Anderson boasts an average of 104 after scores of 53 and 61 not out in the Shamrocks' first two NTCA Twenty20 matches of the season and following up in last week's one-dayer against South with an innings of 94, off 106 balls.

"It is always good to get some runs early in the season," Anderson said.

"I finished the year horribly last season with the red ball cricket so it is good to spend some time in the middle and get back to making some good scores after not finishing so well last year."

Like any captain he tries to lead from the front with the bat and is used to carrying that sort of pressure.

"I've been captain of the team I've played in for the last six or seven years now so it's not something new.

"The pressure of being captain includes the fact that you are always looking at where the game is going rather than where your own game is going - but the trade-off is that it makes you perform better."

In his fourth season back with the Shamrocks after returning from Hobart where he played with the Tassie Tigers and Glenorchy Cricket Club, he doesn't have a particular approach when he bats and prefers to take each situation as it comes.

"I like to try to score reasonably quickly and get the game on my terms but at the same time each situation is different and that's the beauty or cricket," he said.

"Sometimes you are going to be up against some good spells of bowling and others times not - it's about being adaptable and trying to spend as much time as you can whichever way it goes.

"My highest score since I've been back is 191, I think, but the innings that stands out for me as my best was making 120 in the grand final in my first season back."