The Clutha Comets have made their intentions clear a week out from the final of the South Otago T20 competition.
The Comets thrashed the Valley Stingers by 10 wickets off the back of a glorious innings from captain Caleb Carson.
Valley elected to bat and recorded a reasonable 138 for three.
Jack Barraclough was the main contributor with 61.
In reply, the Comets needed only 11 overs to chase the total down after some brutal hitting from Carson.
He smashed one of the fastest centuries seen in South Otago history, an unbeaten 105 off just 37 balls, which included 14 sixes and three fours.
Kelan Smith, at the other end, had quite a boring day but played a good supporting role and ended unbeaten on 34 as the Comets powered their way into the final against the Waihola Swans.
In the earlier leg of the double-header at Valley, the home side lost to the Kaitangata Kings by four runs.
Kai batted and recorded 142 for six.
Luc Thomson recorded his second half-century on the bounce as part of a 98-run opening stand with father Allan (46), who continues to show his class.
Luis Smales was the pick of the Valley bowlers with three wickets for 25 off four overs.
In reply, Valley fell short despite a fantastic innings from prodigy Alfie Omelvena-Flame, who scored 83 and almost won it for his side.
An inconvenient injury while batting to skipper Lachie Johnston may have been the difference as Valley fell short by so few.
Jason Young and Kobe Thomson took three wickets each for the Kings.
The Owaka Bandits handed the Waihola Swans their first loss of the season with an eight-wicket win at the Crab Grounds in Milton.
Waihola batted and were all out for 106 in the final over of the innings.
Openers Ryan Clark (36) and Toby Greene (15) were the main contributors early before Owaka found their groove.
Jeremy Gray was the pick of the bowlers with three for 14 off four overs.
In reply, the Bandits started slowly but a nicely timed innings by Gordon Edwards led them to victory with three overs to spare.
Edwards finished unbeaten on 53.
Waihola bowled tight lines but were guilty of a couple of sloppy overs that released the pressure.
— Francis Parker
