Dane Anderson smacks 167 as Hadspen win Northern T20s

The former Tasmanian Tiger scored a mammoth 167 from just 64 balls as Hadspen made 5-260 to sink Westbury, Anderson's side of 20 years, by 110 runs.

Chieftains captain-coach Liam Reynolds credited the work of his star opening batsman.

"Obviously it [the win] was well set up by an amazing knock by Ando and Nook [Thanuka Dabare]," he said.

"He's been around a fair while now, so he knows what to do and backs himself in, so it was good to see."

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Hitting balls all around his new home ground, Anderson hit eight fours and an astounding 18 sixes to bring up his third century of the season, acknowledged in low-key fashion with a thumbs up to his adoring crowd.

The resounding win came after the Chieftains gained direct acceptance into the Northern final while Westbury defeated Scamander by eight wickets for qualification earlier in the day.

The TCL high-fliers now move on to the state finals at the NTCA Ground in March, playing against North-West winners Ulverstone and two sides from Southern competitions.

"Obviously we come up against some Southern sides when we go through but no matter what, it is the chance for blokes like Nook and Deepak [Singh] to play on turf," Reynolds said.

"And to play against the best players in the state comp-wise is awesome and will be a good experience."

Anderson was supported by Thanuka Dabare (18 off 8), Dylan Jayalath (25 off 20), Deepak Singh (13 off 7) and Beau Hills (23* off 14) before meeting his demise, much to the delight of his former teammates.

John Kedey took 3-39 to soften the pain for the Shamrocks with Liam Ryan (1-49) and Kieren Hume (1-55) the other wicket takers.

It looked like it could be a tight game early in Westbury's chase as Jesse Digney (36 off 16) started firing to put on 53 for the opening wicket with Dom Barrett (18 off 30) but as he was dismissed, the life slowly slipped out of the Shamrocks and the pressure piled on.

Wickets consistently fell as six batsmen scored between 10-20, with a 23-run partnership between Nathan Parkin (13) and Hamish Sytsma (15) the main middle-order highlight before Hume showed some big hitting at the end.

Hills' medium pacers of 3-23 changed the game for the Chieftains and wrestled control back in their hands while Shahid Ahmed (2-31) helped out and Ian Labrooy (1-14 off three) and Dabare (0-20 off four) bowled economically with minimal reward.

The Shamrocks finished on 7-150 in what proved to be a high-quality contest full of big sixes.

Earlier in the day, the Shamrocks had little trouble seeing off Scamander, defeating the East Coast side by eight wickets.

Scamander won the toss and elected to bat first but quickly slumped to 3-7 thanks to wickets from Alex Jordan and Ryan and a Chathura Athukorala runout.

The dreadlocked Peter Newton then set about saving his side, scoring 26 off 22 despite losing two partners in two Alex Kerrison deliveries.

He would later become Kerrison's third as the Shamrocks' spinners weaved their magic for steady wickets.

Former Shamrock and Scamander skipper Jared Mason provided some late hitting, taking a liking to Jordan with some big hits over mid wicket to make 34 off 17 and stretch the total to 99.

Hume (3-13) and Kerrison (3-16) were Westbury's best with the bat, with the Cricket North premiers losing Digney early before Barrett played a superb supporting role to captain Dan Murfet.

Murfet dispatched the bad balls around Hadspen Oval, making 57 off 32 before being dismissed with one run remaining, bringing in Athukorala as Barrett (33 off 23) hit the winning runs.