Queensland reaches Sheffield Shield final against South Australia after Adelaide draw

Queensland will face South Australia in the Sheffield Shield final after their draw in the final round of the season was enough to punch the Bulls' ticket as other results fell their way.

South Australia captain Nathan McSweeney and stand-in Queensland skipper Marnus Labuschagne shook hands on the afternoon of day four when it became clear neither side could realistically win the match.

Having reached 7-614 declared in their first innings, South Australia finished at 5-252 in their second dig after bowling Queensland out for 370, but ran out of time to enter their home final in winning form.

The result left the Queenslanders glued to the television screen on Tuesday evening, hoping neither Western Australia nor NSW win their respective matches and leapfrog them into next week's decider.

Tasmania's 326-run defeat of the Blues and Victoria's 34-run win over Western Australia paved the way for the Queenslanders to lock up second spot on the ladder and return to Karen Rolton Oval for the final from Wednesday next week.

Marnus Labuschagne bowled throughout the South Australian batting innings for Queensland. (Getty Images: Sarah Reed)

The Redbacks were "prevented" from hosting the final at Adelaide Oval after the AFL deemed it not safe to shift the field from football to cricket and back in a short space of time.

"All in all, I'm really proud of the boys' effort," said Labuschagne.

"To be in the position we're in now, after five games with no wins and being able to pull in three wins in the last five games and then a draw, that's a really good effort."

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After resuming at 2-66 in their second innings on day four, South Australia put on 186 runs for the loss of three wickets.

Jason Sangha brought up a fifth first-class century with an unbeaten 103, reaching triple figures by driving Mitch Swepson over the long off boundary.

It was one of four sixes for the former Sydney Thunder captain, who had slog-swept former Test spinner Swepson over long on earlier in the match.

Sangha's feats came as high-profile teammates fell around him on day four.

After snaring centurion Conor McInerney in the first innings, part-time paceman Labuschagne (2-34) trapped ex-Test teammate Nathan McSweeney (27) to finish as the match's unlikely leading wicket-taker.

Labuschagne posted match figures of 4-107.

Test wicketkeeper Alex Carey (56) continued his impressive summer with the bat, bringing up his half-century before driving another part-timer in Matt Renshaw to Ben McDermott at cover.

Carey, who made 104 in the first innings, has averaged 120.67 across his past four first-class knocks.

Kuhnemann stars as Tasmania deny New South Wales.

Matt Kuhnemann took another five-wicket haul to cruel New South Wales' hopes. (Getty Images: Steve Bell)

In Hobart, Matt Kuhnemann inspired Tasmania to a crushing victory over New South Wales with a sensational five-wicket haul.

The Blues began day four in Hobart at 0-71, chasing 529 for an unlikely victory and a spot in next week's decider against South Australia.

But paceman Gabe Bell (2-63) struck twice in the same over around an hour after the resumption to break the promising opening partnership and then dispatch comeback kid Kurtis Patterson without scoring.

NSW's innings never got going again after that, with the visitors all out for 202 just after 6.30pm local in the day-night fixture, 327 runs short of their target.

Test spinner Kuhnemann (5-49) was chief destroyer after Bell's early efforts, dispatching his fellow Sri Lanka tourist Sam Konstas (68) to begin his eighth five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.

Konstas holed out to Bell on the boundary rope at deep mid-wicket as he knelt down for a pull shot, but still finished as the innings' top scorer.

Bowling all-rounder Sean Abbott (28) was the only batter to hold the gloves up after that as Kuhnemann wreaked havoc.

Kuhnemann decimated the NSW middle order, sending Josh Philippe's leg bail flying on five runs before Ollie Davies (11) skied him to Tim Ward.

NSW skipper Jack Edwards played through knee soreness and came in at No.10, though added only one run before hitting back to Kuhnemann, who completed his five-wicket haul.

WA fall short in bid to reach fourth-straight Shield final

Peter Siddle helped Victoria seal victory over WA and condemn the defending champions to last on the ladder. (Getty Images: Paul Kane)

Western Australia came within 35 runs of earning the chance to play for a fourth consecutive Sheffield Shield title, falling to Victoria in their must-win final match of the regular season.

Victoria (197 and 9-370 declared) set the hosts 382 runs for victory on day four at the WACA Ground, where a win would also have booked WA a spot in next week's final.

Western Australia (186, 347) toiled valiantly, with Hilton Cartwright (79) top-scoring and Joel Paris (45) leading a gallant fightback in the tail.

But playing what was likely to be his final Sheffield Shield match, veteran quick Peter Siddle denied Western Australia a win against the odds when number 10 Corey Rocchiccioli (20) clipped him to the cordon in the third-last over of the day.

WA's target looked a long way off when Siddle (4-68) dismissed captain Sam Whiteman without scoring on the second ball of the innings.

But two-time Test player Cartwright (79) led a fightback in the middle order that had the hosts daring to dream at 4-233.

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Victoria captain Will Sutherland (4-79) rattled Cartwright's off-stump short of an 11th first-class century, leaving the hosts to regroup.

Cooper Connolly burst onto the first-class scene in last year's tournament final and emerged as Western Australia's last recognised batter to seal another berth.

Connolly (56) reached his half-century with a six over long-on from spinner Todd Murphy, the man he replaced in the XI on Test debut against Sri Lanka last month.

But when he hit Siddle straight to Harry Dixon at cover, Western Australia were into the bowlers and still required 99 runs.

Campbell Kellaway leapt in the air for a spectacular one-handed catch in the deep that halted Cameron Gannon's fightback on 19 from Will Sutherland's bowling, before Paris resumed the push.

But WA were limping to the finish when he edged Sutherland to Blake Macdonald behind the stumps, with the hosts coming up agonisingly short.

Adding insult to injury, WA's loss has meant they will fall to the bottom of the ladder to finish the season, overtaken by Victoria.

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