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WHITE Hills and Kangaroo Flat both have targets to chase to guarantee their finals berths on the last day of the BDCA's home and away season on Saturday.
Entering the final day only Strathdale-Maristians and Huntly-North Epsom are assured of finals spots, while White Hills, Kangaroo Flat, Strathfieldsaye and Golden Square are all vieing to join them.
White Hills (third) and Kangaroo Flat (fourth) have the ball in their court with their destiny in their own hands knowing that if they win, they can't be dislodged from the top four.
The Demons will chase Huntly-North Epsom's 173 at Strauch Reserve in what's a far from daunting target, but they do come up against the BDCA's No.1 ranked bowling attack.
At Canterbury Park Kangaroo Flat will resume at 2-10 chasing Eaglehawk's 152.
The Roos have already lost openers Chris Barber (1) and Daniel Barber (1), with Josh Collinson (7 n.o.) and Matt Dwyer (0 n.o.) to resume the chase.
The other game with a finals bearing is at Golden Square where Strathfieldsaye is defending 170 against the Bulldogs.
Elsewhere, Strathdale-Maristians has 8-355 to defend against Sandhurst at Bell Oval, while Bendigo United will resume at 1-6 chasing Bendigo's 226 at Harry Trott Oval.
FINALS SCENARIOS:
3RD - WHITE HILLS (v Huntly-North) - Win: guaranteed to finish third. Lose: will be tipped out of the top four if both Kangaroo Flat and Strathfieldsaye win.
4TH - KANGAROO FLAT (v Eaglehawk) - Win: guaranteed to play finals, could jump to third if White Hills loses. Lose: will drop out of the top four if Strathfieldsaye wins, or Golden Square wins and bridges the percentage gap to the Roos. That percentage gap is currently 0.06 on the live ladder.
5TH - STRATHFIELDSAYE (v Golden Square) - Win: will play finals if either Kangaroo Flat or White Hills loses. Lose: season over (can't bridge percentage gap to Roos).
6TH - GOLDEN SQUARE (v Strathfieldsaye) - Win: will play finals if Kangaroo Flat loses by a margin whereby Square's percentage surpasses the Roos. Lose: season over.
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