Batting first, Western Australia scored a mammoth 387 runs on board, it was a record total in Marsh Cup finals, the previous record belonged to South Australia.
Player of the series Josh Philippe was dismissed on 3 runs but Josh Inglis played an exceptional knock in the finals, he scored 87 balls 100 then went on to add 138 runs 110 balls, allowing WA to dominate throughout the middle overs.
WA is a team of stars, they were coming off winning the Big Bash, now they have another list A Trophy in their cabinet. A few days earlier, WA captain Ashton Turner said that they are not defending what they won previous season but they are trying to win what’s ahead as a challenge.
It was full on batting dominance display by Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Agar, Josh Inglis mad Mitchell Marsh, all contributing in best capacity as the team flourished on their back. Marsh smashed a blistering 30 balls 56 then Aaron Hardie (23 off 9 balls) and Ashton Agar (26 off 15 balls) added 49 runs in the last four overs.
At the top Cameron Bancroft once again showed his fine form with anchoring 90 runs in 112 balls. Inglis now holds the record of highest runs in one day Cup final, previously it belonged to Michael Beven who scored 135 while batting for NSW against WA in 2000-01 season.
Nathan McAndrew, the SA fast bowler, conceded 99 runs in 9 runs which is most by a South Australian bowler in domestic ODIs. At one stage, WA were 35 for 1 in 10 overs but as the innings progressed, Inglis and Bancroft made best of it and shared 227 runs partnership for the second wicket. In total, WA scored 210 runs in their last 20 overs.
South Australia Gave Up To Early
It was pretty much one sided match after the first 10 overs of the match. SA were off the touch with the ball, conceding much more runs they would have liked. And with the bat, they couldn’t find any kind of rhythm.
Kelvin Smith and Henry Hunt put up a 84 runs partnership for the first wicket but as soon as both openers lost their wickets, the team slumped into trouble. From 84/1 to 129/6 in no time as they continued to prefer the method of attack and it was much needed in big chase but batting without sensible approaches was a big thing for SA.
Ashton Agar was most prolific with the ball, bagging 5 wickets after scoring some handy runs in the first innings. Veteran Andrew Tye was at his best as he picked 3 wickets.