Warriors set up home final against Victoria
A round-up of the latest matches in the KFC Twenty20
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Luke Ronchi and Shaun Marsh blasted Western Australia to a home final, both smashing half-centuries to take them to a comfortable six-wicket win against New South Wales in Sydney. Ronchi faced 26 balls in his 52, while Marsh took 50 for his 67, as Western Australia chased down the target of 160 with 15 balls to spare. That was despite three late wickets from Steven Smith, who also top scored for the Blues with 33.
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Victoria pulled off a victory against South Australia in a tight encounter in Adelaide, ensuring their place in the final for the third year running, and a chance to defend their title. Clinton McKay had the honours of the last over, and Daniel Christian took his first ball for six, leaving eight needed off five. He sneaked two the next ball with a push to space at mid-on. But with six needed from the last four he holed out at long-off, the half-centurion David Hussey fittingly taking the catch.
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Tasmania slipped from top spot and out of contention for the final thanks to a convincing win for Queensland in Brisbane. Luke Butterworth's 36 was the top score in a Tasmania innings where most contributed, and crucially when they lost wickets they did not lose momentum as they reached 8 for 174. It wasn't enough, though, as James Hopes wreaked havoc with 60 off 29 balls, before being scalped by Butterworth, and then Jimmy Maher (35*) and Shane Watson (69* off 32 with two fours and seven sixes) pummelled them home, quashing Tasmania's dreams along the way.
Team | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | Net RR | For | Against |
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W Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.584 | 790/92.3 | 785/98.4 |
Victoria | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.582 | 847/100.0 | 777/98.3 |
Tasmania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.681 | 826/89.0 | 827/96.1 |
New South Wales | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.078 | 714/97.0 | 724/97.2 |
Queensland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -0.294 | 586/76.1 | 639/80.0 |
South Australia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.719 | 495/80.0 | 506/64.0 |