On a pitch tailor-made for high scoring, home team Western Australia proved more in tune with conditions than South African rival, KwaZulu-Natal, to win the Champions Cup Final by a margin of six wickets at the WACA ground in Perth tonight

Western Warriors warmed up for the final of the Champions Cup tomorrow with an easy 108-run win over Central Districts in Perth today

Outstanding Central Districts batsman Mathew Sinclair is not joining the State Central Stags at the Champions Cup tournament in Perth for the matches against hosts Western Australia and Mumbai

When - 2.00pm TUESDAY 3 APRIL 2001 Where - WACA ground V's - Central Districts

Central Districts kept their hopes alive in the Champions Cup tournament by beating Indian side Mumbai by 106 runs in Perth last night

PERTH - A late counterpunch by big-hitting tailender Andrew Tweedie was not enough to save South Africa's KwaZulu Natal from an 81-run Champions Cup one-day cricket loss to Western Australia here last night

PERTH - Test batsman Justin Langer showed his liking for the shortened game by slamming a century to guide Western Australia to a seven-wicket win over India's Mumbai in a Champions Cup one-day cricket match here tonight

It is not every day that a state side gets to tour a foreign country

Central Districts will be strengthened for their final two pool games at the Champions Trophy tournament in Perth next week when international players Mathew Sinclair and Jacob Oram fly across on Sunday to join the side