order for the first time this season, Horan, 15, thumped a polished and chanceless 120, from 128 balls, in Warwick Workmen’s convincing 111-run win over First Division 50 overs rivals Southampton Rangers at Southampton Oval on Sunday.

“The ton that I scored on Sunday is definitely up there with my achievements, and so is the five-for the weekend before and the hat-trick at the start of the season,” Horan told The Royal Gazette.

The 15-year-old, whose superb innings included nine fours and three sixes, conceded he had the jitters at the start of his superb innings after being promoted up the order.

“It was the first time this season that I opened the batting, so that increased my nerves a little,” Horan said.

“But after an over or two the nerves settled and I felt good. The nerves did pick back up when I got into the nineties, but that feeling of scoring a hundred was like no other.

“It didn’t feel real scoring my first ton, and it hasn’t really kicked in yet, but nevertheless it was very cool to do it. Achieving that at my age of 15 also felt really good.”

Warwick coach Lorenzo Tucker took particular delight in seeing the Warwick Academy student achieve the batting milestone at this level for the first time.

“It was really, really special, not only because he is young but because I started training him one on one like five years ago with countless throw downs and I’ve seen him grow,” Tucker said.

“It was a chanceless hundred and he batted pretty much the whole innings.”

Horan and fellow opener Malachi Jones put the Rangers attack to the sword on the way to a mammoth 347-run partnership that put the match beyond their opponents’ reach.

“Malachi and I had a good start in the first powerplay and then it just accelerated from there,” Horan said.

“We supported each other really well and helped each other stay focused, so that helped me a lot.

“I didn’t get dropped once which meant I didn’t give up any chances and I feel that was also important.

“There were parts of the innings when I was in the supporting role, but that comes with building a big partnership like that.”

Experienced player Jones plundered 195 runs from 163 balls, which included 24 fours and six sixes, before falling just shy of a double hundred against his former club.

Horan also made his presence felt in the game with the ball, claiming two for 39 in the Southampton innings to cap a brilliant all-round display.

“I am a medium-fast seamer but recently picked up a side strain, which forced me to bowl off spin,” he added.

“Coming off a five-for last game [five for 12 against PHC], bowling off spin felt good, so I carried on bowling off spin last week and other than my first over things felt similar.

“Having a few spinners in a team is very important on the wickets in Bermuda.”

Among the Bermuda Under-19 player’s victims was Southampton captain Dalin Richardson, who stroked 60 before having his stumps disturbed.

“Picking up Dalin’s wicket when I did was a huge wicket to get,” Horan said.

Tucker’s team remain on course of achieving their primary objective this season of securing one of the two promotion spots up for grabs in the second tier.

“We have six wins and one loss up to this point, so that just shows how well the players and coaches are getting along,” Horan said.