The McDonald's Chargers will go into the Gunnedah Automotive Gunnedah Premier League final as red-hot favourites after quelling the roar of finals combatants the Imperial Hotel Tigers for the second time on Friday night.
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Batting first in their final round clash the Chargers built their way to 4-124 before knocking over the Tigers for 85.
There was no standout performer with the bat for the Chargers with Jake Vigor hitting 19, Zac Clarke, sliding up the order to open with Vigor, 29, James Mack 22no and Scott Clarke 32no.
The Tigers bowlers shared the wickets with AJ King, Troy Sands, Russell Baker and Ayaz Ahmad claiming a wicket apiece.
The Tigers were then never really in the hunt. It was only the rearguard action of Wallace Davidson (13), Andrew Osmond (20) and Sands (20) that spared them a thrashing with co-captain Mitch Swain (15) the only of the top six to make double figures.
Clarke father and son backed up their efforts with the bat to, along with Braithen Winsor, lead the charge as the Chargers rolled through the Tigers in 16 overs.
Winsor claimed 4-17 while both Clarke's picked up three.
The win saw the Chargers finish the round component undefeated.
The Tamba Industrial Bulls then picked up their first win on the back of a Cameron Milne half-century.
Chasing the Sign Print Stars' 7-111, the Bulls passed the target in the 16th over.
Milne and captain Adam McGuirk performed much of the leg-work, the pair putting on 87 for the first wicket.
Milne deposited three over the Kitchener Oval fence and clubbed five boundaries in his 43-ball 54 while McGuirk hit 28 off 29. Jono Middlebrook (15no) and Alex Seach (6no) then finished off the job for an eight wicket win.
Earlier Brad Gander provided some early fireworks belting 21 off nine in a seven minute flurry. Josh Ryan tried to keep the momentum going smacking 27 off 20, but the Stars' innings never really had the same propulsion.
Tim Kelly equalled Ryan as the top-scorer but was a bit more circumspect with his 27 coming off 44 balls.
McGuirk kept it tight finishing with 3-14 from his four while Seach chimed in with 2-14.