CONNOR ROZEE has revealed he was signing a child’s bat on the boundary immediately before taking a spectacular catch in yesterday’s T20 Bushfire Showdown at Adelaide Oval.

Port Adelaide defeated Adelaide by 14 runs in the charity fundraiser that saw more than $1 million raised for the SA Bushfire Appeal.

Rozee starred with the bat, opening and managing a classy 29, before taking a diving catch at full speed in the deep to dismiss Adelaide Strikers big hitting opener Jake Weatherald.

“I was actually half way through signing someone’s bat on the boundary and I looked up and the ball was about half way to me,” Rozee revealed.

“It would have been a pretty standard catch if I was paying attention but somehow it just stuck in my hand.”

The game was played in good spirits with players from both sides able to laugh off dismissals.

Rozee was most impressed with opening partner Travis Boak who slogged 44 in quick time before an unfortunate runout, while from the Adelaide side, the 20-year-old had a few players to single out, including Afghan spin maestro Rashid Khan who bowled him out first ball.

“Brad Crouch was pretty nippy. Tex (Taylor Walker) not so much,” Rozee said.

“Kane Richardson was obviously pretty good and I only faced one ball off Rashid Khan so they had a pretty good attack with those boys in there but they also had some decent bowlers of their own.

“I thought (the delivery from Khan) was going to be a full toss and I just swung my hardest. It dipped real late and went straight through me.

“I usually start pretty slow so I was a bit surprised when I first came out to the middle but the free hit definitely helped me.”

Rozee said he received some advice from Walker while he was in the middle, but missed much of the banter when he was in the field, because he was fielding in the deep.

And the Power’s top goal kicker from 2019 was proud of everyone involved for the fundraising effort.

“That’s the main thing. Obviously, we had a lot of CFS fighters and people that are actually out on the front line there so it was cool to raise some money and have a bit of fun at the same time.

“It was a good day and it was good that we had a nice close game and good fun.”