But after knocking in a 147 in the first round and then coming back from 3-0 down to stun three-time defending champion Judd Trump in the quarter-finals, the 35-year-old capped off a memorable week to win the Alex Higgins Trophy and the £70,000 first prize. Shalom said about Riakporhe's increasing threat: "He had been out of the ring for so long that he needed activity. In his first performance he was rusty but, this time, he had extra confidence. He took it in his stride. "But he is also well ranked with all the governing bodies," BOXXER promoter Shalom toldSky Sports"It could be Okolie or Mairis Briedis next year. "For me, the time is right to make Pat Cummins captain, something I thought even before the events of Friday unfolded," Warne wrote in Australia'sThe Daily Telegraph on Sunday