Coro Cougars and Coleambally Nomads heading to GDCA second grade Twenty20 final`

Both sides will head into the final with confidence having picked up wins in the final round of the regular season.

After winning the toss and electing to bat against Exies Eagles, the Nomads made a strong start to their innings with James Lyell and Neil Burke putting on 39 for the first wicket before Burke (10) was dismissed by Josh Davis (1/23).

Cooper Smith (7) followed closely behind before contributions from Jack Weymouth-Smith (10), and Avinash Gurram (14) helped keep the Nomads on track for a competitive total.

Andy Arnold (2/22) made the crucial breakthrough with the wicket of Lyell (44) before following it up with the wicket of Sam Breed (5) to see the Nomads finish their 20 overs on 7/115.

It was a tough start for the Exies side with Peter Davis (3) and Dan Brady (2) departing early before Arnold, and Don Jayasuriya got their side back on track.

The pair put on 47 runs before Jayasuriya (14) was run out by Gurram to see Exies needing 53 runs off the remaining 39 balls.

Arnold continued to keep the pressure on the Nomads before he was eventually bowled by Sanil Chilukuri (2/17) as he looked to lift the scoring rate.

Josh Davis (11) made a start but time ran out on the Exies side as they reached the end of their 20 overs on 7/106 to see the Nomads take a nine-run win.

Meanwhile, Coro will also have their heads held high heading into the final after a three-wicket win over Hanwood.

It was a tough start for Hanwood as Mark Bennett (1/13), Andrew McIntyre (2/12) and John Witherspoon (2/12) knocking over the top order to see Hanwood struggling on 5/21.

Luke Catanzariti (23) and Ryan McWhirter (33) tried to get their side to a defendable total before Nick Witherspoon (4/18) was able to rip through the lower order to see Hanwood bowled out in the 20th over for 87.

Coro lost Yash More (2) to the bowling of Sam Robinson (1/27) before Matt Signor, and Peter Taprell was able to get their side back on track.

When Taprell (13) fell, Moat took his place, and he and Signor were able to get their side to 64 before Signor fell to McWhirter.

Moat (15), Chris Sutton (0), Adam Badham (6) and Andrew McIntyre (5) fell in quick succession with Shannon Caughey (2/13), McWhirter (2/8) and Luke Catanzariti (2/20) doing the damage.

Nick Witherspoon (8*) and Bennett (1*) were able to guide their side to the win with an over to spare.

In the final game, Exies Diggers picked up a commanding victory over Leagues.

Teao Woetai (41) and Taranjit Mankoo (49) were able to get starts for the Panthers but were the only real contributors with the bat as they reach the end of their 20 overs on 4/125.

Diggers chased down the total without the loss of a wicket inside 14 overs with Mick Duncan (76*) and Mark Favell (41*) leading their side to victory.

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