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Starc, Sandhu send Warriors packing

Four wickets apiece to Mitch Starc and Gurinder Sandhu have skittled Western Australia's batting in a 75-run win

A century from opener Ed Cowan and four wickets apiece to strike bowlers Mitchell Starc and Gurinder Sandhu have guided the NSW Blues to a third consecutive bonus-point victory in the Matador BBQs One-Day Cup. 

Australian Test fast bowler Mitchell Starc (4-23) again led the way for NSW, ripping through the WA top-order before fellow paceman Gurinder Sandhu (4-29) ended any hopes of a fightback with an inspired second spell.

The pair combined to bowl the defending champions out for 189 to complete a 75-run victory at Blacktown International Sports Park in Sydney in a replay of last season's final.

A glum Western Australian skipper Adam Voges admitted the defending champions have plenty to do after two consecutive defeats to open the 2015 season. 

"We've been comprehensively outplayed today," said Voges.

"We've got to get into this tournament so hopefully we can start against Victoria on Monday."

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Starc is comfortably the competition's top wicket-taker with 14 scalps after three matches, at an unlikely average of five.

A fifth-wicket partnership of 93 between Michael Klinger (51) and Sam Whiteman (45) was one of the few bright spots for WA, although Ashton Agar chipped in with an enterprising 31 late in the innings.

Cowan (100) and Nic Maddinson (74) had laid the foundation for the NSW victory with a patient opening partnership of 133 before allrounder Mitch Marsh made the breakthrough.

Moises Henriques added an unbeaten 43 as NSW reached 5-264 on a slow and low pitch.

WATCH: Sandhu's four wickets

NSW skipper Steve Smith paid tribute to his opening combination of Starc and Sandhu who combined for 8-52.

"(Starc) has done it pretty consistently for Australia for a long time," said Smith. "Coming back to this level he's been extremely good for us, starting us off with early wickets.

"And Sandhu has been really good as well, he is hitting the stumps consistently and bowling a good line and lengths."

NSW opener Ed Cowan said his century "wasn't pretty at times" but digging in was a pre-determined plan.

"Once we got going it was nice to bat deep and take that innings through into the late 40-overs mark," said Cowan.

WATCH: Cowan's gritty, patient century

"We talked that someone had to bat deep and it wasn't going to be easy. I felt ok to start with, but it probably wasn't until after the 30th over that you got the pace of the wicket and your timing. 

"That's a long time in one-day cricket. It was a bit of an old-fashioned one-day innings."

Mitch Marsh made it two wickets in three balls by removing Smith for a duck, after the Australian skipper had top-scored for the Blues in their two previous matches.

Retired Test batsman Shane Watson failed to get going and was stumped for 13 off the bowling of Ashton Agar, who latter impressed with some clean striking to hit a 24-ball 31 featuring three big sixes, but his cameo was too little too late for the Warriors.