A RETURN to Irymple has been a few years in the making for Englishman Scott Steel, and he's keen to make up for lost time.

The big hitting all-rounder made his maiden century for the Swallows in style on day one of of their SCA contest with Merbein, with a blistering 182 from 140 deliveries including 22 boundaries and five sixes.

Steel built on the foundation set earlier by skipper Mark Thomson,...