All You Need To Know Guide: Marsh Cup Final

Who, when, where? 

Table-topping Western Australia square up against New South Wales tomorrow (Friday, March 11) from 10:30am local time in the final of the Marsh One-Day Cup at Junction Oval in Melbourne.

How can I watch? 

The match will be streamed on cricket.com.au and the CA Live app, and broadcast on Fox Sports and Kayo.

Kayo offers a 14-day free trial for new subscribers, and you can sign up for that here.

And of course, live scores and replays will be available in our match centre. 

How did they reach the final?

Western Australia finished in first spot on the ladder with four wins from their six matches. However, they've only played one match since November, their six-wicket win over Victoria earlier in the week. It was a good thing for WA that it was a big win too; the bonus point they secured ensured that they jumped above the Blues and Tasmania, who slipped into third place.

Sep 22: Defeated South Australia by 78 runs (DLS system)

Oct 15: Defeated by Tasmania by 4 wickets

Oct 25: Defeated South Australia by 6 wickets (DLS system)

Nov 15: Defeated Queensland by 70 runs

Nov 26: Defeated by Tasmania by 5 wickets

Mar 8: Defeated Victoria by 6 wickets 

The Blues have barely played any one-day cricket this summer, yet find themselves in the final. They've had four matches abandoned without a ball being bowled, a comfortable win over Victoria and a rain-affected win over Queensland. So from a maximum of 600 overs possible (six full matches of 50 overs per side), NSW have played only 127.4. 

Nov 12: Match abandoned v Victoria

Nov 24: Defeated Victoria by 174 runs

Feb 14: Defeated Queensland by 5 wickets (DLS system)

Feb 23: Match abandoned v Tasmania

Feb 25: Match abandoned v Tasmania

Mar 8: Match abandoned v South Australia

The final will be the first time the two sides have met this season. 

Which big names are playing? 

Almost all of Western Australia's squad has played for Australia, with the likes of Josh Philippe, D'Arcy Short, Shaun Marsh, Cameron Bancroft and Ashton Turner in their top order, and Jhye Richardson Andrew Tye and Jason Behrendorff in their bowling attack. 

New South Wales have a host of proven domestic performers with the likes of Kurtis Patterson, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes and Daniel Sams while captain Patterson expects his side's two leg-spinners, Tanveer Sangha and Adam Zampa, to have a big impact on the Junction Oval pitch. 

Squads

Western Australia: Ashton Turner (c), Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Hilton Cartwright, Aaron Hardie, Nick Hobson, Matthew Kelly, Shaun Marsh, Lance Morris, Joel Paris, Josh Philippe, Jhye Richardson, D'Arcy Short, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman

New South Wales: Kurtis Patterson (c), Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Matthew Gilkes, Liam Hatcher, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Baxter Holt, Hayden Kerr, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, Adam Zampa 

What happened last year? 

These two sides duked it out in the final of last year's Marsh Cup too, with NSW winning that contest by 102 runs. 

After a half-century to Daniel Hughes, Jack Edwards scored a superb century to take the Blues to 8-251 from their 50 overs. 

That would prove to be far too much for Western Australia, with Sean Abbott taking 4-23 and Nathan Lyon 3-38 as no WA batter managed to score a half-century. 

What's their history like? 

Rather fittingly, these two sides are the most successful in Australian men's domestic one-day history. WA lead the way with 14 titles, coming runner up 11 times, while NSW have won it 12 times and fallen at the final hurdle on another eight occasions.