Jack Murphy admits he loves ''as much attention as possible'' and the spotlight was squarely on him when he hit an extra-innings home run to set-up the Canberra Cavalry's 9-5 victory over the Samsung Lions to earn an historic spot in the Asia Series final in Taiwan on Wednesday night.

The Cavalry have rewritten the record books since arriving in Taiwan last week, becoming the first ABL team to win an Asian Series game, the first to make the play-offs, the first to make the grand final and the first non-Japanese, Korean or Taiwanese team to win a game.

Murphy said he was ''just returning the favour'' on Monday night to the Taiwanese fans who have quickly adopted him as a cult hero.

Until the catcher latched onto the fastball, he'd been in a rut and was averaging just .083 during the series.

But fortunes can change with one swing of the bat and Murphy went from zero to hero with one towering bomb.